Amoah Robert Sarpong

Associate Professor · Department of Agric. Engineering

University of Cape Coast , Ghana

Senior Lecturer/Head of Department, University of Cape Coast, since 2004per ORCID

In their own words

Food Engineering
Postharvest Technology
Renewable Energy Technology

Publications: 272008–2026
Citations: 253to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 0.881.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%1 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 62%8 of the 13 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 14 publications, 142 citations to them, h-index 8.

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

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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 Science1141%
Food Science519%
Biomaterials415%
Biotechnology27%
Nutrition and Dietetics27%
Cell Biology14%
Forestry14%
Mechanical Engineering14%
Mechanics of Materials14%
Molecular Biology14%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging4
Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management4
Food Drying and Modeling3
Microencapsulation and Drying Processes3
Agricultural pest management studies2
Food composition and properties2
Microbial Inactivation Methods2
Moringa oleifera research and applications2
African Botany and Ecology Studies1
Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization1
Botanical Research and Applications1
Cassava research and cyanide1

Who they write with

23 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
Elsewhere in Africa
No African institution

Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Where their co-authors are

15% of their 13 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Uganda1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Cranfield UniversityGB1 paper
Mbarara University of Science and TechnologyUG1 paper
Cape Coast Technical UniversityGH1 paper
Ghana Cocoa BoardGH1 paper

Where they publish

Asian Journal of Agricultural Research3
ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science2
Journal of Agricultural Engineering2
Journal of Natural Sciences2
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture2
Acta Horticulturae1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger5
7Affordable and clean energy2
6Clean water and sanitation1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

The timing of exogenous ethylene supplementation differentially affects stored sweetpotato roots
Amoah Robert Sarpong
Postharvest Biology and Technology
201629 citations
Estimation of the material losses and gari recovery rate during the processing of varieties and ages of cassava into gari
Amoah Robert Sarpong, LK Sam-Amoah
Asian Journal of Agricultural Research
201024 citations
Microwave and blanch‐assisted drying of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer/Head of Department, Agricultural EngineeringUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2004
Lecturer, Agricultural EngineeringUniversity of Education Winneba2003–2004
Lecturer/Head of Department, Agricultural EngineeringWa Polytechnic2001–2002
Programme Specialist, Appropriate TechnologyOpportunities Industrialization Center International (OICI)2001–2002

Education

PhD Postharvest Technology, Cranfield HealthCranfield University School of Applied Sciences2010–2014
MSc Appropriate Technology and Management, ARTESUniversität Flensburg1997–1999
BSc Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural EngineeringKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1986–1990