Francis T. Oduro

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2007, latest 2025

Economics and Econometrics
Modeling and Simulation
Finance
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Computational Theory and Mathematics

In their own words

Applied Mathematics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 802007–2025
Citations: 1,049to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 20
Field-weighted impact: 1.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%8 of 50 scored papers
Open access: 86%43 of the 50 whose access is recorded

8 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 1,315 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 26 (904 citations and h-index 13 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

80 in all

Modelling employment rate and wage dynamics in a closed economy: A predator-prey approach
2025Open Journal of Mathematical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.30538/oms2025.0241
Fractional Optimal Control Model of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Disease in Ghana
2023Journal of Mathematics

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics1114%
Modeling and Simulation911%
Finance810%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health810%
Infectious Diseases56%
Computational Theory and Mathematics45%
Control and Systems Engineering45%
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics45%
Accounting34%
Applied Mathematics34%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Economic theories and models8
Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models7
COVID-19 epidemiological studies6
Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis4
Stochastic processes and financial applications4
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics3
Fractional Differential Equations Solutions3
Matrix Theory and Algorithms3
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research3
Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research2
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations2
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

16% of their 50 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
China2
India1
Malaysia1
Indonesia1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH10 papers
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH5 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH5 papers
University of GhanaGH3 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
Shanxi UniversityCN2 papers
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesUS2 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH2 papers
Methodist University College GhanaGH2 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Mathematics Research9
Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science8
British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science5
International Journal of Statistics and Probability3
Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics2
Chaos Solitons & Fractals

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
8Decent work and economic growth6
10Reduced inequalities3
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
7Affordable and clean energy1
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Most cited

Global stability and cost-effectiveness analysis of COVID-19 considering the impact of the environment: using data from Ghana
Chaos Solitons & Fractals
2020228 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Sensitivity assessment and optimal economic evaluation of a new COVID-19 compartmental epidemic model with control interventions
Chaos Solitons & Fractals3
2021136 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

A Transmission Dynamics Model of COVID-19 With Consideration of the Vulnerability of a Population

2023Journal of Mathematics ResearchJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.5539/jmr.v15n5p47

Efficient Pricing of Low Volatility Path Dependent Options

2022Journal of Mathematical FinanceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4236/jmf.2022.121012

Inequalities approach in determination of convergence of recurrence sequences

2021Open Journal of Mathematical SciencesJournalOpen access7 citations10.30538/oms2021.0145

Multilane analysis of a viscous second-order macroscopic traffic flow model

2021Partial Differential Equations and ApplicationsJournalCorresponding11 citations10.1007/s42985-020-00054-8

Application of survival model to analyse default rates of personal bank loans: The case of a bank in Ghana

2021African Journal of Management ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/ajmr.v28i2.5

Two dimensional anisotropic macroscopic second-order traffic flow model

2020Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computational MechanicsJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.17512/jamcm.2020.2.05

Error Analysis of Meshfree Approximation in Nonlinear Black-Scholes Model

2020Asian Journal of Probability and StatisticsJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/ajpas/2020/v8i330210

Analysis of an Age-Structured Malaria Model Incorporating Infants and Pregnant Women

2019Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen access4 citations10.9734/jamcs/2019/46649

Cell Arrangement Method for Solving Systems of Linear Equations in Three Unknown

2019Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen access1 citation10.9734/jamcs/2019/v33i130170

Radial Basis Function in Nonlinear Black-Scholes Option Pricing Equation with Transaction Cost

2019Asian Journal of Probability and StatisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.9734/ajpas/2019/v5i330138

Predicting Microfinance Credit Default: A Study of Nsoatreman Rural Bank, Ghana

2018Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.9734/jamcs/2018/33569

On the Trapped Surface Characterization of Black Hole Region in Vaidya Spacetime

2018Journal of Mathematics ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.5539/jmr.v10n1p59

On the Trapped Surface Characterization of the Black Hole Region in Kerr Spacetime

2018Journal of Mathematics ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5539/jmr.v10n4p24

Modelling of Rabies Transmission Dynamics Using Optimal Control Analysis

2017Journal of Applied MathematicsJournalOpen access93 citations10.1155/2017/2451237

Population Dynamics in Optimally Controlled Economic Growth Models: Case of Cobb-Douglas Production Function

2017Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen access3 citations10.9734/jamcs/2017/36753

Estimating the Parameters of a Disease Model from Clinical Data

2017Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen access1 citation10.9734/jamcs/2017/34641

Population Dynamics in Optimally Controlled Economic Growth Models: Case of Linear Production Function

2017Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/jamcs/2017/35984

Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of precipitation over Ghana

2017Int J Stat: Adv Theory ApplJournal10 citations

On the Characteristic Curves for Single-Regime Traffic Models

2017Journal of Global Research in Mathematical ArchivesJournalSenior author4 citations

Estimated life tables and mortality model for Ghana

2017International Journal of Statistics and ApplicationsJournalSenior author5 citations

Mathematical Model of Air Quallity in the Ahinsan-Atonsu-Agogo Industrial Area of Kumasi, Ghana

2017American Journal of Environmental Policy and ManagementJournal0 citations

Poisson Regression Model on Infant Mortality Occurrence and Incidence in the Kumasi District of Ghana

2017International Journal of Statistics and ApplicationsJournalSenior author1 citation

Fractional Order SIR Model with Constant Population

2016British Journal of Mathematics & Computer ScienceJournal43 citations10.9734/bjmcs/2016/23017

Optimal Control of Ebola Transmission Dynamics with Interventions

2016British Journal of Mathematics & Computer ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.9734/bjmcs/2016/29372

Modelling the Effect of Post-mortem Contact on the Spread of Ebola with Quarantine As an Intervention

2016Journal of Mathematics ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.5539/jmr.v8n4p176

Logistic Regression Approach to Modelling Road Traffic Casualties in Ghana

2016Research Journal of Mathematics and StatisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.19026/rjms.8.2827

Statistical Analysis of Hourly Solar Radiation in Kumasi –Ghana: Bayesian Approach

2016Journal of Scientific Research and ReportsJournalOpen access1 citation10.9734/jsrr/2016/12030

Superluminal Motion of Free Spin-half Particles in a Fiber Bundle Formalism

2016British Journal of Applied Science & TechnologyJournal0 citations10.9734/bjast/2016/26498

Selection of stocks on the Ghana stock exchange using principal component analysis

2016International Journal of Theoretical and Applied MathematicsJournal2 citations

A statistical assessment of whitened-PCA/SVD under variable environmental constraints

2016International Journal of Ecological Economics and StatisticsJournal6 citations

Statistical Assessment of PCA/SVD and FFT-PCA/SVD on Variable Facial Expressions

2015British Journal of Mathematics & Computer ScienceJournalOpen access7 citations10.9734/bjmcs/2016/22141

Statistical Evaluation of Face Recognition Techniques under Variable Environmental Constraints

2015International Journal of Statistics and ProbabilityJournalOpen access5 citations10.5539/ijsp.v4n4p93

Investigation of Superluminal Motion of Free Spin-half Particles in Spacetime

2015Journal of Mathematics ResearchJournalOpen access1 citation10.5539/jmr.v7n4p12

Maize Price Stabilization in Ghana: An Application of Continuous-Time Delay Differential Model with Buffer Stock

2015British Journal of Mathematics and Computer ScienceJournalSenior author3 citations

Exact Solution of a Linear-Quadratic Inverse Eigenvalue Problem on a Certain Hamiltonian Symmetric Matrices 1, 2

2015International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced EngineeringJournalSenior author2 citations

An epidemiological model of malaria transmission in Ghana

2015Int J Sci TechnoledgeJournalFirst author6 citations

International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering2

International Journal of Statistics and Applications2

How it can be read

86% free to read, of the 50 recorded

Diamond 27 · 34%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 3%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 10 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 9%Behind a paywall
Unknown 30 · 38%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

6 of 80 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
National Natural Science Foundation of China2
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science1
Key Laboratory of Highway Construction and Maintenance Technology in the Loess Region of Shanxi Transportation Research Institute1
National Key Research and Development Program of China1
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research1
Shanxi University1

Sustainable cities and communities

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

17Partnerships for the goals1

201793 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Application of queuing theory to vehicular traffic at signalized intersection in Kumasi-Ashanti region, Ghana

American International Journal of Contemporary Research

201375 citations

Determining the better approach for short-term forecasting of ghana’s inflation: Seasonal ARIMA Vs holt-winters

International Journal of Business, Humanities and Technology

201349 citations