Emmanuel Afutu

Senior Lecturer · Crop Science

Senior Lecturer, Department of Crop Science

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2007per ORCID

In their own words

Seed Science
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Publications: 632012–2026
Citations: 650to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 21
Field-weighted impact: 1.351.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%9 of 53 scored papers
Open access: 89%47 of the 53 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 55 publications, 585 citations to them, h-index 15.

Google Scholar shows 753 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 20 (656 citations and h-index 15 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

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 Science3048%
Ecology813%
Parasitology813%
Food Science610%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health58%
Infectious Diseases46%
Nutrition and Dietetics46%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health46%
Agronomy and Crop Science35%
Epidemiology35%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural pest management studies9
Parasites and Host Interactions7
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis6
Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies5
Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies5
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions5
Soybean genetics and cultivation5
Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies4
Cassava research and cyanide3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism3
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies3

Who they write with

181 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country

The 30 most frequent of 181 co-authors. Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest.

Where their co-authors are

21% of their 53 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Uganda6
Nigeria4
Barbados3
Denmark1
Togo1
United States1
Congo (DRC)1
Sudan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH28 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH10 papers
Makerere UniversityUG6 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG4 papers
University of the West IndiesBB3 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH3 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH3 papers

Where they publish

Diseases6
Medical Sciences5
Heliyon4
Journal of Experimental Agriculture International3
Acta Microbiologica Hellenica2
Frontiers in Horticulture2
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being12
2Zero hunger8
15Life on land3
1No poverty2
7Affordable and clean energy2
6Clean water and sanitation1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
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Most cited

Antimicrobial Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants from a Sub-Saharan African Country against Bacterial Pathogens from Post-Operative Wound Infections
Emmanuel Afutu
Medical Sciences3
202157 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Microbial Carriage of Cockroaches at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ghana
Emmanuel Afutu
Environmental Health Insights3

How it can be read

89% free to read, of the 53 recorded

Diamond 14 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 31 · 49%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 10%Behind a paywall
Unknown 10 · 16%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

17 of 63 papers name a funder

University of Ghana7
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2
Carnegie Corporation of New York2
African Union1
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung1
College of Engineering, Michigan State University1
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior1
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India1