FO Sarkwa

University of Ghana

Research Fellow, University of Ghana, since 2002per ORCID

Publishing since 2022, latest 2025

Agronomy and Crop Science
Forestry
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Animal Science and Zoology
Global and Planetary Change
Building and Construction

Publications: 122022–2025
Citations: 60to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.391.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 67%8 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

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

Agronomy and Crop Science975%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research Fellow, Livestock and Poultry Research Centre, LegonUniversity of Ghanasince 2002

Education

PhD Candidate, Environmental ScienceUniversity of Botswana2015–2020

Honours, memberships and service

ProfessionalAll African Society of Animal Productionsince 2019
ProfessionalGhana Society of Animal Productionsince 2004
TRECCAFRICA PhD Scholar, Environmental Science

Publications

12 in all

Methane emission of goats fed fifteen diets: on-farm observations
2025Online Journal of Animal and Feed ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.51227/ojafr.2025.9
Effect of clearing invasive woody species on plant species diversity in a tropical rangeland ecosystem in Ghana
2025Discover Sustainability

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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law542%

Animal Science and Zoology433%

Global and Planetary Change217%

Building and Construction18%

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics18%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology8
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology5
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems4
Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health3
Pasture and Agricultural Systems2
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production1
Animal Diversity and Health Studies1
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock1
Livestock and Poultry Management1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Botswana3
South Africa1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Evangelical Presbyterian University CollegeGH6 papers
University of BotswanaBW3 papers
CSIR - Animal Research InstituteGH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesBW2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsIT1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
World Health Organization - NigeriaNG1 paper
University of the Western CapeZA1 paper

Where they publish

African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development3
African Journal of Range and Forage Science3
Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research2
Acta Scientific Veterinary Sciences1
Discover Sustainability1
Translational Animal Science1
Tropical Animal Health and Production1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 2 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 42%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 4 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 12 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
14Life below water2
15Life on land1

Most cited

Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges
African Journal of Range and Forage Science2
202331 citationsWorld top 10%
Effects of supplementing rice straw with two fodder tree leaves and their combinations on voluntary feed intake, growth, and nitrogen utilization in sheep
Translational Animal Science2
202310 citationsOpen access · Gold
Climate change and variability affect rangeland quality and productivity-how?
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development
20237 citationsOpen access · Gold
The effects of feeding dried browse leaves on rumen ammonia levels, methanogens and protozoa amplification of sheep in the Coastal Savannah of Ghana
Tropical Animal Health and Production14
20236 citations
Performance indicators of sheep fed rice straw supplemented with browse leaves
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development
20223 citationsOpen access · Gold

Perception and preference of consumers in Ghana on the quality of mutton-based on the type of feed fed to sheep

2025African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.18697/ajfand.142.25165

Climate change and variability affect rangeland quality and productivity-how?

2023African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.18697/ajfand.118.21975

Performance indicators of sheep fed rice straw supplemented with browse leaves

2022African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen access3 citations10.18697/ajfand.110.21925

Carnegie Corporation of New York2