Abigail Aning

University of Ghana

Also at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchfrom their recent papers

Principal Research Assistant, University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, since 2011per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Pharmacology
Biochemistry
Biochemistry

Publications: 202015–2026
Citations: 145to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 2.231.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%4 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 85%17 papers free to read

3 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

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Principal Research Assistant, Clinical PathologyUniversity of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Researchsince 2011

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

20 in all

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science630%
Molecular Biology525%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism420%
Pharmacology420%
Biochemistry315%
Biochemistry210%
Food Science210%
Molecular Medicine210%
Aquatic Science15%
Biomaterials15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies4
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism3
Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities3
Curcumin's Biomedical Applications2
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection2
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities2
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae2
Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents1
Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism1
Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research1
Cassava research and cyanide1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Japan2
Sudan2
Switzerland2
Nigeria2
United States1
Chile1
Vietnam1
Ireland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH18 papers
University of Cape CoastGH5 papers
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH3 papers
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest2 papers
Spitalzentrum Centre hospitalier Biel- BienneCH2 papers
Accra Technical UniversityGH2 papers
International University of AfricaSD2 papers
University of JosNG2 papers
Nagasaki International UniversityJP1 paper
Shannon Applied Biotechnology CentreIE1 paper

Where they publish

BioMed Research International2
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine2
Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine2
Advances in logistics, operations, and management science book series1
Aging and Cancer1
Antioxidants1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
2Zero hunger2
15Life on land1

Most cited

Antiproliferative and Pro-Apoptotic Activity of Diarylheptanoids Isolated from the Bark of Alnus japonica in Human Leukemia Cell Lines
The American Journal of Chinese Medicine3
201522 citations
Anti-plasmodial, Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Activities of Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants
Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine3
202220 citationsOpen access · Gold
Modulating Ferroptosis in Aging: The Therapeutic Potential of Natural Products

How it can be read

85% free to read

Diamond 5 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 40%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 20%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 15%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 20 papers name a funder

Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana5
University of Ghana5
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo1
Athlone Institute of Technology1
Carnegie Corporation of New York1
International University for Science and Technology1
Japan International Cooperation Agency1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1