Francis Baah

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

Publishing since 2008, latest 2021

Horticulture
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Economics and Econometrics
Plant Science
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 72008–2021
Citations: 103to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.311.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 71%5 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

Publications

7 in all

Farmers’ adoption of preventive and treatment measures of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease in Ghana
2021Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchJournalOpen access12 citations10.1016/j.jafr.2021.100112
Effectiveness of the eradication campaign of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease in Ghana: the extension and implementation problem
2021

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Horticulture686%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences457%
Economics and Econometrics343%
Plant Science229%
Ecology114%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics114%
Management Science and Operations Research114%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law114%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy6
Agricultural Innovations and Practices4
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion3
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Complex Systems and Decision Making1
Insect Pest Control Strategies1
Oil Palm Production and Sustainability1
Plant Virus Research Studies1
Urban Planning and Valuation1

Who they write with

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

Where they publish

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)3
International Journal of Pest Management2
Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America1
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research1

How it can be read

71% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger2
1No poverty1
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

Soil fertility management practices of cocoa farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana
Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America2
201147 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Farmers’ knowledge of major insect pests and their occurrence in cocoa plantations in Ghana
International Journal of Pest Management
202016 citations
Farmers’ adoption of preventive and treatment measures of cocoa swollen shoot virus disease in Ghana
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research

International Journal of Pest Management

Soil fertility management practices of cocoa farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana

2011Agriculture and Biology Journal of North AmericaJournalOpen accessFirst author47 citations10.5251/abjna.2011.2.1.173.181

Looking for convergence: Stakeholders’ perceptions of cocoa extension constraints in Ghana

2011Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.4314/just.v30i3.64626

Cocoa Farmer Characteristics and Access to Research-Based Information in Two Districts of Ashanti, Ghana

2009Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.4314/just.v28i3.33095

Meeting the information needs of ghanaian cocoa farmers: are farmer field schools the answer?

2008Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.4314/just.v27i3.33069

Diamond 3 · 43%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 14%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 14%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 7 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana1
Overseas Development Institute1
University of Ghana1

Looking for convergence: Stakeholders’ perceptions of cocoa extension constraints in Ghana

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)8

20119 citationsOpen access · Diamond