Akotoye Hugh K.

Professor of Botany, Department of Environmental Science

In their own words

Taxonomy
Biosystematics
Ethnobotany
Forest Ecology
Environmental Science

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 172007–2022
Citations: 81to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 2.531.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%1 of 4 scored papers
Open access: 50%2 of the 4 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 5 publications, 77 citations to them, h-index 5.

Google Scholar shows 120 citations, h-index 4 and i10-index 3 (113 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 3, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Forestry318%
Ecology16%
Global and Planetary Change16%
Nature and Landscape Conservation16%
Plant Science16%
Water Science and Technology16%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity1
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management1
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies1
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies1
Forest ecology and management1
Land Use and Ecosystem Services1
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment1

Who they write with

14 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
No African institution

Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 4 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Education, WinnebaGH2 papers
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-SenftenbergDE1 paper
University of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentGH1 paper
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Natural Sciences4
Asian Journal of Chemistry2
Biosciences, Biotechnology Research Asia2
African Geographical Review1
International Journal of Chemical Sciences1
International of Ethnobotany1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land2
3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

Impact of anthropogenic disturbance on tree species diversity, vegetation structure and carbon storage potential in an upland evergreen forest of Ghana, West Africa
Akotoye Hugh K., Alexander Pappoe
Trees Forests and People15
202248 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Effects of anthropogenic activities on land-use dynamics in an upland tropical evergreen forest in Ghana
Akotoye Hugh K., Alexander Pappoe

Recent publications

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Impact of anthropogenic disturbance on tree species diversity, vegetation structure and carbon storage potential in an upland evergreen forest of Ghana, West Africa
Akotoye Hugh K., Alexander Pappoe
Trees Forests and People15
202248 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Pesticide and Nutrient Loads of Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Akotoye Hugh K., David Kofi Essumang
Journal of Water Resource and Protection
20215 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Effects of anthropogenic activities on land-use dynamics in an upland tropical evergreen forest in Ghana
Akotoye Hugh K., Alexander Pappoe
African Geographical Review15
202010 citations
Plants Used as Abortifacients and Contraceptives in Some Communities on the Fringes of Subri River Forest Reserve in Ghana.
Akotoye Hugh K., Alexander Pappoe, Gertrude Lucky Aku Dali
PubMed3
20198 citations
An ethnomedicinal survey of plants used to treat malaria in the Central Region of Ghana
Akotoye Hugh K., Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Kobina Yankson, Paulina Ampomah
J. Phytopharmacol
20176 citations
Plants of Ethnomedicinal importance from the Kabo Forest Reserve in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Akotoye Hugh K.
International of Ethnobotany
20140 citations
Ethnobotanical studies of some sacred groves in the Central Region of Ghana
Akotoye Hugh K.
Journal of Bihar Botanical Society
20130 citations
Diversity of soil surface invertebrates in cultivated and uncultivated fields in Coastal Savanna zone of Ghana.
Akotoye Hugh K., Alexander Pappoe, Frederick Ato Armah
Research Journal of Soil Biology
20092 citations
Leaf epidermal structure and ethnomedicine of some Solanaceae from the environs of Cape Coast Municipality
Akotoye Hugh K.
Journal of Natural Sciences
20080 citations
Ethnomedicinal practices of some ethnic groups of Ghana: the Anlo Tribe of Southeastern Ghana.
Akotoye Hugh K.
Journal of Natural Sciences
20080 citations

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