Joshua Ampofo

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

Civil and Structural Engineering
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Waste Management and Disposal

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 132013–2025
Citations: 135to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.211.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%3 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 62%8 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

Implementation of medical plastic waste segregation and decontamination for sustainable recycling in healthcare
2025Journal of Material Cycles and Waste ManagementJournalCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s10163-025-02192-w
Recycling potential of medical plastic waste
2024Discover EnvironmentJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Civil and Structural Engineering323%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health323%
Atmospheric Science215%
Global and Planetary Change215%
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine215%
Waste Management and Disposal215%
Aerospace Engineering18%
Automotive Engineering18%
Business and International Management18%
Computational Mechanics18%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation2
Climate variability and models2
Effects of Vibration on Health2
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management2
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations2
Municipal Solid Waste Management2
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques2
Advanced Research in Science and Engineering1
African Botany and Ecology Studies1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Air Quality and Health Impacts1
Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

46% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Norway2
Germany2
India1
Ethiopia1
Rwanda1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Norwegian University of Life SciencesNO2 papers
Technical University of MunichDE2 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH2 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Hindustan Institute of Technology and ScienceIN1 paper
Adama Science and Technology UniversityET1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper
Rwanda PolytechnicRW1 paper
Koforidua Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Heliyon2
African Journal Of Applied Research1
Discover Environment1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1
Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences1
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water2
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
7Affordable and clean energy1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
15Life on land1
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Most cited

Investigating the state of road vehicle emissions in Africa: A case study of Ghana and Rwanda
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
202187 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A sensitivity study of Surface Wind simulations over Coastal Ghana to selected Time Control and Nudging options in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
Heliyon14
201914 citationsOpen access · Gold
An assessment of high-resolution wind speeds downscaled with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model for coastal areas in Ghana

Investigating the state of road vehicle emissions in Africa: A case study of Ghana and Rwanda

2021Transportation Research Interdisciplinary PerspectivesJournalOpen access87 citations10.1016/j.trip.2021.100409

An Evaluation of The Impact of Public-Private Partnership on Vehicle Inspection in The Greater Accra Region of Ghana

2017African Journal Of Applied ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

Mechanical properties of plantain pseudostem and implications for susceptibility to lodging

2013DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.12895/jaeid.20131.95

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives1

How it can be read

62% free to read

Diamond 2 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 31%In an open-access journal
Green 2 · 15%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 38%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 13 papers name a funder

Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid2
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung1
Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet1
Technische Universität München1

Partnerships for the goals

202111 citationsOpen access · Gold

Recycling potential of medical plastic waste

Discover Environment

202410 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Implementation of medical plastic waste segregation and decontamination for sustainable recycling in healthcare

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

20256 citationsWorld top 10%