Dilys S. MacCarthy

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Dilys S. MacCarthy is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dilys S. MacCarthy has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 19 papers in Soil Science and 18 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Dilys S. MacCarthy's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (26 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (13 papers) and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (11 papers). Dilys S. MacCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (26 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (13 papers) and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (11 papers). Dilys S. MacCarthy collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, Germany and United States. Dilys S. MacCarthy's co-authors include Paul L. G. Vlek, Benedicta Y. Fosu-Mensah, S.G.K. Adiku, Kenneth J. Boote, Frank Ewert, Heidi Webber, Pierre Martre, Jean Louis Durand, Senthold Asseng and Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Dilys S. MacCarthy

47 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Farmers’ perception and adaptation to climate change: a case study of Sekyedumase district in Ghana

2012 369 citations Benedicta Y. Fosu-Mensah, Paul L. G. Vlek et al. profile →
Climate change impacts on crop yields

2023 320 citations Heidi Webber, Senthold Asseng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dilys S. MacCarthy Ghana	18	704	440	378	241	239	50	1.3k
M. L. Jat India	9	382 0.5×	379 0.9×	496 1.3×	199 0.8×	214 0.9×	51	1.1k
Jawoo Koo United States	18	456 0.6×	416 0.9×	272 0.7×	170 0.7×	198 0.8×	53	1.3k
Olivier Crespo South Africa	19	535 0.8×	296 0.7×	284 0.8×	144 0.6×	192 0.8×	46	1.0k
Christoph Gornott Germany	20	449 0.6×	294 0.7×	216 0.6×	128 0.5×	154 0.6×	46	1.0k
Ramadjita Tabo Mali	19	358 0.5×	549 1.2×	426 1.1×	361 1.5×	281 1.2×	58	1.5k
Antoine Kalinganiré Kenya	21	712 1.0×	389 0.9×	189 0.5×	122 0.5×	246 1.0×	59	1.7k
François Affholder France	21	572 0.8×	562 1.3×	648 1.7×	471 2.0×	485 2.0×	57	1.7k
Isaiah Nyagumbo Zimbabwe	21	552 0.8×	416 0.9×	500 1.3×	442 1.8×	692 2.9×	66	1.5k
Donald S. Gaydon Australia	26	785 1.1×	1.0k 2.3×	678 1.8×	252 1.0×	186 0.8×	83	1.7k
Krishna Naudin France	16	464 0.7×	374 0.8×	510 1.3×	283 1.2×	426 1.8×	46	1.3k

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Voil, Peter de, et al.. (2025). Guiding cultivar choice in smallholder agriculture: Identifying suitability hotspots for maturity groups of field crops. Resources Environment and Sustainability. 20. 100204–100204. 1 indexed citations

Guarin, Jose Rafael, Meijian Yang, Dilys S. MacCarthy, et al.. (2025). Modelling the productivity of opportunity crops across Africa under climate change in support of the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils. Nature Plants. 11(12). 2476–2486. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Meijian, Jose Rafael Guarin, Dilys S. MacCarthy, et al.. (2025). Climate-crop models to support opportunity crop adaptation in Africa. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11186–11186. 1 indexed citations

Schuler, Johannes, et al.. (2024). The potential for index-based crop insurance to stabilize smallholder farmers' gross margins in Northern Ghana. Agricultural Systems. 221. 104130–104130. 1 indexed citations

MacCarthy, Dilys S., et al.. (2023). Interactive effects of soil compaction, biochar application, and soil water regime on the growth, yield, and water use efficiency of upland rice. Scientific African. 21. e01784–e01784. 1 indexed citations

Webber, Heidi, Peter Zander, Johannes Schuler, et al.. (2023). Accounting for Weather Variability in Farm Management Resource Allocation in Northern Ghana: An Integrated Modeling Approach. Sustainability. 15(9). 7386–7386. 2 indexed citations

Gómez‐Dans, José, P. Lewis, Dilys S. MacCarthy, et al.. (2022). Location, biophysical and agronomic parameters for croplands in northern Ghana. Earth system science data. 14(12). 5387–5410. 7 indexed citations

Dodor, Daniel E., et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Alkaline Hydrolyzable Organic Nitrogen as an Index of Nitrogen Mineralization Potential of Some Coastal Savannah Soils of Ghana. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 652–662. 7 indexed citations

MacCarthy, Dilys S., Myriam Adam, Benedicta Y. Fosu-Mensah, et al.. (2021). Climate Change Impact and Variability on Cereal Productivity among Smallholder Farmers under Future Production Systems in West Africa. Sustainability. 13(9). 5191–5191. 22 indexed citations

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Fening, Ken Okwae, et al.. (2020). 7. Effect of intercropping and soil amendment on the population dynamics of major pests and natural enemies of white cabbage. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 28(1). 96–112.

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Adiku, S.G.K., et al.. (2020). 1. Location and Land use effects on Soil Carbon Accretion and Productivity in the Coastal Savanna Agro-ecological Zone of Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 28(2). 1–13. 3 indexed citations

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Dodor, Daniel E., et al.. (2019). Kinetics of Carbon Mineralization and Sequestration of Sole and/or Co-amended Biochar and Cattle Manure in a Sandy Soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 50(20). 2593–2609. 11 indexed citations

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MacCarthy, Dilys S., Myriam Adam, Alex C. Ruane, et al.. (2019). Sensitivity of Maize Yield in Smallholder Systems to Climate Scenarios in Semi-Arid Regions of West Africa: Accounting for Variability in Farm Management Practices. Agronomy. 9(10). 639–639. 31 indexed citations

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MacCarthy, Dilys S., et al.. (2018). Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Land-Use Systems: A Case Study of CO₂ in the Southern Zone of Ghana. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2018. 1–12. 23 indexed citations

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Faye, Babacar, Heidi Webber, Jesse B. Naab, et al.. (2018). Impacts of 1.5 versus 2.0 °C on cereal yields in the West African Sudan Savanna. Environmental Research Letters. 13(3). 34014–34014. 71 indexed citations

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MacCarthy, Dilys S., et al.. (2017). Evaluating maize yield variability and gaps in two agroecologies in northern Ghana using a crop simulation model. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 35(2). 137–147. 19 indexed citations

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MacCarthy, Dilys S., et al.. (2016). EFFECT OF TIME OF INITIAL SPRING GRAZING AND NITROGEN USE ON PASTURE PRODUCTION. 1 indexed citations

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Breuning‐Madsen, Henrik, et al.. (2013). Characterization of Soil-Water Retention with Coarse Fragments in the Densu Basin of Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 21(1). 31–46. 4 indexed citations

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MacCarthy, Dilys S. & Paul L. G. Vlek. (2012). Impact of climate change on sorghum production under different nutrient and crop residue management in semi-arid region of Ghana: a modeling perspective. TSpace. 20(2). 243–259. 24 indexed citations

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Fosu-Mensah, Benedicta Y., et al.. (2012). Simulating impact of seasonal climatic variation on the response of maize (Zea mays L.) to inorganic fertilizer in sub-humid Ghana. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 94(2-3). 255–271. 34 indexed citations

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