Essie Blay

University of Ghana

Also at West Africa Centre for Crop Improvementfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1996, latest 2025

Plant Science
Genetics
Agronomy and Crop Science
Molecular Biology
Inorganic Chemistry
Horticulture

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 481996–2025
Citations: 615to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 1.921.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%13 of 48 scored papers
Open access: 71%34 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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

48 in all

Genetic Studies on Mealiness, Dry Matter, Root Number and FreshRoot Yield, in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
2025Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.47363/jeesr/2025(7)272
Analysis of Farmers Perception, Preference and Adoption Likelihood for Provitamin-A Cassava Roots in Sierra Leone
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science3981%
Genetics1123%
Agronomy and Crop Science817%
Molecular Biology817%
Inorganic Chemistry510%
Horticulture36%
Soil Science36%
Cell Biology24%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences24%
Biotechnology12%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Genetics and Plant Breeding15
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals9
Cassava research and cyanide6
Agricultural pest management studies5
Coconut Research and Applications5
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility5
Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies4
Peanut Plant Research Studies4
Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects4
Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics3
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy3
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

56% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria19
United States12
Uganda4
Sierra Leone4
India4
Kenya3
Peru2
Tanzania2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

West Africa Centre for Crop ImprovementGH32 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG17 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH17 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG15 papers
Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNG8 papers
Cornell UniversityUS5 papers
Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaGH5 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH4 papers
Sierra Leone Agricultural Research InstituteSL4 papers
Oregon State UniversityUS3 papers

Where they publish

American Journal of Plant Sciences3
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science3
Crop Science2
Euphytica2
Journal of Crop Improvement2
Journal of Experimental Agriculture International2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger24
15Life on land5
12Responsible consumption and production2
1No poverty1
6Clean water and sanitation1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
14Life below water1
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Most cited

Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in adapted × exotic crosses of maize inbred lines under managed stress conditions
Euphytica
201353 citationsWorld top 10%
Distribution of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin accumulation in stored maize grains across three agro-ecologies in Ghana
Food Control9
201943 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Genome‐Wide Association Study of Resistance to Cassava Green Mite Pest and Related Traits in Cassava

International Journal of Agriculture and Technology

Genetic control of dry matter, starch and sugar content in sweetpotato

2016Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil & Plant ScienceJournalOpen access13 citations10.1080/09064710.2016.1225813

Influence of BA and IBA or NAA Combinations on Micropropagation of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta

2016American Journal of Plant SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.4236/ajps.2016.73050

Constraints and Breeding Priorities for Increased Sweetpotato Utilization in Ghana

2015Sustainable Agriculture ResearchJournalOpen access25 citations10.5539/sar.v4n4p1

Growth and Yield of Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) as Influenced by Chicken Manure and Inorganic Fertilizers

2015Journal of Experimental Agriculture InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.9734/ajea/2016/22440

Performance-based grouping of adapted and exotic drought-tolerant maize (Zea mays L) inbred lines under stressed and non-stressed conditions

2014CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)JournalOpen access6 citations

Studies On Chemical Weed Control In Transplanted Pepper (Capsicum Frutescens L.)

2012Ghana Journal of HorticultureJournalSenior author0 citations

Effect of Biozyme T.F. on yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

2008Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/gjas.v40i1.2160

Evaluation of local maize collections for drought tollerance

2001Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gjas.v34i1.1830

Isozyme and storage protein polymorphisms in seventeen accessions of groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea L.)

2000Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University)Journal0 citations

Plant Genetic Resources2

How it can be read

71% free to read

Diamond 15 · 31%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 14 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

28 of 48 papers name a funder

University of Ghana13
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation6
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa5
United States Agency for International Development5
Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana2
International Development Research Centre2
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration2
African Laser Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research1

Partnerships for the goals

201843 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Genetic characterization of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) genotypes using agro-morphological and single nucleotide polymorphism markers

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants15

201939 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid