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Researcher · University of Ghana · Ghana

Firibu Kwesi Saalia

Firibu Kwesi Saalia publishes mostly in Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics and Plant Science, on topics such as Food composition and properties, Proteins in Food Systems and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

ORCID 0000-0002-7492-1449 OpenAlex
World rank
#461,160
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Ghana
#332
of 6,000
Works
161
Citations
3.4k
Citations per work
20.8
h-index
32
i10-index 78Top 6.5% in Food Science
Firibu Kwesi Saalia

What does Firibu Kwesi Saalia research?

Firibu Kwesi Saalia's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Nursing (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%).

Life Sciences: 80 works · 49.7% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 75 works · 46.3% of their workFood Science: 45 works · 27.7% of their workPlant Science: 25 works · 15.6% of their workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 works · 3.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 works · 3.4% of their workBiotechnology: 5 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 50 works · 31.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 31 works · 19.2% of their workNursing: 26 works · 16.2% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 works · 16.2% of their workHealth Professions: 5 works · 3.0% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 5 works · 3.0% of their workTHEIR WORKFiribu KwesiSaalia161works
Life Sciences50%Health Sciences19%

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 Sciences7546.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.4%
  2. Everything else5031.1%
    1. Nursing2616.2%
    2. Health Professions53.0%
  1. 1Food Science28% of their works
  2. 2Nutrition and Dietetics16% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science16% of their works
  4. 4Biotechnology3% of their works
  5. 5Animal Science and Zoology3% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Firibu Kwesi Saalia's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Rheological Properties, Dietary Fiber, Glycemic Index, Hydrocolloids, Nanoemulsions, Proteins, Antioxidant Activity and Nutritional Value.

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. Rheological Properties552 topics
  2. Dietary Fiber451 topic
  3. Glycemic Index451 topic
  4. Hydrocolloids322 topics
  5. Nanoemulsions221 topic
  6. Proteins221 topic
  7. Antioxidant Activity202 topics
  8. Nutritional Value192 topics
  9. Child Development171 topic
  10. Maternal and Child Undernutrition171 topic
  11. Chocolate131 topic
  12. Cocoa131 topic
  13. Buckwheat101 topic
  14. Consumer Perception101 topic
  15. Gelling Agents101 topic
  16. Quinoa101 topic
  17. Sensory Analysis101 topic
  18. Thickening Agents101 topic
  19. Agroforestry91 topic
  20. Tree Domestication91 topic

Where does Firibu Kwesi Saalia work?

Firibu Kwesi Saalia's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Ghana, Ghana.

How many publications and citations does Firibu Kwesi Saalia have?

OpenAlex counts 161 works and 3,352 citations for Firibu Kwesi Saalia, an h-index of 32, ranking #461,160 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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