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

Towards sustainable water sanitation and hygiene technology use in Water Sanitation and Hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa: the Learning Alliance approach
2016IWA PublishingReport0 citations
Heavy metals and microbial loads in raw fecal sludge from low income areas of Ashanti Region of Ghana
2015Water Practice & TechnologyJournal25 citations10.2166/wpt.2015.014

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

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Citations received each year

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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

CHARACTERIZATION OF PUBLIC TO RURAL AREAS OF ASH

2014Journal of Applied Sciences in Environmental SanitationJournal24 citations

Indicators for Benchmarking Water Supply to the Urban Poor in Ghana

2014Internatonal Journal of Innovative Research & StudiesJournal0 citations

Cost funCtions for prediCting Capital expenditure of small town water systems in ghana

2013VATTEN–Journal of Water Management and ResearchJournal3 citations

Sustainable financing

2013Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa: Where do We Stand?Journal3 citations

Case study 4: Accra and Kumasi, Ghana

2012Regulating Water and Sanitation for the PoorJournalFirst author1 citation10.4324/9781849772310-9

Local authorities, community and Private Operators Partnerships in small towns water service delivery in Ghana

2011Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/CJournalFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1016/j.pce.2011.08.007

Briefing Note 1a Life-cycle costs approach

2011Costing sustainable servicesJournal7 citations

Life-cycle costs approach: costing sustainable services

2011Agua, saneamiento e higieneJournal72 citations

WASHCost Briefing Note 1a-Life-cycle costs approach: Costing sustainable services

2011Netherlands: IRC International Water and Sanitation CentreJournal9 citations

Cost of Rural and Small Town Water Service Delivery in the Bosomtwe District

2011Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing Ghana: Accra, GhanaJournal2 citations

Ladders for assessing and costing water service delivery

2011IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: Hague, The NetherlandsJournal100 citations

Cost of delivering water services in rural areas and small towns in Ghana

2010IRC Symposium 2010: Pumps, Pipes and PromisesJournalFirst author19 citations

Life-cycle costs approach

2010Glossary and cost components, The Hague: IRC International Water and Sanitation CentreJournal6 citations

Life-Cycle Costs Approach; Glossary and cost components

2010IRC: The Hague, The NetherlandsJournal34 citations

Water and sanitation in Ghana

2009DesalinationJournalCorresponding47 citations10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.088

Small town water quality

2009DesalinationJournal26 citations10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.087

Private sector involvement in drinking water supply in Ghana

2008International Journal of WaterJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1504/ijw.2008.019494

Water supply coping strategies in Accra

2008Loughborough UniversityReportFirst author35 citations

Self supply schemes for community water supply in Ghana

2008Loughborough UniversityReportFirst author3 citations

Strategies for improving water end-use efficiency on Knust Campus in Kumasi

2007Journal of Engineering and TechnologyJournal0 citations

Cost recovery of community‐managed piped water systems in Ashanti region, Ghana

2006Water and Environment JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1111/j.1747-6593.2006.00051.x

Optimising social inclusion in urban water supply in Ghana

2006Civil Engineering Department, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), KumasiJournalFirst author23 citations

Water Distribution System Modelling for Water Quality Management: A Case Study of Kumasi in Ghana

2006Kumasi: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)JournalFirst author2 citations

KNUST experiences in capacity building in the water and sanitation sector

2004Water Resources of Arid Areas: Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa, Gaborone, Botswana, 3-6 August 2004JournalSenior author2 citations

Institutional challenges for small towns’ water supply delivery in Ghana

A methodology for assessing conditions of water assets in small towns in Ghana

2004Journal of the Ghana Institution of EngineeringJournal0 citations