Fredrick Ekow Jonah

Principal Research Assistant, University of Cape Coast, since 2015per ORCID
Project Director, Seafront Environmental, since 2012per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2018

Ecology
Earth-Surface Processes
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Oceanography
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Aquatic Science

In their own words

Biogeochemistry
coastal engineering
ecology
conservation
ecosystem managemnent

Publications: 192012–2018
Citations: 646to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 2.161.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%5 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 27%4 of the 15 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows 846 citations, h-index 13 and i10-index 14 (595 citations and h-index 11 since 2021), as of October 14, 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

Principal Research Assistant, Fisheries and Aquatic SciencesUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2015
Project DirectorSeafront Environmentalsince 2012

Education

PhD Candidate Oceanography and Limnology, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic SciencesUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2016
MPhil Aquatic Resources Management, Fisheries and Watershed ManagementKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2011–2014
BSc. Natural Resources Management

Publications

19 in all

Impacts of waste on macroinvertebrate assemblages of Msimbazi River, Tanzania
2018International Journal of Biodiversity and ConservationJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.5897/ijbc2017.1124
Coastal zone management challenges in Ghana: issues associated with coastal sediment mining
2017Journal of Coastal Conservation

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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

Ecology1368%
Earth-Surface Processes632%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law526%
Oceanography316%
Nature and Landscape Conservation211%
Aquatic Science15%
Building and Construction15%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics15%
Global and Planetary Change15%
Ocean Engineering15%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics8
Coastal and Marine Dynamics6
Coastal and Marine Management5
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies4
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity2
Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior2
Fish Ecology and Management Studies2
Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology2
Marine Biology and Ecology Research2
Aeolian processes and effects1
Avian ecology and behavior1
Bird parasitology and diseases1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

53% of their 15 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234456Home

Most frequent partner countries

Tanzania7
United Kingdom2
Pakistan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

The University of DodomaTZ5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
University of PortsmouthGB2 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
University of EducationPK1 paper
Sebastian Kolowa Memorial UniversityTZ1 paper
Ghana Communication Technology UniversityGH1 paper
Open University of TanzaniaTZ1 paper
University of Dar es SalaamTZ1 paper

Where they publish

Ocean & Coastal Management3
GeoJournal2
Regional Studies in Marine Science2
African Journal of Aquatic Science1
African Journal of Plant Science1
Annals of GIS1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water7
11Sustainable cities and communities2
6Clean water and sanitation1
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Community-based mangrove forest management: Implications for local livelihoods and coastal resource conservation along the Volta estuary catchment area of Ghana
Ocean & Coastal Management
2016162 citationsWorld top 10%
The ecological effects of beach sand mining in Ghana using ghost crabs (Ocypode species) as biological indicators
Ocean & Coastal Management9
201568 citationsWorld top 10%
Shoreline change analysis using end point rate and net shoreline movement statistics: An application to Elmina, Cape Coast and Moree section of Ghana’s coast

, Fisheries and Watershed Management

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Coastal erosion in Ghana: the case of Elmina-Cape Coast-Moree area

2014Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi http://hdl. handle. net/123456789/6882JournalFirst author13 citations

Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi http://hdl. handle. net/123456789/68821

How it can be read

27% free to read, of the 15 recorded

Diamond 2 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 58%Behind a paywall
Unknown 4 · 21%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

4 of 19 papers name a funder

University of Dar es Salaam3
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete1

Regional Studies in Marine Science

201667 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Assessment of sand and stone mining along the coastline of Cape Coast, Ghana

Annals of GIS8

201566 citationsOpen access · Bronze