Bright Selorm Addy

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Central Universityfrom their recent papers

Senior Lecturer, Central University, since 2017per ORCID

Publishing since 2022, latest 2025

Molecular Biology
Plant Science
Biochemistry
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Complementary and alternative medicine
Epidemiology

Publications: 62022–2025
Citations: 6to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.431.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 67%4 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

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

Peerford

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

Molecular Biology350%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Pharmaceutical SciencesCentral Universitysince 2017
Lecturer, Pharmaceutical SciencesCentral University2009–2017

Education

PhD (Candidate), Biochemistry and BiotechnologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2017
MSc (By Research) Pharmaceutical AnalysisCoventry University2004–2006
BSc BiochemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publications

6 in all

A bioactive fraction from the leaves of Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. exhibits antiproliferative activity via cell cycle arrest at the G1/S checkpoint and initiation of apoptosis via poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1 (PARP1) cleavage in HeLa cells.
2025Journal of EthnopharmacologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1016/j.jep.2025.119363
Further studies on the anticonvulsant potential of extracts from Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn in a rat model of convulsion

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism233%

Complementary and alternative medicine117%

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences117%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies2
Natural product bioactivities and synthesis2
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae2
Biological Activity of Diterpenoids and Biflavonoids1
Hepatitis B Virus Studies1
interferon and immune responses1
Natural Products and Applications1
Papaya Research and Applications1
Phytochemical compounds biological activities1
Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications1
Synthesis and bioactivity of alkaloids1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

17% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Central UniversityGH3 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
University of SurreyGB1 paper
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH1 paper
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Ethnopharmacology2
Clinical Phytoscience1
Journal of Immunology Research1
Scientific African1
The Journal of Phytopharmacology1

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 2 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 33%In an open-access journal
Closed 2 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 6 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
African Academy of Sciences1
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council1
University of Surrey1
Wellcome Trust1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being2

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

2025The Journal of PhytopharmacologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.31254/phyto.2025.14204

In vitro antiproliferative activities of some Ghanaian medicinal plants

2024Clinical PhytoscienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s40816-024-00383-w