Michael Affam

University of Mines and Technology

Publishing since 2010, latest 2025

Mechanics of Materials
Civil and Structural Engineering
Geophysics
Mechanical Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 132010–2025
Citations: 64to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.761.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 54%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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

13 in all

Site classification and soil liquefaction evaluation based on shear wave velocity via HoliSurface approach
2025Journal of African Earth SciencesJournal4 citations10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2025.105574
Footprint of Hydrothermal Gold Mineralization in the Kawere Sandstone, Tarkwaian Group, Ghana: Findings from Two Drillhole Intersections at the Badukrom Prospect, Iduapriem
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Mechanics of Materials538%
Civil and Structural Engineering431%
Geophysics431%
Mechanical Engineering431%
Ocean Engineering431%
Artificial Intelligence323%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law215%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality215%
Soil Science215%
Environmental Engineering18%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Rock Mechanics and Modeling4
Drilling and Well Engineering3
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping3
Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods3
Mineral Processing and Grinding3
Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis2
Land Rights and Reforms2
Landslides and related hazards2
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Dam Engineering and Safety1
Geological and Geochemical Analysis1
Geophysical Methods and Applications1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

38% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Canada1
Australia1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH3 papers
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUS2 papers
University of British ColumbiaCA1 paper
University of LeicesterGB1 paper
University of South AustraliaAU1 paper
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH1 paper
UniMAC-GIJGH1 paper

Where they publish

Ghana Mining Journal4
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment2
Earth and environmental sciences library1
Hydrological Sciences Journal1
International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science1
International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land3
6Clean water and sanitation2
1No poverty1
13Climate action1

Most cited

A hybrid intelligent prediction model of autoencoder neural network and multivariate adaptive regression spline for uniaxial compressive strength of rocks
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment15
202319 citations
A stacked generalisation methodology for estimating the uniaxial compressive strength of rocks
Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities
202313 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Geotechnical and Petrographic Characterisation of the Birimian Granitoids in Southern Ghana as an Aggregates for Sustainable Road Construction
International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science

Earth and environmental sciences library

Geotechnical and Petrographic Characterisation of the Birimian Granitoids in Southern Ghana as an Aggregates for Sustainable Road Construction

2018International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.22161/ijaers.5.3.7

Lack of Exploration Success in Northern Ghana: Problems and Solutions

2013Research Journal of Environmental and Earth SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.19026/rjees.5.5672

Pitwall Stability Analysis-Case Studies*

2010Ghana Mining JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.4314/gm.v11i1.53270

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences1

How it can be read

54% free to read

Diamond 7 · 54%Free to read and to publish
Closed 6 · 46%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 13 papers name a funder

Ministry of Foreign Affairs1

201811 citationsOpen access · Diamond