Joseph Osafo Eduah

Research Scientist, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2017, latest 2026

Plant-soil interaction, soil microbiome, soil nutrient and heavy metal dynamics, bioinformatics, climate change, soil enzymes From ORCID

Soil Science
Biomaterials
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
Water Science and Technology
Horticulture

Publications: 152017–2026
Citations: 369to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 3.191.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%5 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 33%5 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Research Scientist, Soil ScienceCocoa Research Institute of Ghanasince 2021
Lecturer, Geography and Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Ghana2020–2021

Education

Research Trainee in Soil-Plant teraction, soil microbiome, root exudation and bioinformatics, BIOTIC 1 Plant-Microbe SystemLeibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops2025
Research Trainee_Soil microbiome, plant-soil intereaction and bioinformatics, BIOTIC 1 Plant-Microbe SystemLeibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops2024

Publications

15 in all

Soil Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen Stocks under Different Land Uses in a Semi-Deciduous Forest Ecoregion of Ghana
2026Eurasian Soil ScienceJournal0 citations10.1134/s1064229325604408
Thermochemical processes (mechanisms?) of biochar production under KUNTAN kiln and NABERTHERM furnace. Effects of technologies on organic fractions
2026Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Soil Science960%
Biomaterials747%
Waste Management and Disposal533%
Pollution320%
Water Science and Technology320%
Horticulture213%
Agronomy and Crop Science17%
Biomedical Engineering17%
Economics and Econometrics17%
Forestry17%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics9
Clay minerals and soil interactions7
Phosphorus and nutrient management5
Heavy metals in environment3
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy2
Fluoride Effects and Removal2
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal1
Agricultural economics and policies1
Agricultural Science and Fertilization1
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems1
Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes1
Coagulation and Flocculation Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

53% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark8
China1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH9 papers
University of CopenhagenDK8 papers
Aarhus UniversityDK6 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
Sino-Danish Centre for Education and ResearchCN1 paper
University of Chinese Academy of SciencesCN1 paper
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH1 paper
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH1 paper
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH1 paper
Ho Technical UniversityGH1 paper

Where they publish

Environmental Technology & Innovation3
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis2
Soil & Environmental Health2
Applied and Environmental Soil Science1
Colloids and Surfaces C Environmental Aspects1
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1
Eurasian Soil Science1
Geoderma1

How it can be read

33% free to read

Gold 4 · 27%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 10 · 67%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

10 of 15 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana5
Danida Fellowship Centre3
Danish International Development Agency

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
15Life on land5
6Clean water and sanitation1
13Climate action1
14Life below water1

Research Trainee, Biological Plant ProtectionBundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen

Conduct research work and laboratory analyses (soil chemistry) for my PhD Thesis, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource ManagementUniversity of Copenhagen2017

PhD, Soil ScienceUniversity of Ghana2014–2018

MPhil, Soil ScienceUniversity of Ghana2010–2012

Honours, memberships and service

 Vice Chancellor’s Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in the SciencesUniversity of Ghana2020
PhD ScholarshipDanida Fellowship Centre2014

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Geochemical dynamics of Cu(II) in contrasting cocoa soils: Kinetics and isotherm modeling

2023Colloids and Surfaces C Environmental AspectsJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1016/j.colsuc.2023.100020

Acidity and Aluminum Speciation in Biochar Amended Tropical Soils

2022Communications in Soil Science and Plant AnalysisJournalFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1080/00103624.2022.2034847

Mechanism of orthophosphate (PO 4 -P) adsorption onto different biochars

2019Environmental Technology & InnovationJournalOpen accessFirst author89 citations10.1016/j.eti.2019.100572

Udenrigsministeriet1