Kwadwo Kesse Mireku

Senior Lecturer · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Research Scientist

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2019per ORCID

In their own words

Fish Genetics
Aquaculture

Publications: 122011–2024
Citations: 74to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.541.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 100%7 of the 7 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 7 publications, 50 citations to them, h-index 2.

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

Aquatic Science542%
Ecology325%
Molecular Biology217%
Nature and Landscape Conservation217%
Endocrinology18%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences18%
Genetics18%
Global and Planetary Change18%
Immunology18%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law18%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies5
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity2
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota1
Biological Research and Disease Studies1
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments1
Fish biology, ecology, and behavior1
Fish Ecology and Management Studies1
Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies1
Genetic diversity and population structure1
Heavy metals in environment1
Identification and Quantification in Food1
Marine Ecology and Invasive Species1

Who they write with

34 co-authors, here and elsewhere

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

The 30 most frequent of 34 co-authors. 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

43% of their 7 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Malawi2
Denmark1
United States1
Australia1
United Kingdom1
Benin1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMW2 papers
University of MalawiMW2 papers
Technical University of DenmarkDK1 paper
University of AberdeenGB1 paper
University of New HavenUS1 paper
University of TasmaniaAU1 paper
Université Nationale d'AgricultureBJ1 paper
Université d'Abomey-CalaviBJ1 paper
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH1 paper

Where they publish

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY1
Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries1
Biology1
International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture1
International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations1
Journal of applied science and environmental management1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water5

Most cited

Assessment of genetic variations of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in the Volta Lake of Ghana using microsatellite markers
Kwadwo Kesse Mireku
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY14
201726 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Reproductive biology of Blackchin tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Brimsu Reservoir, Cape Coast, Ghana
john blay, Kobina Yankson, Kwadwo Kesse Mireku
International Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture14

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Fisheries and Aquatic SciencesUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2019
Teaching Associate/ Research Assistant, Fisheries and Aquatic SciencesUniversity of Cape Coast2005–2018

Education