Josiah W. Tachie-Menson

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coastper ORCID

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

Plant Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Molecular Biology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Insect Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation

In their own words

Weed Science/Biometry/Agronomy

Publications: 152011–2026
Citations: 96to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.611.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 12 scored papers
Open access: 92%11 of the 12 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 129 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 5 (92 citations and h-index 6 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCEUniversity of Cape Coast

Publications

15 in all

Prevalence of Cassava Mosaic Geminiviruses in the Volta Region of Ghana
2026The Open Agriculture JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.2174/0118743315450389260319070029
Water stress and its synergistic effects on pest and disease dynamics in smallholder irrigated agriculture: Evidence from central region of Ghana
2026

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Citations received each year

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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

Plant Science1067%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics213%
Molecular Biology213%
Agronomy and Crop Science17%
Insect Science17%
Nature and Landscape Conservation17%
Pollution17%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health17%
Soil Science17%
Water Science and Technology17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Cassava research and cyanide3
Banana Cultivation and Research2
Climate change impacts on agriculture2
Pineapple and bromelain studies2
Weed Control and Herbicide Applications2
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems1
Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions1
Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies1
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies1
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control1
Irrigation Practices and Water 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 12 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Barbados1
China1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH2 papers
Gansu Agricultural UniversityCN1 paper
Lincoln University - MissouriUS1 paper
University of the West IndiesBB1 paper
Ho Technical UniversityGH1 paper
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH1 paper
Peki College of EducationGH1 paper
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)2
Advances in Weed Science1
African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development1
American Journal of Food Technology1
Biotechnology1
Climate Change1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
7Affordable and clean energy1
13Climate action1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Identifying key contributing root system traits to genetic diversity in field-grown cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) genotypes
Field Crops Research
201832 citations
Sugarcane juice as an alternative carbon source for in vitro culture of plantains and bananas
American Journal of Food Technology
201124 citations
The search for yield predictors for mature field-grown plants from juvenile pot-grown cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
PLoS ONE7
202011 citations

Poljoprivredna tehnika

Effects of Maize Substitution with Cassava Flour in Broiler Diets on Carcass Quality and Meat Characteristics of Broiler Chicken

2025African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.18697/ajfand.144.25095

Effects of weed management on the prevalence of pink pineapple mealybugs in Ghana

2015Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4314/just.v34i2.3

Discover Environment

Field Crops Research1

How it can be read

92% free to read, of the 12 recorded

Diamond 4 · 27%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 40%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 1 · 7%Behind a paywall
Unknown 3 · 20%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

1 of 15 papers name a funder

Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer1
World Health Organization1

Effects of weed management on the prevalence of pink pineapple mealybugs in Ghana

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)

20156 citationsOpen access · Diamond