Samuel Afful

1000 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 840 citations indexed

About

Samuel Afful is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Afful has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 840 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 6 papers in Environmental Engineering and 6 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Samuel Afful's work include Hydrological Forecasting Using AI (5 papers), Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (4 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (4 papers). Samuel Afful is often cited by papers focused on Hydrological Forecasting Using AI (5 papers), Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (4 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (4 papers). Samuel Afful collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, United Kingdom and Canada. Samuel Afful's co-authors include S. Osae, Tetteh T. Akiti, Samuel Osafo Acquaah, Andrews Obeng Affum, Joseph Richmond Fianko, Dickson Adomako, Benjamin J.B. Nyarko, Alfred Kwablah Anim, Y. Serfor-Armah and Nathaniel Owusu Boadi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Afful

15 papers receiving 811 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.

Total coliforms, arsenic and cadmium exposure through drinking water in the Western Region of Ghana: application of multivariate statistical technique to groundwater quality

2015 570 citations Andrews Obeng Affum, S. Osae et al. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel Afful Ghana	9	280	278	156	133	96	19	840
Andrews Obeng Affum Ghana	8	307 1.1×	208 0.7×	163 1.0×	78 0.6×	106 1.1×	14	830
Anwar Jiries Jordan	19	534 1.9×	292 1.1×	197 1.3×	105 0.8×	96 1.0×	53	1.0k
Syeda Maria Ali Pakistan	15	437 1.6×	252 0.9×	150 1.0×	116 0.9×	48 0.5×	30	983
Shaohui Xu China	15	238 0.8×	248 0.9×	167 1.1×	220 1.7×	223 2.3×	28	1.0k
Daniela Zuzolo Italy	20	546 1.9×	304 1.1×	70 0.4×	189 1.4×	94 1.0×	52	1.1k
Mohamed El Gharous Morocco	18	398 1.4×	146 0.5×	153 1.0×	345 2.6×	75 0.8×	62	1.5k
Aliya Naz India	14	263 0.9×	179 0.6×	149 1.0×	99 0.7×	33 0.3×	32	687
Samuel Osafo Acquaah Ghana	9	374 1.3×	297 1.1×	361 2.3×	140 1.1×	230 2.4×	11	1.2k
Dubravka Relić Serbia	19	508 1.8×	305 1.1×	129 0.8×	101 0.8×	50 0.5×	55	892
Lili Wang China	22	611 2.2×	283 1.0×	98 0.6×	338 2.5×	84 0.9×	58	1.3k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Aryee, Jeffrey N. A., et al.. (2025). A systematic review of machine learning models for groundwater level prediction. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 28. 100303–100303.

Afful, Samuel, et al.. (2025). A systematic review of neural network applications for groundwater level prediction. Discover Applied Sciences. 7(9).

Wemegah, David Dotse, et al.. (2024). A Review of Geological and Climatic Variables in Groundwater Availability Prediction in Africa: Machine Learning Approaches. 1 indexed citations

Wemegah, David Dotse, et al.. (2024). Review of machine learning algorithms used in groundwater availability studies in Africa: analysis of geological and climate input variables. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 2 indexed citations

Aryee, Jeffrey N. A., et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review of Machine Learning Algorithms in Groundwater Level Simulations and Forecasting. 1 indexed citations

Awudza, Johannes A. M., et al.. (2020). Assessment of Heavy Metals and Proximate Analysis of Cocoa Beans from Selected Cocoa Growing Areas in Ghana. International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 36–46. 2 indexed citations

Quansah, Reginald, John R. Bend, Frederick Ato Armah, et al.. (2019). Respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms associated with pesticide management practices among farmers in Ghana’s most important vegetable hub. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191(12). 716–716. 10 indexed citations

Boadi, Nathaniel Owusu, et al.. (2018). Risk Of Human Dietary Exposure To Organochlorine Pesticide Residues In Fruits From Ghana. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16686–16686. 25 indexed citations

Boadi, Nathaniel Owusu, et al.. (2018). Human Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of Chemistry. 2018. 1–11. 51 indexed citations

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Quansah, Reginald, John R. Bend, Frederick Ato Armah, et al.. (2016). Associations between pesticide use and respiratory symptoms: A cross-sectional study in Southern Ghana. Environmental Research. 150. 245–254. 33 indexed citations

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Affum, Andrews Obeng, S. Osae, Benjamin J.B. Nyarko, et al.. (2015). Total coliforms, arsenic and cadmium exposure through drinking water in the Western Region of Ghana: application of multivariate statistical technique to groundwater quality. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(2). 1–1. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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Afful, Samuel, et al.. (2013). Determination of indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by gas chromatography–electron capture detector. Chemosphere. 93(8). 1556–1560. 26 indexed citations

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Carboo, D., et al.. (2013). Burden of organochlorine pesticide residues in the root of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, antimalarial plant used in traditional medicine in Ghana.. 6 indexed citations

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Afful, Samuel. (2013). Persistent Organochlorine Compounds in the Water and Sediment Samples from the Lake Bosomtwe in Ghana. American Chemical Science Journal. 3(4). 434–448. 18 indexed citations

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Afful, Samuel, et al.. (2012). Assessment of synthetic pyrethroids residues in the waters and sediments from the Weija Lake in Ghana. European Chemical Bulletin. 2(4). 183–187. 9 indexed citations

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Afful, Samuel, et al.. (2010). Gas Chromatographic Methodology for the Determination of Some Halogenated Pesticides. Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology. 2(6). 592–595. 2 indexed citations

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Anim, Alfred Kwablah, Samuel Afful, & Y. Serfor-Armah. (2010). Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Total Halogen and Extractable Organohalogen in Fish Samples from the Densu Basin. International Journal of Chemistry. 2(2). 1 indexed citations

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Afful, Samuel, Alfred Kwablah Anim, & Y. Serfor-Armah. (2010). Spectrum of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Fish Samples from the Densu Basin. 2(3). 133–138. 80 indexed citations

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Afful, Samuel, et al.. (2009). Thin Layer chromatographic analyses of pesticides in a soil ecosystem. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. 14(1). 3 indexed citations

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