Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko

795 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 5 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 5 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko's work include Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (6 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (4 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (4 papers). Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko is often cited by papers focused on Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (6 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (4 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (4 papers). Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, Poland and South Africa. Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko's co-authors include Grzegorz Malina, Anthony Yaw Karikari, Jolanta Kwiatkowska-Malina, William A. Agyekum, Evans Manu, William Wilson Anku, Penny P. Govender, David Dotse Wemegah and Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemosphere, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment and Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko

13 papers receiving 611 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.

An overview of permeable reactive barriers for in situ sustainable groundwater remediation

2014 420 citations Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko, Grzegorz Malina et al. Chemosphere profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franklin Obiri‐Nyarko Ghana	9	272	201	167	135	122	15	627
John Vogan United States	7	280 1.0×	98 0.5×	157 0.9×	112 0.8×	130 1.1×	8	455
Tanja Radu United Kingdom	15	149 0.5×	91 0.5×	205 1.2×	159 1.2×	96 0.8×	41	833
Jörg Langwaldt Finland	13	168 0.6×	236 1.2×	222 1.3×	77 0.6×	93 0.8×	24	569
Minda Yu China	14	171 0.6×	255 1.3×	263 1.6×	88 0.7×	70 0.6×	27	729
Huan Tao China	12	140 0.5×	320 1.6×	223 1.3×	114 0.8×	128 1.0×	22	715
R. Naresh Kumar India	17	256 0.9×	398 2.0×	233 1.4×	173 1.3×	76 0.6×	44	930
Dejan Krčmar Serbia	15	166 0.6×	221 1.1×	334 2.0×	109 0.8×	47 0.4×	47	824
T.T. Tsai Taiwan	13	193 0.7×	210 1.0×	197 1.2×	77 0.6×	82 0.7×	17	524
Tony R. Lee United States	10	315 1.2×	215 1.1×	64 0.4×	139 1.0×	68 0.6×	14	524
Mark D. Williams United States	11	255 0.9×	369 1.8×	71 0.4×	59 0.4×	91 0.7×	17	697

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15 of 15 papers shown

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2025). Investigating soil and groundwater contamination around the Kpone Engineered Landfill site, Ghana, using geoelectrical methods. Acta Geophysica. 73(6). 5499–5510.

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2025). Natural brown coal as an adsorbent for manganese removal from groundwater: A mechanistic and operational evaluation. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering. 13(4). 371–385.

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2024). Determination of threshold values and heavy metal pollution assessment of soils in an industrial area in Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196(6). 546–546. 5 indexed citations

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2024). Hydrogeochemical characterization and spatial analysis of groundwater quality in the Bono East Region, Ghana. International Journal of Energy and Water Resources. 9(2). 955–972. 1 indexed citations

Anku, William Wilson, et al.. (2023). Bench-scale integrated bone and biochar bed treatment of geogenic fluoride contaminated groundwater from Bongo in Ghana. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 21. 100929–100929. 5 indexed citations

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2023). Adsorptive removal of dissolved Iron from groundwater by brown coal – A low-cost adsorbent. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 260. 104283–104283. 10 indexed citations

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2022). Evaluating low-cost permeable adsorptive barriers for the removal of benzene from groundwater: Laboratory experiments and numerical modelling. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 250. 104054–104054. 9 indexed citations

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2022). Characterization of leachate, groundwater quality analysis, and evaluation of hydrogeochemical processes at the Kpone engineered landfill site, Ghana. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 9(1). 15 indexed citations

Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2022). Hydrogeochemical Studies to Assess the Suitability of Groundwater for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes: The Upper East Region of Ghana Case Study. Agriculture. 12(12). 1973–1973. 11 indexed citations

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Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2021). Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soils at the Kpone landfill site, Ghana: Implication for ecological and health risk assessment. Chemosphere. 282. 131007–131007. 87 indexed citations

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Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2019). Assessment of zeolite and compost-zeolite mixture as permeable reactive materials for the removal of lead from a model acidic groundwater. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 229. 103597–103597. 16 indexed citations

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Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2015). Screening reactive materials as permeable barriers to treat lead and benzene contaminated groundwater. Water Science & Technology Water Supply. 15(3). 632–641. 6 indexed citations

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Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2015). Geochemical modelling for predicting the long-term performance of zeolite-PRB to treat lead contaminated groundwater. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 177-178. 76–84. 25 indexed citations

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Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin, et al.. (2014). An overview of permeable reactive barriers for in situ sustainable groundwater remediation. Chemosphere. 111. 243–259. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Obiri‐Nyarko, Franklin. (2012). AMELIORATING SOIL ACIDITY IN GHANA: A CONCISE REVIEW OF APPROACHES. 17 indexed citations

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