Komla Ako

909 total citations
25 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

Komla Ako is a scholar working on Food Science, Plant Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Komla Ako has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Food Science, 10 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Komla Ako's work include Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (15 papers), Proteins in Food Systems (13 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (9 papers). Komla Ako is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (15 papers), Proteins in Food Systems (13 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (9 papers). Komla Ako collaborates with scholars based in France, Iran and United Kingdom. Komla Ako's co-authors include Dominique Durand, Taco Nicolaï, Alireza Yousefi, Harmen H. J. de Jongh, Erik van der Linden, Amir Pourfarzad, Claire D. Munialo, Guillaume Brotons, Lydiane Bécu and Laurice Pouvreau and has published in prestigious journals such as Macromolecules, Carbohydrate Polymers and Biomacromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Komla Ako

25 papers receiving 754 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Komla Ako France 14 549 163 126 116 98 25 761
Yiguo Zhao China 17 599 1.1× 283 1.7× 113 0.9× 97 0.8× 129 1.3× 47 922
Wenjia Yan China 13 484 0.9× 199 1.2× 85 0.7× 102 0.9× 65 0.7× 16 617
Chong‐hao Bi China 18 795 1.4× 341 2.1× 123 1.0× 128 1.1× 90 0.9× 38 1.0k
Duanquan Lin Ireland 12 810 1.5× 172 1.1× 78 0.6× 68 0.6× 175 1.8× 15 1.0k
Dorra Ghorbel Tunisia 12 359 0.7× 209 1.3× 125 1.0× 95 0.8× 36 0.4× 31 653
Stanisław Mleko Poland 18 686 1.2× 211 1.3× 117 0.9× 96 0.8× 90 0.9× 90 995
Hoda Khalesi China 10 403 0.7× 118 0.7× 205 1.6× 88 0.8× 65 0.7× 12 672
Jiao Ge China 9 557 1.0× 227 1.4× 76 0.6× 138 1.2× 50 0.5× 10 773
Xinlun Deng China 13 582 1.1× 226 1.4× 71 0.6× 92 0.8× 160 1.6× 14 696
Zhengtao Zhao China 18 593 1.1× 250 1.5× 103 0.8× 117 1.0× 53 0.5× 46 847

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All Works

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Yousefi, Alireza, Komla Ako, & Mario Jekle. (2024). Incorporation of Lepidium perfoliatum seed gum into wheat starch affects its physicochemical, viscoelastic, pasting and freeze-thaw syneresis properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 259(Pt 2). 129344–129344. 4 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla, et al.. (2023). Helicity degree of carrageenan conformation determines the polysaccharide and water interactions. Carbohydrate Polymers. 314. 120952–120952. 6 indexed citations
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Yousefi, Alireza, et al.. (2023). Rheological properties of binary mixtures of Lepidium perfoliatum seed gum and xanthan gum. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 10(1). 8 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla, et al.. (2022). Rheological study of α- and κ-carrageenan expansion in solution as effects of the position of the sulfate group. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 223(Pt A). 1138–1144. 6 indexed citations
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Mathieu, Sophie, et al.. (2022). Sulfate groups position determines the ionic selectivity and syneresis properties of carrageenan systems. Carbohydrate Polymers. 299. 120166–120166. 15 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla, et al.. (2022). Rheological study of cowpea puree ‘adowè’ and the influence of saliva on the puree viscosity. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 57(5). 3098–3105. 4 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla, et al.. (2021). Lower critical concentration temperature as thermodynamic origin of syneresis: Case of kappa-carrageenan solution. Carbohydrate Polymers. 267. 118191–118191. 13 indexed citations
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Pourfarzad, Amir, Alireza Yousefi, & Komla Ako. (2020). Steady/dynamic rheological characterization and FTIR study on wheat starch-sage seed gum blends. Food Hydrocolloids. 111. 106380–106380. 88 indexed citations
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Munialo, Claire D., et al.. (2020). The transitioning feature between uncooked and cooked cowpea seeds studied by the mechanical compression test. Journal of Food Engineering. 292. 110368–110368. 2 indexed citations
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Yousefi, Alireza & Komla Ako. (2019). Controlling the rheological properties of wheat starch gels using Lepidium perfoliatum seed gum in steady and dynamic shear. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 143. 928–936. 36 indexed citations
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Yousefi, Alireza, et al.. (2019). Fabrication and characterization of hybrid sodium montmorillonite/TiO2 reinforced cross-linked wheat starch-based nanocomposites. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 131. 253–263. 48 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla. (2017). Influence of osmotic and weight pressure on water release from polysaccharide ionic gels. Carbohydrate Polymers. 169. 376–384. 8 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla. (2017). Yield study with the release property of polysaccharide-based physical hydrogels. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 101. 660–667. 2 indexed citations
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Munialo, Claire D., Erik van der Linden, Komla Ako, et al.. (2015). The effect of polysaccharides on the ability of whey protein gels to either store or dissipate energy upon mechanical deformation. Food Hydrocolloids. 52. 707–720. 43 indexed citations
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Jongh, Harmen H. J. de, et al.. (2015). Relation between gel stiffness and water holding for coarse and fine-stranded protein gels. Food Hydrocolloids. 56. 334–343. 79 indexed citations
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Munialo, Claire D., Erik van der Linden, Komla Ako, & Harmen H. J. de Jongh. (2015). Quantitative analysis of the network structure that underlines the transitioning in mechanical responses of pea protein gels. Food Hydrocolloids. 49. 104–117. 45 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla. (2014). Influence of elasticity on the syneresis properties of κ-carrageenan gels. Carbohydrate Polymers. 115. 408–414. 55 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla, Dominique Durand, & Taco Nicolaï. (2011). Phase separation driven by aggregation can be reversed by elasticity in gelling mixtures of polysaccharides and proteins. Soft Matter. 7(6). 2507–2507. 28 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla, Taco Nicolaï, & Dominique Durand. (2010). Salt-Induced Gelation of Globular Protein Aggregates: Structure and Kinetics. Biomacromolecules. 11(4). 864–871. 65 indexed citations
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Ako, Komla, Taco Nicolaï, Dominique Durand, & Guillaume Brotons. (2009). Micro-phase separation explains the abrupt structural change of denatured globular protein gels on varying the ionic strength or the pH. Soft Matter. 5(20). 4033–4033. 78 indexed citations

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