Osei Akoto

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Osei Akoto is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Osei Akoto has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Pollution, 24 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 23 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Osei Akoto's work include Heavy metals in environment (38 papers), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (23 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (14 papers). Osei Akoto is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (38 papers), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (23 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (14 papers). Osei Akoto collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, Japan and United States. Osei Akoto's co-authors include Godfred Darko, Francis Opoku, Nesta Bortey‐Sam, Shouta M.M. Nakayama, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Mayumi Ishizuka, Elvis Baidoo, Hazuki Mizukawa, Samuel Osafo Acquaah and Yared Beyene Yohannes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Osei Akoto

96 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Addressing global environmental pollution using environmental control techniques: a focus on environmental policy and preventive environmental management

2024 126 citations Lyndon Nii Adjiri Sackey, Osei Akoto et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

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Md. Abu Bakar Siddique Bangladesh

Michele Arienzo Italy

Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf Malaysia

Jian Lü China

Shakeel A. Khan India

Sanjay Kumar Gupta India

Muhammad Ubaid Ali China

Li Chen China

Xiaoyun Yi China

Md. Abu Bakar Siddique Bangladesh

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582 ×0.5

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Citations per year, relative to Osei Akoto Osei Akoto (= 1×) peers Md. Abu Bakar Siddique

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Osei Akoto

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Sackey, Lyndon Nii Adjiri, et al.. (2024). Addressing global environmental pollution using environmental control techniques: a focus on environmental policy and preventive environmental management. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 126 indexed citations breakdown →

Foli, Gordon, et al.. (2024). Geochemical characterization of waste rock dump and its potential to predict acid mine drainage. Scientific African. 26. e02350–e02350. 1 indexed citations

Gyimah, Eric, Hai Xu, Xing Dong, et al.. (2024). Gene expression patterns and DNA methylation of neuron and pancreatic β-cell developments in zebrafish embryos treated with bisphenol F and AF. Heliyon. 10(13). e33805–e33805. 2 indexed citations

Akoto, Osei, et al.. (2024). Health Risk Assessments of Potentially Toxic Elements in Selected Medicinal Plants from the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Chemistry Africa. 7(8). 4361–4379. 2 indexed citations

Opoku, Francis, Osei Akoto, Edward Ebow Kwaansa‐Ansah, Noah Kyame Asare–Donkor, & Anthony Apeke Adimado. (2023). Role of BaTiO3 crystal surfaces on the electronic properties, charge separation and visible light–response of the most active (001) surface of LaAlO3: A hybrid density functional study. Chemical Physics Impact. 6. 100236–100236. 5 indexed citations

Akoto, Osei, et al.. (2023). Multivariate studies and heavy metal pollution in soil from gold mining area. Heliyon. 9(1). e12661–e12661. 33 indexed citations

Boadi, Nathaniel Owusu, et al.. (2023). An analysis of the foremost issues with artisanal and small-scale gold mining from Ghana’s perspective. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(11). 1383–1383. 2 indexed citations

Sackey, Lyndon Nii Adjiri, et al.. (2023). Impact of accumulation of copper from application of copper-based fungicides on soil properties in Ghana. Discover Environment. 1(1). 6 indexed citations

Gyimah, Eric, et al.. (2021). Pollution and Health Risk Implications of Heavy Metals in the Surface Soil of Asafo Auto-Mechanic Workshop in Kumasi, Ghana. Chemistry Africa. 5(1). 189–199. 17 indexed citations

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Gyimah, Eric, Hai Xu, Xing Dong, et al.. (2020). Developmental neurotoxicity of low concentrations of bisphenol A and S exposure in zebrafish. Chemosphere. 262. 128045–128045. 67 indexed citations

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Akoto, Osei, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of health risks associated with trace metal exposure in water from the Barekese reservoir in Kumasi, Ghana. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 26(4). 1134–1148. 31 indexed citations

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Gyimah, Eric, et al.. (2018). Bioaccumulation factors and multivariate analysis of heavy metals of three edible fish species from the Barekese reservoir in Kumasi, Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190(9). 553–553. 26 indexed citations

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Gyimah, Eric, Osei Akoto, & Collins Nimako. (2018). Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Contamination in Edible Fish Species from the Barekese Reservoir in Kumasi, Ghana. American Journal of Environmental Sciences. 6 indexed citations

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Darko, Godfred, et al.. (2015). Distribution of natural and artificial radioactivity in soils, water and tuber crops. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(6). 339–339. 34 indexed citations

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Akoto, Osei, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Owabi Reservoir (Ghana) water quality using factor analysis. Lakes & Reservoirs Science Policy and Management for Sustainable Use. 19(3). 174–182. 21 indexed citations

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Bortey‐Sam, Nesta, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Shouta M.M. Nakayama, et al.. (2014). Occurrence, distribution, sources and toxic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. The Science of The Total Environment. 496. 471–478. 104 indexed citations

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Bortey‐Sam, Nesta, Shouta M.M. Nakayama, Yoshinori Ikenaka, et al.. (2014). Human health risks from metals and metalloid via consumption of food animals near gold mines in Tarkwa, Ghana: Estimation of the daily intakes and target hazard quotients (THQs). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 111. 160–167. 198 indexed citations

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Bortey‐Sam, Nesta, Osei Akoto, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Shouta M.M. Nakayama, & Mayumi Ishizuka. (2013). Determination of benzo[a]pyrene levels in ambient air and the source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using a diagnostic ratio method in Ghana.. PubMed. 61 Suppl. S72–4. 5 indexed citations

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Akoto, Osei, et al.. (2011). Chemical Composition of Rainwater over a Mining Area in Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research. 5(4). 847–854. 22 indexed citations

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Akoto, Osei, et al.. (2008). Heavy metals pollution profiles in streams serving the Owabi reservoir. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 2(11). 354–359. 110 indexed citations

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