Kwabena Biritwum Nyarko

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Tufts University, Cornell University, University of California San Diego and University of California, Davisfrom their recent papers

Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 1998, latest 2026

Nutrition and Dietetics
Waste Management and Disposal
Urban Studies
Ocean Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Safety Research

In their own words

Water
Sanitation and Hygiene
Engineering Economics
WASH
Sanitation

Publications: 931998–2026
Citations: 1,733to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 45
Field-weighted impact: 1.601.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%8 of 50 scored papers
Open access: 56%28 of the 50 whose access is recorded

12 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 2,270 citations, h-index 28 and i10-index 48 (1,512 citations and h-index 21 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

Professor, Civil EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2020

Education

MSC, PhDUNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

93 in all

Understanding Nurturing Care Group Approach in Addressing Menstrual Challenges in Selected Ghanaian Communities
2026SAGE OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1177/21582440261418218
Bridging the Gap Between Urban Waste Management and Valorization Through Ratio Modelling and Windrow Co-composting of Municipal Organic Waste, Chicken Litter and Palm Kernel Fiber

nyarko.k.b@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Nutrition and Dietetics2729%
Waste Management and Disposal1617%
Urban Studies1112%
Ocean Engineering1011%
Water Science and Technology1011%
Safety Research55%
Building and Construction44%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health44%
Strategy and Management44%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law33%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Child Nutrition and Water Access27
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse12
Urban and Rural Development Challenges11
Water resources management and optimization9
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare5
Fecal contamination and water quality4
Global Maternal and Child Health4
Municipal Solid Waste Management4
Public-Private Partnership Projects4
Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques3
Mining and Resource Management3
Waste Management and Recycling3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

26% of their 50 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States6
Netherlands4
United Kingdom4
Australia1
Mozambique1
Palestinian Authority1
Uganda1
Bhutan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Education, WinnebaGH11 papers
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH6 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH5 papers
Maastricht UniversityNL4 papers
World VisionUS3 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS2 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH2 papers
University of Mines and TechnologyGH2 papers
University for Development StudiesGH2 papers

Where they publish

Loughborough University7
Heliyon4
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development4
Water Practice & Technology4
Desalination3
International Journal of Water3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation20
1No poverty4
11Sustainable cities and communities3
17Partnerships for the goals2
5Gender equality1
12Responsible consumption and production1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Sediments of the River Pra and Its Tributaries
Water Air & Soil Pollution14
2018177 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Spatial distribution patterns of illegal artisanal small scale gold mining (Galamsey) operations in Ghana: A focus on the Western Region
Heliyon
2018127 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Compost Science & Utilization

Navigating Taxpayers Attitude: Exploring Support for Urban Sanitation Surcharge in Kumasi

2024Environmental Health InsightsJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1177/11786302241247797

Greywater generation and reuse among residents of low-income urban settlements in the Oforikrom Municipal Assembly, Ghana

2023Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.2166/washdev.2023.009

Evaluation of user experiences for the Clean Team Ghana container-based sanitation service in Kumasi, Ghana

2022Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentJournalOpen access13 citations10.2166/washdev.2022.013

Ghana's post-MDGs sanitation situation: an overview

2019Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentJournalOpen accessSenior author67 citations10.2166/washdev.2019.031

Eugene Appiah-Effah, Godwin Armstrong Duku, Naziru Yakubu Azangbego, Ransford Kojo

2019A Journal of the International Water AssociationJournal0 citations

Assessment of heavy metal pollution in the main Pra River and its tributaries in the Pra Basin of Ghana

2018Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & ManagementJournalSenior author34 citations10.1016/j.enmm.2018.06.003

Greywater in the drains of a sewered community in Ghana

2018Water Practice & TechnologyJournalOpen access16 citations10.2166/wpt.2018.103

Indigenous plants for informal greywater treatment and reuse by some households in Ghana

2018Journal of Water Reuse and DesalinationJournalOpen access12 citations10.2166/wrd.2018.061

Tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy: The initial Cape Coast experience

2018World J Pharmac Med ResJournal1 citation

Assessing The effect of integrated water resources management on water quality in Ghana

2016International Journal of Latest Research in Science and TechnologyJournalSenior author7 citations

Compost Science & Utilization2

How it can be read

56% free to read, of the 50 recorded

Diamond 5 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 18 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 1%A copy in a repository
Closed 22 · 24%Behind a paywall
Unknown 43 · 46%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

24 of 93 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology9
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation4
World Bank Group4
International Growth Centre3
Department for International Development2
Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation1
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation1
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: Hague, The Netherlands

Life-cycle costs approach: costing sustainable services

Agua, saneamiento e higiene

201172 citations