Damenortey Richard Akwada

Cape Coast Technical University

Publishing since 2017, latest 2025

Plant Science
Polymers and Plastics
Building and Construction
Mechanical Engineering
Agronomy and Crop Science
Biomaterials

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 102017–2025
Citations: 155to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.781.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%2 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 10%1 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.

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

10 in all

Techno-economic viability and environmental sustainability of a grid-connected solar PV system for small and medium scale businesses in Cape Coast–Ghana using RETScreen expert
2025Cogent EngineeringJournalOpen access7 citations10.1080/23311916.2025.2532010
Industrial Applications of Bamboo in Ghana
2019Lecture notes in mechanical engineering

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science880%
Polymers and Plastics330%
Building and Construction220%
Mechanical Engineering220%
Agronomy and Crop Science110%
Biomaterials110%
Biomedical Engineering110%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics110%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology110%
Environmental Engineering110%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Bamboo properties and applications8
Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites3
Tree Root and Stability Studies2
Wood Treatment and Properties2
Advanced Cellulose Research Studies1
Bioenergy crop production and management1
Biofuel production and bioconversion1
Energy and Environment Impacts1
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems1
Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability1
Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics1
Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

10% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1245679Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa10
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of JohannesburgZA9 papers
University of FreiburgDE1 paper
Sustainability InstituteZA1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper
University of South AfricaZA1 paper

Where they publish

Lecture notes in mechanical engineering2
Cogent Engineering1

How it can be read

10% free to read

Gold 1 · 10%In an open-access journal
Closed 9 · 90%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

12Responsible consumption and production3
15Life on land2
2Zero hunger1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Bamboo
201770 citationsWorld top 10%
Applications of Bamboo
9
201723 citations
Bamboo Taxonomy and Distribution Across the Globe
15
201720 citations
Regeneration, Cultivation, and Sustenance of Bamboo
2
201715 citationsWorld top 10%
Properties of Bamboo
20178 citations

Mechanical and Physical Properties of Bamboo Species in Ghana

2019Lecture notes in mechanical engineeringBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/978-981-13-8297-0_44

Bamboo

2017BookSenior author70 citations10.1007/978-3-319-56808-9

Applications of Bamboo

2017Book chapterSenior author23 citations10.1007/978-3-319-56808-9_5

Properties of Bamboo

2017Book chapterSenior author8 citations10.1007/978-3-319-56808-9_3

Bamboo as Fuel

2017Book chapterSenior author3 citations10.1007/978-3-319-56808-9_4

Current Trend in Bamboo Analysis

2017Book chapterSenior author0 citations10.1007/978-3-319-56808-9_6