Kennedy Kwami Edem Kukuia

University of Ghana

Associate Professor, University of Ghana Medical School, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Complementary and alternative medicine
Biological Psychiatry
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology

Publications: 442013–2026
Citations: 467to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 1.581.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%7 of 44 scored papers
Open access: 86%38 papers free to read

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Department of Medical PharmacologyUniversity of Ghana Medical Schoolsince 2021
Senior Lecturer, Department of Medical PharmacologyUniversity of Ghana Medical School2019–2021
SENIOR LECTURER/RESEARCHER, PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGYUniversity of Ghana2014–2019
Lecturer/Reseacher, Department of PharmacologyUniversity of Ghana Medical School2013–2014

Education

PhD, Department of Pharmacology

Publications

44 in all

Climate Change and Mental Health in Africa: A Scoping Review
2026Annals of Global HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.5334/aogh.5110
Alzheimer's Disease in Africa: A Scoping Review Protocol
2026Health Science ReportsJournalOpen accessCorresponding

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience1739%
Complementary and alternative medicine1534%
Biological Psychiatry920%
Molecular Biology818%
Pharmacology818%
Pharmacology614%
Plant Science614%
Biochemistry511%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism37%
Food Science37%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Tryptophan and brain disorders9
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research8
Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects7
Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection7
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior7
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae4
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection3
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies3
Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology3
Treatment of Major Depression3
Advanced Drug Delivery Systems2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

27% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5
United States3
Kuwait3
Russia1
Sweden1
France1
Nigeria1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH18 papers
University of Cape CoastGH17 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH10 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH10 papers
University of WarwickGB5 papers
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH4 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Kuwait UniversityKW3 papers
University of UtahUS3 papers
Anglican University College of TechnologyGH3 papers

Where they publish

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine5
Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology4
Frontiers in Pharmacology2
Health Sciences Investigations Journal2
IBRO Neuroscience Reports2
International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being18
14Life below water6
2Zero hunger2
6Clean water and sanitation2
1No poverty1
10Reduced inequalities1
13Climate action1
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Most cited

Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Mental and Neurological Disorders in Ghana
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine17
201859 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Ethanolic extract of Nymphaea lotus L. (Nymphaeaceae) leaves exhibits in vitro antioxidant, in vivo anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities on Jurkat and MCF-7 cancer cell lines
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies14
202144 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of a Pectin-Based Oral Multiparticulate Matrix Carrier of Carbamazepine

2021Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen access8 citations10.1155/2021/5527452

Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Mental and Neurological Disorders in Ghana

2018Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen access59 citations10.1155/2018/8590381

Antidepressant Potentials of Components from Trichilia monadelpha (Thonn.) J.J. de Wilde in Murine Models

2018Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1155/2018/6863973

Psychotropic Effects of an Alcoholic Extract from the Leaves ofAlbizia zygia(Leguminosae‐Mimosoideae)

2017Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen access4 citations10.1155/2017/9297808

An ethanolic extract of Desmodium adscendens exhibits antipsychotic-like activity in mice

2017Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and PharmacologyJournal5 citations10.1515/jbcpp-2016-0115

Scientific evidence of plant with a rapid-onset and sustained antidepressant effect in a chronic model of depression: Mallotus oppositifolius

2016Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and PharmacologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1515/jbcpp-2015-0029

Anxiolytic-like effect of the leaves of Pseudospondias microcarpa (A. Rich.) Engl. in mice

2016Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and PharmacologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.1515/jbcpp-2015-0067

Phytotherapy of experimental depression: Kalanchoe integra Var. Crenata (Andr.) Cuf Leaf Extract

2015Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.4103/0975-7406.148785

Antidepressant-like properties of Antiaris toxicaria aqueous extract

2015International Journal of Basic & Clinical PharmacologyJournalOpen access2 citations10.5455/2319-2003.ijbcp20150220

Antidepressant Effects ofMallotus oppositifoliusin Acute Murine Models

2014ISRN PharmacologyJournalOpen accessFirst author17 citations10.1155/2014/324063

Journal of Pharmacy And Bioallied Sciences2

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 11 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 18 · 41%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 20%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 6 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

23 of 44 papers name a funder

University of Ghana17
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology4
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana4
Carnegie Corporation of New York3
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council2
Directorate for Biological Sciences2
International Foundation for Science2
Division of Materials Research1

Partnerships for the goals

Extract of Synedrella nodiflora (L) Gaertn exhibits antipsychotic properties in murine models of psychosis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine3

201726 citationsOpen access · Gold