Dickson Adomako

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Dickson Adomako is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Dickson Adomako has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 22 papers in Environmental Engineering and 17 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Dickson Adomako's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (25 papers), Groundwater and Watershed Analysis (18 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (17 papers). Dickson Adomako is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (25 papers), Groundwater and Watershed Analysis (18 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (17 papers). Dickson Adomako collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, Germany and South Africa. Dickson Adomako's co-authors include S. Osae, Abass Gibrilla, Joseph Richmond Fianko, Geophrey K. Anornu, Tetteh T. Akiti, Andrews Obeng Affum, Samuel Osafo Acquaah, Y. Serfor-Armah, Benjamin J.B. Nyarko and Samuel Afful and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Food and Chemical Toxicology.

In The Last Decade

Dickson Adomako

49 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Total coliforms, arsenic and cadmium exposure through drinking water in the Western Region of Ghana: application of multivariate statistical technique to groundwater quality

2015 570 citations Andrews Obeng Affum, S. Osae et al. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dickson Adomako Ghana	22	739	641	619	469	264	49	1.9k
Qingchun Yang China	23	796 1.1×	630 1.0×	655 1.1×	484 1.0×	194 0.7×	58	1.8k
Yuanzheng Zhai China	27	1.0k 1.4×	769 1.2×	888 1.4×	519 1.1×	335 1.3×	106	2.2k
S. Osae Ghana	26	708 1.0×	513 0.8×	486 0.8×	602 1.3×	404 1.5×	66	2.2k
Vetrimurugan Elumalai South Africa	20	997 1.3×	644 1.0×	955 1.5×	309 0.7×	142 0.5×	56	1.7k
Xiaosi Su China	25	763 1.0×	707 1.1×	743 1.2×	348 0.7×	225 0.9×	140	2.1k
Yen‐Lien Kuo Taiwan	14	753 1.0×	746 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	326 0.7×	210 0.8×	42	2.0k
Srimanta Gupta India	27	623 0.8×	716 1.1×	920 1.5×	416 0.9×	225 0.9×	71	2.0k
Soonyoung Yu South Korea	24	420 0.6×	509 0.8×	324 0.5×	394 0.8×	200 0.8×	84	1.4k
Abrahan Mora Mexico	25	784 1.1×	376 0.6×	646 1.0×	590 1.3×	443 1.7×	74	2.1k

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Ganyaglo, Samuel Y., et al.. (2024). Tracing Nitrate Contamination Sources and Apportionment in North-Western Volta River Basin of Ghana Using a Multi-Isotopic Approach. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 235(10). 3 indexed citations

Gibrilla, Abass, et al.. (2022). Application of geostatistical techniques to assess groundwater quality in the Lower Anayari catchment in Ghana. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 35–47. 5 indexed citations

Gibrilla, Abass, et al.. (2022). Occurrence, spatial distribution, and health risk assessment of heavy metals in groundwater from parts of the Kassena Nankana area, Ghana. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 8(3). 6 indexed citations

Gibrilla, Abass, et al.. (2020). Nitrate contamination and source apportionment in surface and groundwater in Ghana using dual isotopes (15N and 18O-NO3) and a Bayesian isotope mixing model. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 233. 103658–103658. 58 indexed citations

Anornu, Geophrey K., et al.. (2019). Identifying groundwater contamination sources in the Anayari Catchment using isotopes and hydrochemistry. EGUGA. 17934. 1 indexed citations

Gibrilla, Abass, Geophrey K. Anornu, & Dickson Adomako. (2017). Trend analysis and ARIMA modelling of recent groundwater levels in the White Volta River basin of Ghana. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 6. 150–163. 54 indexed citations

Anornu, Geophrey K., Abass Gibrilla, & Dickson Adomako. (2017). Tracking nitrate sources in groundwater and associated health risk for rural communities in the White Volta River basin of Ghana using isotopic approach (δ15N, δ18O NO3 and 3H). The Science of The Total Environment. 603-604. 687–698. 91 indexed citations

Adomako, Dickson, Abass Gibrilla, Piotr Małoszewski, Samuel Y. Ganyaglo, & Shive Prakash. (2015). Tracing stable isotopes (δ2H and δ18O) from meteoric water to groundwater in the Densu River basin of Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(5). 264–264. 26 indexed citations

Affum, Andrews Obeng, S. Osae, Benjamin J.B. Nyarko, et al.. (2015). Total coliforms, arsenic and cadmium exposure through drinking water in the Western Region of Ghana: application of multivariate statistical technique to groundwater quality. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(2). 1–1. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cobbina, Samuel Jerry, et al.. (2014). Assessment of heavy metals concentration in soils around oil filling and service stations in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 8(4). 256–266. 22 indexed citations

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Affum, Andrews Obeng, et al.. (2013). Monitoring of arsenic levels in some ready-to-use anti-malaria herbal products from drug sales outlets in the Madina area of Accra, Ghana. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 56. 131–135. 16 indexed citations

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Affum, Andrews Obeng, et al.. (2013). A pilot study on quality of artesunate and amodiaquine tablets used in the fishing community of Tema, Ghana. Malaria Journal. 12(1). 220–220. 12 indexed citations

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Akiti, Tetteh T., et al.. (2011). Major ions and trace elements partitioning in unsaturated zone profile of the Densu river basin, Ghana and the implications for groundwater. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 5(6). 427–436. 3 indexed citations

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Nyame, Frank K., et al.. (2010). Application of Multivariate Analysis for Identification of Pollution Sources in the Densu Delta Wetland in the Vicinity of a Landfill Site in Ghana. Journal of Water Resource and Protection. 2(12). 1020–1029. 26 indexed citations

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Adomako, Dickson, S. Osae, T. T. Akiti, Seynabou Cissé Faye, & Piotr Małoszewski. (2010). Geochemical and isotopic studies of groundwater conditions in the Densu River Basin of Ghana. Environmental Earth Sciences. 62(5). 1071–1084. 50 indexed citations

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Fianko, Joseph Richmond, Dickson Adomako, S. Osae, et al.. (2009). The hydrochemistry of groundwater in the Densu River Basin, Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 167(1-4). 663–674. 21 indexed citations

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Fianko, Joseph Richmond, S. Osae, Dickson Adomako, & Daniel Gyingiri Achel. (2008). Relationship between land use and groundwater quality in six districts in the eastern region of Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 153(1-4). 139–146. 43 indexed citations

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Adomako, Dickson, B.J.B. Nyarko, Samuel B. Dampare, et al.. (2007). Determination of toxic elements in waters and sediments from River Subin in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 141(1-3). 165–175. 56 indexed citations

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Nartey, Vincent Kodzo, et al.. (2007). Biomonitoring of airborne heavy metals along a major road in Accra, Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 137(1-3). 15–24. 19 indexed citations

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Fianko, Joseph Richmond, S. Osae, Dickson Adomako, Dennis K. Adotey, & Y. Serfor-Armah. (2006). Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution of the Iture Estuary in the Central Region of Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 131(1-3). 467–473. 59 indexed citations

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