Douglas Bosco Aidoo

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Biology Tutor/Principal superintendent, Ghana Education Service, since 2018per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2021

Food Science
Pharmacology
Physiology
Sensory Systems
Complementary and alternative medicine
Genetics

Publications: 62014–2021
Citations: 164to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 2.291.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%2 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 83%5 papers free to read

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

Biology Tutor/Principal superintendentGhana Education Servicesince 2018
Teaching/Research Assistant, Psychological Medicine and Mental HealthUniversity of Cape Coast2013–2014

Education

MPhil. Pharmacology, PharmacologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2015–2017
BSc. Human Biology, Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Cape Coast2009–2013

Honours, memberships and service

Publications

6 in all

Protective Effect of Bergapten against Human Erythrocyte Hemolysis and Protein Denaturation In Vitro
2021International Journal of InflammationJournalOpen accessFirst author72 citations10.1155/2021/1279359
Hydro-Alcoholic Root Extracts of Ziziphus abyssinica is Effective in Diabetes Nephropathy and Diabetic Wound Healing
2021

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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

Food Science350%
Pharmacology350%
Physiology233%
Sensory Systems233%
Complementary and alternative medicine117%
Genetics117%
Immunology and Allergy117%
Plant Science117%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine117%
Toxicology117%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Asthma and respiratory diseases2
Ginger and Zingiberaceae research2
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies2
Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds2
Ziziphus Jujuba Studies and Applications2
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization1
Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents1
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity1
Herbal Medicine Research Studies1
Inflammatory Bowel Disease1
Plant chemical constituents analysis1
Respiratory and Cough-Related Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

33% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape CoastGH6 papers
University of Missouri–Kansas CityUS1 paper
University of SaskatchewanCA1 paper

Where they publish

Advances in Pharmacological Sciences1
European Journal of Medicinal Plants1
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)1
Heliyon1
International Journal of Inflammation1
Scientific African1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4

Most cited

Protective Effect of Bergapten against Human Erythrocyte Hemolysis and Protein Denaturation In Vitro
International Journal of Inflammation
202172 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Protective effect of bergapten in acetic acid-induced colitis in rats
Heliyon
202059 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Allergic Airway-Induced Hypersensitivity Is Attenuated by Bergapten in Murine Models of Inflammation

MemberGhana Neuroscience Society

Associate memberBioTechMed-Grazsince 2021

Certificate on “Protecting Human Research Participants”National Institutes of Health2014

Online Non-credit offering of “Drug and the Brain”,California Institute of Technology2014

MemberSociety for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)2016–2019

European Journal of Medicinal Plants

Bergapten modulates ovalbumin-induced asthma

2020Scientific AfricanJournalOpen access9 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00457

Allergic Airway-Induced Hypersensitivity Is Attenuated by Bergapten in Murine Models of Inflammation

2019Advances in Pharmacological SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.1155/2019/6097349

Hydro-alcoholic Root Extracts of Ziziphus abyssinica is Effective in Diabetes Nephropathy and Diabetic Wound

2014HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalSenior author0 citations

Diamond 1 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 67%In an open-access journal
Closed 1 · 17%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 6 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2
Universidad Católica de Córdoba1

Advances in Pharmacological Sciences3

201922 citationsOpen access · Gold