Eric K. Nartey

University of Ghana

Research Officer, International Water Management Institute, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 1997, latest 2026

Soil Science
Waste Management and Disposal
Plant Science
Biomaterials
Agronomy and Crop Science
Pollution

Publications: 441997–2026
Citations: 668to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 1.211.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%6 of 43 scored papers
Open access: 75%33 papers free to read

5 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research OfficerInternational Water Management Institutesince 2016

Education

PhD in Environment and Agrifood, School of Water Energy and EnvironmentCranfield Universitysince 2020
Mphil Environmental Science, Institute of Environment and Sanitation StudiesUniversity of Ghana School of Graduate Studies2010–2013
Bsc Zoology, Department of ZoologyUniversity of Ghana2005–2009

On their papers

University of Ghana

Publications

44 in all

Thermochemical processes (mechanisms?) of biochar production under KUNTAN kiln and NABERTHERM furnace. Effects of technologies on organic fractions
2026Environmental Progress & Sustainable EnergyJournal0 citations10.1002/ep.70425
Towards a sustainable phosphorus network in Africa
2025Soil AdvancesJournalOpen 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

Soil Science2148%
Waste Management and Disposal1432%
Plant Science1125%
Biomaterials614%
Agronomy and Crop Science511%
Pollution511%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics37%
Genetics37%
Insect Science37%
Civil and Structural Engineering25%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics16
Phosphorus and nutrient management9
Agricultural Science and Fertilization6
Clay minerals and soil interactions6
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems5
Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques5
Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement5
Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior3
Insect Utilization and Effects3
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis3
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse3
Agriculture and Rural Development Research2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

64% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark5
United States5
Côte d’Ivoire5
United Kingdom5
Niger4
Canada4
Japan3
Sri Lanka3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH8 papers
University of CopenhagenDK5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
Africa Rice CenterCI5 papers
Aarhus UniversityDK4 papers
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du NigerNE4 papers
University of Cape CoastGH4 papers
Cranfield UniversityGB3 papers
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)LK3 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH3 papers

Where they publish

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis3
Environmental Technology & Innovation3
Agronomy2
Environmental Technology2
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger15
15Life on land9
12Responsible consumption and production7
6Clean water and sanitation4
14Life below water2
1No poverty1

Most cited

Phosphorus retention and availability in three contrasting soils amended with rice husk and corn cob biochar at varying pyrolysis temperatures
Geoderma15
2019139 citationsWorld top 10%
Mechanism of orthophosphate (PO 4 -P) adsorption onto different biochars
Environmental Technology & Innovation6
201989 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Biochar Systems in Ghana

2023Agricultural and Food Science Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access6 citations10.4314/afsjg.v15i1.5

Poultry litter and cow dung biochar as P sources for cowpea cultivation in two Ghanaian soils

2023Frontiers in AgronomyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.3389/fagro.2023.1233255

Acidity and Aluminum Speciation in Biochar Amended Tropical Soils

2022Communications in Soil Science and Plant AnalysisJournal13 citations10.1080/00103624.2022.2034847

Efficacy of Histick Soy in soybean nodulation in two Alfisols of Ghana

2022Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.3389/fsufs.2022.1004090

Mechanism of orthophosphate (PO 4 -P) adsorption onto different biochars

2019Environmental Technology & InnovationJournalOpen accessCorresponding89 citations10.1016/j.eti.2019.100572

Effects of co-composting of faecal sludge and agricultural wastes on tomato transplant and growth

2017International Journal Of Recycling of Organic Waste in AgricultureJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding48 citations10.1007/s40093-016-0149-z

Microbial activity and metabolic quotient of microbes in soils amended with biochar and contaminated with atrazine and paraquat

2017Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1080/09064710.2017.1302504

Identification of Farmer’s Constraints to Maize Production in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon

2017Journal of Experimental Agriculture InternationalJournalOpen access10 citations10.9734/jeai/2017/31206

Phenotypic Variability of 20 Rice Genotypes Under Salt Stress

2015International Journal of Plant Breeding and GeneticsJournalOpen access7 citations10.3923/ijpbg.2016.45.51

Genetic Mechanisms Controlling Salt Tolerance in F3 Populations of Rice

2015International Journal of Plant Breeding and GeneticsJournal4 citations10.3923/ijpbg.2015.262.268

Microbial degradation potential of some Ghanaian soils contaminated with diesel oil

2012Agriculture and Biology Journal of North AmericaJournalOpen accessSenior author17 citations10.5251/abjna.2012.3.1.1.5

Simple Formulation of the Soil Water Effect on Residue Decomposition

2010Communications in Soil Science and Plant AnalysisJournalSenior author7 citations10.1080/00103620903460781

Variability in the properties of soils on two toposequences in northern Ghana

1997Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.4314/gjas.v30i2.1963

International Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant Science1

How it can be read

75% free to read

Diamond 9 · 20%Free to read and to publish
Gold 14 · 32%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 25%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

24 of 44 papers name a funder

University of Ghana8
Cranfield University3
Danida Fellowship Centre3
National Science Foundation2
UK Research and Innovation2
United States Agency for International Development2
African Development Bank Group1
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa1

Effects of co-composting of faecal sludge and agricultural wastes on tomato transplant and growth

International Journal Of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture2

201748 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond