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Dora Neina

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0003-1501-5136 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE
Soil sciencemine soil reclamationsoil
Publications

36

Citations

2,295

H-index

13

i10-index

15

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
63.8
Most cited paper
1,844
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:04
Publications

36 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The role of soil pH in plant nutrition and soil remediation
D Neina
2019 Applied and environmental soil science 2019 (1), 5794869, 2019 Health Sciences 1,844
A systematic review of drivers and constraints on agricultural expansion in sub-Saharan Africa
NP Jellason, EJZ Robinson, ASA Chapman, D Neina, AJM Devenish, ...
2021 Land 10 (3), 332, 2021 Agriculture 81
Co-application of biochar and cattle manure counteract positive priming of carbon mineralization in a sandy soil
DE Dodor, YJ Amanor, FT Attor, TA Adjadeh, D Neina, M Miyittah
2018 Environmental Systems Research 7 (1), 5, 2018 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 64
Ecological and edaphic drivers of yam production in West Africa
D Neina
2021 Applied and environmental soil science 2021 (1), 5019481, 2021 Agriculture 50
Characterization of charcoal and firewood ash for use in African peri-urban agriculture
D Neina, S Faust, RG Joergensen
2020 Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 7 (1), 5, 2020 Agriculture 42
Geochemical assessment of heavy metal pollution as impacted by municipal solid waste at Abloradjei waste dump site, Accra-Ghana
HM Jafaru, GNN Dowuona, TA Adjadeh, EK Nartey, PM Nude, D Neina
2015 Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences 7 (3), 50-59, 2015 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 26
Microbial response to the restoration of a Technosol amended with local organic materials
D Neina, A Buerkert, RG Joergensen
2016 Soil and Tillage Research 163, 214-223, 2016 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 25
Soil types, formation processes, and characteristics in the global south
SM Mureithi, S Mwendwa, D Neina
2024 Sustainable soil systems in global south, 3-47, 2024 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 20
Effects of land use on microbial indices in tantalite mine soils, Western Rwanda
D Neina, A Buerkert, RG Joergensen
2017 Land Degradation & Development 28 (1), 181-188, 2017 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 18
The Terra Preta Model soil for sustainable sedentary yam production in West Africa
D Neina, E Agyarko-Mintah
2023 Heliyon 9 (5), 2023 Agriculture 15
One hundred priority questions for the development of sustainable food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
AJM Devenish, P Schmitter, NP Jellason, N Esmail, NM Abdi, SK Adanu, ...
2023 Land 12 (10), 1879, 2023 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 14
Evaluation of alkaline hydrolyzable organic nitrogen as an index of nitrogen mineralization potential of some coastal savannah soils of Ghana
DE Dodor, MS Kamara, A Asamoah-Bediako, SGK Adiku, DS MacCarthy, ...
2022 Nitrogen 3 (4), 652-662, 2022 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 14
Potential mineralizable N and P mineralization of local organic materials in tantalite mine soils
D Neina, A Buerkert, RG Joergensen
2016 Applied Soil Ecology 108, 211-220, 2016 Natural Sciences 14
Short-term effects of human urine fertiliser and wood ash on soil pH and electrical conductivity
D Neina, GNN Dowuona
2013 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics …, 2013 Engineering 12
Chemical and mineralogical properties of post-mining sites in two gold mining concessions in Ghana
D Neina, E Van Ranst, A Verdoodt
2019 Ghana Journal of Science, Technology and Development 6 (1), 1-14, 2019 Natural Sciences 10
Duration of cultivation has varied impacts on soil charge properties in different agro-ecological zones of Ghana
D Neina, E Agyarko-Mintah
2022 Land 11 (10), 1633, 2022 Natural Sciences 8
Soil health and contamination: Processes, remediation, and impacts on food security
A Boularbah, BN Aloo, L Benidire, D Neina, R Lahlali
2025 Innovative approaches in environmental health management: Processes …, 2025 Agriculture 7
Soil System Status and Issues in the Global South
D Neina, SM Mureithi, E Van Ranst
2024 Sustainable Soil Systems in Global South, 83-112, 2024 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 7
Terra Preta production from Ghanaian and Zambian soils using domestic wastes
D Neina, B Glaser
2024 Scientific Reports 14 (1), 24197, 2024 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 6
Sulphur contents in arable soils from four agro-ecological zones of Ghana
D Neina, B Adolph
2022 Land 11 (10), 1866, 2022 Natural Sciences 6
Differential impacts of cropland expansion on soil biological indicators in two ecological zones
D Neina, E Agyarko-Mintah
2023 Sustainability 15 (10), 8138, 2023 Natural Sciences 4
Food and Forests: Understanding Agriculture an d Conservation Trade-offs in Ghana
P Franks, B Adolph, D Neina
2020 International Institute for Environment an d Development (IIED), London, 2020 Agriculture 3
Utilization of Sanitized Human Excreta and Wood Ash for Establishing Multipurpose Ficus Thonningii Blume in a Degraded Tantalum Technosol.
D Neina
2019 Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management 23 (12), 2117, 2019 Social Sciences 2
Landscape controls physicochemical properties and nutrient dynamics of a biotite-granite catena in the rainforest zone of Ghana
JK Awoonor, D Neina, AO Ansah, JK Gyamfi, P Addai, CK Tay
2026 Catena 270, 110108, 2026 Multidisciplinary / Unclassified 1
Application of pre-Terra Preta to enhance soil fertility and productivity of marginal land cultivated with Pennisetum purpureum cv. Mott
DP Nasution, U Udiansyah, F Razie, NA Syarifuddin, D Neina
2025 SAINS TANAH-Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology 22 (2), 551-561, 2025 Agriculture 1