K Sarpong

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1976, latest 2025

Food Science
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Plant Science
Agronomy and Crop Science
Animal Science and Zoology

Publications: 111976–2025
Citations: 105to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.331.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 45%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

Publications

11 in all

Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Openings Created by PVC Pipes: An Experimental and Numerical Study
2025Asian Journal of Advanced Research and ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/ajarr/2025/v19i1879
Experimental Study and Numerical Modeling of the Lap Strength of Reinforcing Steel Bars Milled from Recycled Scrap Metals
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Food Science327%
Molecular Biology218%
Pharmacology218%
Plant Science218%
Agronomy and Crop Science19%
Animal Science and Zoology19%
Biochemistry19%
Building and Construction19%
Cancer Research19%
Civil and Structural Engineering19%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity2
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research1
African Botany and Ecology Studies1
Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology1
Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress1
Cassava research and cyanide1
Chemical synthesis and alkaloids1
Concrete Corrosion and Durability1
Date Palm Research Studies1
Diverse Scientific Research Studies1
Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock1
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

36% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
China1
Turkey1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Anadolu UniversityTR1 paper
Chinese Academy of SciencesCN1 paper
King's College LondonGB1 paper
Kunming Institute of BotanyCN1 paper
University of LondonGB1 paper
Accra Technical UniversityGH1 paper
University of Mines and TechnologyGH1 paper
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper
Accra Institute of TechnologyGH1 paper
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH1 paper

Where they publish

Planta Medica2
African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines1
Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports1
International Journal of Biometeorology1
Journal of Engineering Research and Reports1
Journal of Essential Oil Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
2Zero hunger1
15Life on land1

Most cited

In vitro anti-plasmodial activity of three herbal remedies for malaria in Ghana: Adenia cissampeloides (Planch.) Harms., Termina liaivorensis A. Chev, and Elaeis guineensis Jacq
Pharmacognosy Research3
201233 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
The Essential Oil ofAgeratum conyzoidesL. from Ghana
Journal of Essential Oil Research
199325 citations
Evaluation of the antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties of Secamone afzelii Rhoem.
Phytotherapy Research

Journal of Engineering Research and Reports

Effectiveness And Safety Assessment Of Mist tonica, A Herbal Haematinic

2008African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative MedicinesJournalOpen access8 citations10.4314/ajtcam.v5i2.31263

The Essential Oil ofAgeratum conyzoidesL. from Ghana

1993Journal of Essential Oil ResearchJournal25 citations10.1080/10412905.1993.9698184

The alkaloids ofMitragyna stipulosa(D.C.) O. Kuntze

1976Journal of Pharmacy and PharmacologyJournalSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1111/j.2042-7158.1976.tb02830.x

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Pharmacognosy Research1

How it can be read

45% free to read

Diamond 4 · 36%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 6 · 55%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 11 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana1
Wellcome Trust1

Effectiveness And Safety Assessment Of Mist tonica, A Herbal Haematinic

African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines3

20088 citationsOpen access · Diamond