Benjamin Ason

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Pollution
Building and Construction
Nutrition and Dietetics
Sociology and Political Science
Soil Science

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 112012–2026
Citations: 139to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.921.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%2 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 82%9 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

Career

On their papers

Publications

11 in all

Health Risks of Potentially Toxic Elements in Soils and Vegetables from Artisanal Gold Mining Communities in Ghana’s Amansie West District
2026Open Journal of Applied SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4236/ojapps.2026.169201
Biochar Systems in Ghana
2023Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis545%
Pollution327%
Building and Construction218%
Nutrition and Dietetics218%
Sociology and Political Science218%
Soil Science218%
Environmental Engineering19%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences19%
Geochemistry and Petrology19%
Global and Planetary Change19%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity3
Heavy metals in environment3
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals2
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities2
Mining and Resource Management2
Sodium Intake and Health2
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry1
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis1
Land Use and Management1
Magnesium in Health and Disease1
Marine and fisheries research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

18% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada1
Sweden1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape CoastGH10 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Lund UniversitySE1 paper
Western UniversityCA1 paper
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper
Institute for Scientific and Technological InformationGH1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
Environmental Protection AgencyGH1 paper
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism2
Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana1
Challenges1
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1
International Journal of Environmental Studies1
Journal of Ecology and Environment1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
6Clean water and sanitation2
3Good health and well-being1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
14Life below water1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Human Health Risk Assessment of Artisanal Miners Exposed to Toxic Chemicals in Water and Sediments in the PresteaHuni Valley District of Ghana
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health6
201684 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Water Quality Index in the Tarkwa Gold Mining Area in Ghana
6
201217 citations
Putting Soil Security on the Policy Agenda: Need for a Familiar Framework

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Risks of toxic elements and endocrine disruptors in some soils in Ghana

2023International Journal of Environmental StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/00207233.2023.2192617

Ghanaians Might Be at Risk of Inadequate Dietary Intake of Potassium

2016Journal of Nutrition and MetabolismJournalOpen access2 citations10.1155/2016/3150498

Open Journal of Applied Sciences

The Journal of Population and Sustainability1

How it can be read

82% free to read

Diamond 3 · 27%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 45%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 2 · 18%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 11 papers name a funder

University of Michigan1

20168 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Biochar Systems in Ghana

Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana2

20236 citationsOpen access · Diamond