Patrick Asamoah Sakyi

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Patrick Asamoah Sakyi is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Geophysics, 42 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 32 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Asamoah Sakyi's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (87 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (64 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (48 papers). Patrick Asamoah Sakyi is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (87 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (64 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (48 papers). Patrick Asamoah Sakyi collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, China and Hong Kong. Patrick Asamoah Sakyi's co-authors include Ben‐Xun Su, Kezhang Qin, Dongmei Tang, He Sun, Ping‐Ping Liu, Qinghua Xiao, Sanjeewa P.K. Malaviarachchi, Sandow Mark Yidana, Baopeng Su and Yan Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Chemical Geology and Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Asamoah Sakyi

112 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sr-Nd isotopes of Ni-C... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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  1. SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sr-Nd isotopes of Ni-Cu-Bearing Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions in Eastern Tianshan and Beishan in correlation with flood basalts in Tarim Basin (NW China): Constraints on a ca. 280 Ma mantle plume
    2011 363 citations Kezhang Qin, Baopeng Su et al. American Journal of Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Asamoah Sakyi Ghana 32 2.6k 1.4k 648 179 114 115 3.1k
Jeffrey L. Mauk New Zealand 24 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 620 1.0× 49 0.3× 29 0.3× 60 1.9k
Xiaoyuan Wang China 23 789 0.3× 226 0.2× 291 0.4× 65 0.4× 14 0.1× 105 1.5k
A. Keshav Krishna India 20 515 0.2× 659 0.5× 354 0.5× 132 0.7× 443 3.9× 49 2.0k
Dongsheng Ma China 23 1.5k 0.6× 940 0.7× 566 0.9× 21 0.1× 67 0.6× 65 2.0k
Spencer R. Titley United States 21 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 436 0.7× 23 0.1× 19 0.2× 47 1.8k
Behzad Mehrabi Iran 19 959 0.4× 765 0.6× 222 0.3× 99 0.6× 70 0.6× 75 1.4k
Eduardo Gonzáléz-Partida Mexico 18 893 0.3× 698 0.5× 312 0.5× 132 0.7× 65 0.6× 108 1.5k
Xie Xuejing China 21 431 0.2× 1.3k 0.9× 270 0.4× 156 0.9× 13 0.1× 49 1.5k
Christian Ihlenfeld United Kingdom 14 377 0.1× 331 0.2× 143 0.2× 37 0.2× 47 0.4× 20 948
Giovanni Ruggieri Italy 27 1.3k 0.5× 265 0.2× 236 0.4× 200 1.1× 7 0.1× 79 1.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah, et al.. (2024). Crustal evolution of alternating Paleoproterozoic belts and basins in the Birimian terrane in southeastern West African Craton. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 220. 105449–105449. 2 indexed citations
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Amponsah, Prince Ofori, et al.. (2024). Petrology and geochemistry of the Suhum Basin granitoid complex, Ghana: Implications for crustal growth during the Rhyacian orogeny of the West African Craton. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 222. 105475–105475. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Shanke, et al.. (2023). K isotopic fractionation in K-feldspar: Effects of mineral chemistry. American Mineralogist. 109(9). 1523–1534. 1 indexed citations
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Su, Ben‐Xun, Yang Bai, Mengmeng Cui, et al.. (2020). Petrogenesis of the Ultramafic Zone of the Stillwater Complex in North America: constraints from mineral chemistry and stable isotopes of Li and O. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 175(7). 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Ben‐Xun Su, Yan Xiao, et al.. (2019). High-temperature chromium isotope fractionation and its implications: Constraints from the Kızıldağ ophiolite, SE Turkey. Lithos. 342-343. 361–369. 11 indexed citations
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Gordon, Carmen, et al.. (2018). Carbon Footprint of the Large Scale Gold Mining Industry of Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 26. 242–260. 5 indexed citations
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Bai, Yang, Ben‐Xun Su, Yan Xiao, et al.. (2018). Origin of Reverse Zoned Cr-Spinels from the Paleoproterozoic Yanmenguan Mafic–Ultramafic Complex in the North China Craton. Minerals. 8(2). 62–62. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Saihong, Ben‐Xun Su, Xiaowen Huang, et al.. (2018). Platinum-Group Mineral Occurrences and Platinum-Group Elemental Geochemistry of the Xiadong Alaskan-Type Complex in the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Minerals. 8(11). 494–494. 8 indexed citations
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Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah, et al.. (2018). Geochemical and Sm–Nd isotopic evidence for the composition of the Palaeoproterozoic crust of the West African Craton in Ghana. Geological Journal. 54(6). 3940–3957. 20 indexed citations
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Su, Ben‐Xun, Xinhua Zhou, Yang Sun, Jifeng Ying, & Patrick Asamoah Sakyi. (2017). Carbonatite‐metasomatism signatures hidden in silicate‐metasomatized mantle xenoliths from NE China. Geological Journal. 53(2). 682–691. 9 indexed citations
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Nude, Prosper M., et al.. (2016). Arsenic Intensity Risk Assessment at AngloGold Obuasi Goldmine, Ghana, West Africa: Using Sorption and Geotechnical Factors. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 24(2). 1–17.
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Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah, et al.. (2016). Assessment of Groundwater Quality and its Suitability for Domestic and Agricultural Purposes in parts of the Central Region, Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 24(2). 67–89. 9 indexed citations
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Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah, et al.. (2015). Proximate Composition and Some FunctionalProperties of Soft Wheat Flour. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science Engineering and Technology. 4(2). 753–758. 69 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhongmei, Chunming Han, Wenjiao Xiao, et al.. (2014). Petrology and geochronology of Paleoproterozoic garnet-bearing amphibolites from the Dunhuang Block, Eastern Tarim Craton. Precambrian Research. 255. 163–180. 47 indexed citations
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Su, Ben‐Xun, Kezhang Qin, Dongmei Tang, et al.. (2012). Late Paleozoic mafic–ultramafic intrusions in southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (NW China): Insight into magmatic Ni–Cu sulfide mineralization in orogenic setting. Ore Geology Reviews. 51. 57–73. 53 indexed citations
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Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah, et al.. (2012). Ghana’s Quest for Oil and Gas: Ecological Risks and Management Frameworks. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 20(1). 57–72. 14 indexed citations
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Su, Ben‐Xun, Kezhang Qin, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi, et al.. (2011). Occurrence of an Alaskan-type complex in the Middle Tianshan Massif, Central Asian Orogenic Belt: inferences from petrological and mineralogical studies. International Geology Review. 54(3). 249–269. 73 indexed citations
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Qin, Kezhang, Baopeng Su, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi, et al.. (2011). SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sr-Nd isotopes of Ni-Cu-Bearing Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions in Eastern Tianshan and Beishan in correlation with flood basalts in Tarim Basin (NW China): Constraints on a ca. 280 Ma mantle plume. American Journal of Science. 311(3). 237–260. 363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Su, Ben‐Xun, Kezhang Qin, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi, et al.. (2011). Geochronologic-petrochemical studies of the Hongshishan mafic–ultramafic intrusion, Beishan area, Xinjiang (NW China): petrogenesis and tectonic implications. International Geology Review. 54(3). 270–289. 48 indexed citations

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