Gerheart Winfred Ashong

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Graduate Research Assistant, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2023, latest 2026

Pollution
Geochemistry and Petrology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Water Science and Technology
Analytical Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry

In their own words

Environmental Chemistry
Functionalized materials for adsorption
Air quality

Publications: 202023–2026
Citations: 162to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 2.411.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 26%5 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 100%19 of the 19 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 255 citations, h-index 9 and i10-index 9 (255 citations and h-index 9 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

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

Pollution1260%
Geochemistry and Petrology

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Graduate Research Assistant, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2021

Education

Mphil Environmental Chemistry, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2022–2023
Bachelor of Science (Honors), ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2015–2019

Publications

20 in all

Monitoring, source apportionment, and health risk implications of potentially toxic element concentrations in canned fish products within Kumasi metropolis, Ghana
2026Food Chemistry AdvancesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1016/j.focha.2026.101234
Preliminary assessment for the investigation of the phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of Aloe ferox leaf extract as a foundation for medicinal applications

gwashong1@st.knust.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

gerheart33@gmail.comPublic on their ORCID record

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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis525%

Water Science and Technology525%

Analytical Chemistry315%

Environmental Chemistry315%

Complementary and alternative medicine210%

Materials Chemistry210%

Organic Chemistry210%

Waste Management and Disposal210%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy metals in environment9
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry4
Arsenic contamination and mitigation3
Heavy Metals in Plants3
Mercury impact and mitigation studies3
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal2
Air Quality and Health Impacts2
Energy and Environment Impacts2
Fluoride Effects and Removal2
Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications2
Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications2
Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their 19 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Dr. Hilla Limann Technical UniversityGH3 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH1 paper
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper
Ghana Education ServiceGH1 paper
Ghana Cocoa BoardGH1 paper
Ghana Christian University CollegeGH1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH1 paper

Where they publish

Food Chemistry Advances2
Heliyon2
Toxicology Reports2
Discover Applied Sciences1
Discover Chemistry.1
Discover Public Health1
Discover Sustainability1
Discover Water1

How it can be read

100% free to read, of the 19 recorded

Diamond 3 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 13 · 65%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Unknown 1 · 5%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 20 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation5
2Zero hunger2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
14Life below water1

2026Discover Chemistry.JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44371-026-00504-z

Evaluation of trace metals and quality of selected brands of vegetable cooking oils available on the Ghanaian market

2024Journal of Trace Elements and MineralsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1016/j.jtemin.2024.100119