Bright Oppong Afum

University of Mines and Technology

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Mechanical Engineering
Building and Construction
Mechanics of Materials
Civil and Structural Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Environmental Chemistry

Publications: 82015–2026
Citations: 59to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.671.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 88%7 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Citations received each year

Publications

8 in all

A Multi-Indicator Approach for Enhancing Real-time Worker Fatigue Monitoring in Mining Environments
2026Mining Metallurgy & ExplorationJournal0 citations10.1007/s42461-026-01643-8
Water Pollution from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Operations: Setting the Stage for a Novel Remediation Technology
2025Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Mechanical Engineering450%
Building and Construction338%
Mechanics of Materials338%
Civil and Structural Engineering225%
Control and Systems Engineering225%
Environmental Chemistry225%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology113%
Pollution113%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology113%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering3
Mineral Processing and Grinding3
Mining and Resource Management3
Mine drainage and remediation techniques2
Mining Techniques and Economics2
Rock Mechanics and Modeling2
Emotion and Mood Recognition1
Heavy metals in environment1
Mining and Gasification Technologies1
Occupational Health and Safety Research1
Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue1
Tailings Management and Properties1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Colorado State UniversityUS1 paper
TU Bergakademie FreibergDE1 paper
Ghana Christian University CollegeGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection3
Ghana Mining Journal2
International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis1
Mining Metallurgy & Exploration1

How it can be read

88% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation1
7Affordable and clean energy1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Heavy Metal Pollution in the Birim River of Ghana
International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis6
201624 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Reducing Drill and Blast Cost through Blast Optimisation – A Case Study
Ghana Mining Journal
201518 citationsOpen access · Green
Impact Assessment of Atmospheric Pollutants Emissions from Mining Operations at Ghana Managanese Company Ltd.
Ghana Mining Journal

Protecting Mining Environments from Blasting through Impact Prediction Studies

2018Journal of Geoscience and Environment ProtectionJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.4236/gep.2018.65011

Heavy Metal Pollution in the Birim River of Ghana

2016International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and AnalysisJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.11648/j.ijema.20160403.11

Reducing Drill and Blast Cost through Blast Optimisation – A Case Study

2015Ghana Mining JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations

Diamond 5 · 63%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 13%In an open-access journal
Green 1 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 13%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 8 papers name a funder

Aberystwyth University1
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission1
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg1

Open access · Diamond

Water Pollution from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Operations: Setting the Stage for a Novel Remediation Technology

Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection

20254 citationsOpen access · Diamond