Edward Debrah Wiafe

University of Environment and Sustainable Development

Publishing since 2010, latest 2025

Ecology
Social Psychology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Global and Planetary Change
Plant Science
Food Science

Publications: 322010–2025
Citations: 299to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 1.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%6 of 32 scored papers
Open access: 69%22 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

32 in all

Using species distribution modelling to identify potential translocation areas for the western chimpanzee under climate change scenarios in Ghana
2025Global Ecology and ConservationJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03695
Food safety knowledge, attitude, and practice among fish retailers in the Ho central market of Ghana
2024

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Ecology1547%
Social Psychology1031%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics825%
Global and Planetary Change825%
Plant Science619%
Food Science516%
Nature and Landscape Conservation516%
Forestry413%
Animal Science and Zoology26%
Ecological Modeling26%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation15
Primate Behavior and Ecology10
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies6
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies5
African Botany and Ecology Studies4
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management4
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies3
Land Use and Ecosystem Services3
Amphibian and Reptile Biology2
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies2
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity2
Food Safety and Hygiene2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany3
United States2
Côte d’Ivoire2
Benin2
Russia1
China1
France1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Presbyterian University, GhanaGH18 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH7 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-SenftenbergDE2 papers
Université Félix Houphouët-BoignyCI2 papers
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH2 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Threatened Taxa4
Ethnobotany Research and Applications2
Pachyderm2
SpringerPlus2
Acta Ecologica Sinica1
African Journal of Herpetology1
Asian Bulletin of Energy Economics and Technology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land17
2Zero hunger4
11Sustainable cities and communities2
12Responsible consumption and production1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Livelihoods of fringe communities and the impacts on the management of conservation area: the case of Kakum National Park in Ghana
The International Forestry Review
201246 citations
Ethnomedicinal use of vultures by traditional medicinal practitioners in Ghana
Ostrich2
201939 citationsWorld top 10%
A new species of tree hyrax (Procaviidae:Dendrohyrax) from West Africa and the significance of the Niger–Volta interfluvium in mammalian biogeography
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Impact of Baboons’ Raiding on Students’ Learning in Fringe Communities of the Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana

2023EAST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCESJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.46606/eajess2023v04i03.0290

Primates crop raiding situation on farmlands adjacent to South-West of Mole National Park, Ghana

2019Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.4314/gjas.v54i2.6

Encounter rates and group sizes of diurnal primate species of Mole National Park, Ghana

2019Journal of Threatened TaxaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.11609/jott.4026.11.5.13523-13530

Hunted species and hunting equipment used by rainforest poachers in Ghana

2018Journal of Threatened TaxaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.11609/jott.3416.10.2.11285-11289

Land-cover change assessment in Ejisu –Juabeng district in Ghana

2018Eurasian Journal of Forest ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.31195/ejejfs.429741

CONSUMER PREFERENCES AND PURCHASE INTENTIONS FOR RATTAN FURNITURE

2015Wood and Fiber Science (Society of Wood Science and Technology)JournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations

Patterns of Tropical Tree Species Richness along Elevational Gradients of Mountain Afadjato, Ghana

2014DergiPark (Istanbul University)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations

I use firewood but I do not grow trees: An analysis of tree planting exercise among rural households in Ghana

2014Asian Bulletin of Energy Economics and TechnologyJournalSenior author1 citation

Forest Structure and Composition of Trees in Two Sympatric Anthropoid Primates' Habitat in Ghana

2014Journal of Forest ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

How it can be read

69% free to read

Diamond 8 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 31%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 32 papers name a funder

Idea Wild2
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg1
FP7 International Cooperation1
Nanjing Forestry University1
Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions1
University of Ghana1

202125 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green