Kwesi Prah Thomford

University of Cape Coast

Also at Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical Universityfrom their recent papers

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Complementary and alternative medicine
Pharmacology
Plant Science
Epidemiology
Cell Biology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Publications: 162014–2026
Citations: 96to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.841.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%1 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 75%12 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

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy and Herbal MedicineUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2020
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNagasaki Daigaku2019–2020
Lecturer, Department of Herbal MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Health Sciences2016–2019
Medical Herbalist/Assistant Researcher, Clinical Research DepartmentCentre for Plant Medicine Research2009–2016

Education

PhD Pharmacognosy

Publications

16 in all

Knowledge, awareness, and practices of adverse drug reaction reporting among healthcare professionals in the Ashanti region of Ghana
2026Indian Journal of PharmacologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/ijp.ijp_1239_25
Characteristics and trends in adverse drug reactions in Ghana—evidence of spontaneous reports, 2005—2021
2024

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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

Complementary and alternative medicine425%
Pharmacology425%
Plant Science425%
Epidemiology319%
Cell Biology213%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism213%
Food Science213%
Forestry213%
Pharmacology213%
Surgery213%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity2
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies2
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies2
Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions2
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities2
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases2
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research1
Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies1
Cynara cardunculus studies1
Diabetes Management and Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

China2
Bangladesh1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH11 papers
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH9 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
China Pharmaceutical UniversityCN2 papers
Southeast UniversityCN2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Jiangsu Province HospitalCN1 paper
Nanjing First HospitalCN1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Herbal Medicine3
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine2
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science2
Clinical Phytoscience1
Indian Journal of Pharmacology1
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
2Zero hunger2
17Partnerships for the goals2
1No poverty1

Most cited

Hypotensive and Antihypertensive Properties and Safety for Use of Annona muricata and Persea americana and Their Combination Products
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine3
202023 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Momordica charantia L. for hyperlipidaemia: A randomised controlled assessment of the Ghanaian herbal medicinal product MCP-1
Journal of Herbal Medicine17
202115 citations
Herbal medicine practice in Ghana: A cross-sectional study to understand the factors influencing patient utilization of herbal medicine services

, Department of Pharmacognosy

B.Sc. Herbal Medicine, Department of Herbal MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences2003–2007

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology

Clinical Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Heptonica: A Ghanaian Hepatorestorative Polyherbal Product

2020Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1155/2020/9596182

International Journal of Phytomedicine1

International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health1

How it can be read

75% free to read

Diamond 5 · 31%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 6%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 31%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 25%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

7 of 16 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology5
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities1
University of Cape Coast1

International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health1

202211 citationsOpen access · Diamond