I. Lawson

University of Cape Coast

Also at University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Forestry Research Institute of Ghanafrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2011, latest 2023

Soil Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
Pollution
Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Building and Construction

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 82011–2023
Citations: 105to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 4.631.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%1 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 88%7 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Publications

8 in all

Sustainable P-enriched biochar-compost production: harnessing the prospects of maize stover and groundnut husk in Ghana’s Guinea Savanna
2023Frontiers in Environmental ScienceJournalOpen access8 citations10.3389/fenvs.2023.1252305
Biochar Systems in Ghana
2023Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Soil Science450%
Agronomy and Crop Science225%
Pollution225%
Aerospace Engineering113%
Biomedical Engineering113%
Building and Construction113%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis113%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law113%
Materials Chemistry113%
Plant Science113%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics4
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems2
Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants2
Agricultural pest management studies1
Agricultural Science and Fertilization1
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production1
Biofuel production and bioconversion1
Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques1
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis1
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution1
Nuclear Materials and Properties1
Nuclear Physics and Applications1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH7 papers
University for Development StudiesGH2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
Ruhr University BochumDE1 paper
The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
Institute for Scientific and Technological InformationGH1 paper
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH1 paper
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureBI1 paper
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America3
Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana1
Agronomy1
Frontiers in Environmental Science1
Nuclear Engineering and Design1
Open Journal of Soil Science1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
15Life on land2
6Clean water and sanitation1
7Affordable and clean energy1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Short-Term Effect of Biochar on Microbial Biomass, Respiration and Enzymatic Activities in Wastewater Irrigated Soils in Urban Agroecosystems of the West African Savannah
Agronomy6
202136 citationsOpen access · Gold
Microbial degradation potential of some Ghanaian soils contaminated with diesel oil
Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America2
201217 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Time of planting and weed suppression abilities of some legumes intercropped with maize in the Guinea savanna zone of Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Diesel oil utilizing bacteria associated with four Ghanaian soils

2013Agriculture and Biology Journal of North AmericaJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.5251/abjna.2013.4.4.364.369

Microbial degradation potential of some Ghanaian soils contaminated with diesel oil

2012Agriculture and Biology Journal of North AmericaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.5251/abjna.2012.3.1.1.5

How it can be read

88% free to read

Diamond 1 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 38%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 13%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 8 papers name a funder

University of Ghana2
Ruhr-Universität Bochum1
United States Agency for International Development1

Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America2

201315 citationsOpen access · Bronze

Assessment of Variability in the Quality of an Acrisol under Different Land Use Systems in Ghana

Open Journal of Soil Science15

201212 citationsOpen access · Hybrid