Kwabena Ofori-Kwakye
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 1994per ORCID
Publishing since 2001, latest 2026
Kwabena Ofori-Kwakye is a registered Pharmacist, Fellow of the Ghana College of Pharmacists, and Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. His research interests include Controlled drug delivery, Pharmaceutical formulation development, Development of pharmaceutical excipients, Pharmaceutical nanotechnology and Development of herbal medicinal products From ORCID
- Food Science
- Plant Science
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Economics and Econometrics
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
In their own words
- Pharmaceutics
- Drug Delivery
- Pharmaceutical Technology
- Pharmaceutical nanotechnology
- Pharmacy
- Publications
- 752001–2026
- Citations
- 1,427to those papers
- h-index
- 21i10-index 37
- Field-weighted impact
- 1.111.00 is the world average
- World top 10%
- 5%2 of 43 scored papers
- Open access
- 100%43 of the 43 whose access is recorded
4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 1,830 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 44 (909 citations and h-index 16 since 2021), as of October 10, 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
Positions
- Professor, PharmaceuticsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 1994
Education
- PhD Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of Manchester1998–2002
- MSc Pharmaceutical Technology (with Distinction), PharmacyKing's College London1992–1993
- B. Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy), Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1985–1989
Publications
75 in all
- Formulation and in-vitro evaluation of sustained release diclofenac sodium matrix tablets using blends of cashew gum, xanthan gum and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose as …
2013Indian Journal of Novel Drug DeliveryJournalFirst author8 citations
- Substandard artemisinin-based antimalarial medicines in licensed retail pharmaceutical outlets in ghana
2012Journal of Vector Borne DiseasesJournalOpen access