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Researcher · University for Development Studies · Ghana

Benjamin Karikari

Benjamin Karikari publishes mostly in Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics, on topics such as Soybean genetics and cultivation, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis and Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms.

ORCID 0000-0001-5398-2560 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,225,558
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#1,038
of 6,000
Works
98
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
13.1
h-index
22
i10-index 37Top 14% in Plant Science
Benjamin Karikari

What does Benjamin Karikari research?

Benjamin Karikari's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Environmental Science (2%).

Life Sciences: 75 works · 76.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 59 works · 60.6% of their workPlant Science: 55 works · 56.1% of their workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 works · 3.3% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 1.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 works · 15.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 9 works · 9.0% of their workGenetics: 6 works · 6.6% of their workEverything else: 22 works · 22.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 2 works · 1.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 2 works · 1.6% of their workPollution: 2 works · 1.6% of their workTHEIR WORKBenjamin Karikari98works
Life Sciences76%Physical Sciences2%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5960.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1515.6%
  2. Everything else2222.2%
    1. Environmental Science21.6%
  1. 1Plant Science56% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology9% of their works
  3. 3Genetics7% of their works
  4. 4Agronomy and Crop Science3% of their works
  5. 5Pollution2% of their works
  6. 6Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Benjamin Karikari's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drought Tolerance, QTL Mapping, Genome Analysis, Genetic Diversity, Soybean, Quantitative Trait Loci, Legumes and Symbiosis.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Drought Tolerance453 topics
  2. QTL Mapping402 topics
  3. Genome Analysis332 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity281 topic
  5. Soybean281 topic
  6. Quantitative Trait Loci262 topics
  7. Legumes191 topic
  8. Symbiosis191 topic
  9. Oxalic Acid141 topic
  10. Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum141 topic
  11. Genetic Mapping121 topic
  12. Genome-wide Association Studies121 topic
  13. Cultivar Evaluation111 topic
  14. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction111 topic
  15. Nitrogen71 topic
  16. Phosphorus71 topic
  17. Breeding61 topic
  18. Development61 topic
  19. Genomics61 topic
  20. Plant61 topic

Where does Benjamin Karikari work?

Benjamin Karikari's main affiliation in the publication record is University for Development Studies, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Benjamin Karikari have?

OpenAlex counts 98 works and 1,283 citations for Benjamin Karikari, an h-index of 22, ranking #1,225,558 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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