Richard Osei-Amponsah
Also at The University of Melbournefrom their recent papers
- Professor and Head of Department, University of Ghana, since 2025per ORCID
Publishing since 1996, latest 2026
Academic Qualifications i Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) Degree in Animal Science, University of Ghana – 2010 ii Master of Philosophy (MPhil.) Degree in Animal Science, University of Ghana - 1998 iii Bachelor of Science (BSc.) Degree in Agriculture, University of Ghana- 1993 Professional Experience i September 2020 to Date: Associate Professor, Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana,… More on ORCID
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Genetics
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Ecology
- Small Animals
In their own words
- Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Quantitative and Molecular Genetics
- Genomics
- Publications
- 841996–2026
- Citations
- 1,182to those papers
- h-index
- 20i10-index 30
- Field-weighted impact
- 2.371.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 28%18 of 65 scored papers
- Open access
- 73%48 of the 66 whose access is recorded
16 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 1,755 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 41 (1,430 citations and h-index 21 since 2021), as of October 12, 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
Positions
- Professor and Head of Department, Animal ScienceUniversity of Ghanasince 2025
- William Gamble Visiting Fellow, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of ScienceThe University of Melbourne2023–2024
- Associate Professor, Animal ScienceUniversity of Ghana2020–2025
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Animal Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary and AgricultureUniversity of Melbourne2018–2019
- Senior Lecturer, Animal ScienceUniversity of Ghana
Publications
84 in all
- Impacts of Heat Stress on the Physiological and Production Responses of Lactating Dairy Cows Grazing Pastures over Hot Summer Months
2020PublicationOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.3390/proceedings2019036062
- Adaptive and Productive Sheep Breed for Changing Climate
2020PublicationOpen access