Samuel Oppong Bekoe

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Plant Science
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Food Science
Analytical Chemistry
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology

Publications: 502007–2026
Citations: 386to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 0.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%3 of 39 scored papers
Open access: 62%24 of the 39 whose access is recorded

5 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 484 citations, h-index 14 and i10-index 16 (397 citations and h-index 12 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Pharmaceutical ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

50 in all

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Plant Science1530%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health918%
Food Science714%
Analytical Chemistry612%
Pharmacology612%
Molecular Biology510%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology48%
Pharmacology48%
Complementary and alternative medicine36%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism36%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies9
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting8
Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals6
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities5
Antibiotic Use and Resistance4
Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety4
Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography3
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts3
Phytochemistry and Bioactivity Studies3
Adrenal Hormones and Disorders2
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

36% of their 39 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany7
Denmark6
Sweden2
United States1
Nigeria1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH20 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH13 papers
University of MünsterDE7 papers
University of CopenhagenDK6 papers
Hvidovre HospitalDK2 papers
Kristianstad UniversitySE2 papers
Aarhus UniversityDK2 papers
Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Münsterland-Emscher-LippeDE2 papers
Wesley College of EducationGH2 papers
University of California, BerkeleyUS1 paper

Where they publish

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine3
Journal of Chemistry3
Planta Medica3
Heliyon2
Scientific African2
American journal of infectious diseases and microbiology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being7
6Clean water and sanitation6
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
15Life on land1
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Most cited

Antibiotic Exposure in a Low-Income Country: Screening Urine Samples for Presence of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance in Coagulase Negative Staphylococcal Contaminants
PLoS ONE1
201443 citationsOpen access · Gold
Exposure of consumers to substandard antibiotics from selected authorised and unauthorised medicine sales outlets in Ghana
Tropical Medicine & International Health
202042 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Demonstrated Wound Healing Properties

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

Prevalence of Hepatitis C at a Primary Hospital in the Western Region of Ghana

2023American journal of infectious diseases and microbiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.12691/ajidm-11-1-2

Anthelmintic Agents from African Medicinal Plants: Review and Prospects

2022Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen access16 citations10.1155/2022/8023866

Antimalarial Property and Acute Toxicity of the Leaves of Theobroma cacao L.

2021Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1155/2021/2852442

Exposure of consumers to substandard antibiotics from selected authorised and unauthorised medicine sales outlets in Ghana

2020Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding42 citations10.1111/tmi.13442

Prologue: Veterinary Pharmaceuticals

2020IntechOpen eBooksBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.5772/intechopen.89902

Scientific African

2020CarbonJournal0 citations

Veterinary medicine and pharmaceuticals

2020BoD–Books on DemandReportFirst author24 citations

Prologue: Veterinary

2020Veterinary medicine and pharmaceuticalsJournalFirst author2 citations

CHARACTERIZATION AND RP-HPLC METHOD DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOMARKER (BERGENIN) FROM THE ROOTS OF Securinega virosa

2019HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalOpen access1 citation

Determination of Tryptophan Content in Hausa Koko (Spicy Millet Porridge): A Ghanaian Beverage

2019International Journal of PhytopharmacyJournalSenior author2 citations

Medicinal Plants and Natural Products with Demonstrated Wound Healing Properties

2016InTech eBooksBook chapterOpen accessSenior author15 citations10.5772/63574

Cytotoxicity of the Aqueous Extract of Clerodendrum splendens on HaCaT Keratinocytes

2016European Journal of Medicinal PlantsJournalSenior author0 citations10.9734/ejmp/2016/27067

Demonstrated Wound Healing Properties

2016Wound Healing: New insights into Ancient ChallengesJournalSenior author26 citations

Phytochemical properties of extracts and isolated fractions of leaves and stem bark of Ficus exasperata

2015World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalSenior author8 citations

A New Dimension in Medicines Quality Monitoring: Using Surrogate Reference Standards in RP-HPLC Assay of Pharmaceuticals

2014International Journal of Pure and Applied ChemistryJournalSenior author1 citation

Antibiotics in Ghana: Quality and Determination in Biological and Environmental Matrices: PhD Thesis

2014Faculty of Health and Medical SciencesReportFirst author0 citations

How it can be read

62% free to read, of the 39 recorded

Diamond 4 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 18%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 15 · 30%Behind a paywall
Unknown 11 · 22%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

16 of 50 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology6
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft4
Danish International Development Agency3
Udenrigsministeriet3
Danida Fellowship Centre2
Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana1
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas1
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst1

Peace, justice and strong institutions

Wound Healing: New insights into Ancient Challenges

Veterinary medicine and pharmaceuticals

BoD–Books on Demand

202024 citations