Ama Kyeraa Thomford

Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2020per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2024

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Complementary and alternative medicine
Food Science
Pharmacology
Cancer Research

In their own words

Herbal Medicine Practice
Natural Products Chemistry and

Publications: 252013–2024
Citations: 188to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 1.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 81%13 of the 16 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 277 citations, h-index 10 and i10-index 10 (219 citations and h-index 9 since 2021), as of October 3, 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2020
Lecturer, Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Cape Coast2018–2020
Assistant Lecturer, Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Cape Coast2013–2018
Medical Herbalist/ Unit Head, Herbal Medicine UnitCape Coast Metropolitan Hospital2011–2012

Education

PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory in Medicinal Plants Garden

Publications

25 in all

Safety and efficacy of Lippia multiflora in the management of stage I hypertension: outcomes of a randomised controlled trial
2024Journal of Herbal MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1016/j.hermed.2024.100947
Herbal medicine practice in Ghana: A cross-sectional study to understand the factors influencing patient utilization of herbal medicine services

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science520%
Molecular Biology416%
Complementary and alternative medicine312%
Food Science312%
Pharmacology312%
Cancer Research28%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism28%
Parasitology28%
Physiology28%
Surgery28%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity3
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Natural product bioactivities and synthesis3
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies2
Parasites and Host Interactions2
Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis2
Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies2
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research1
African Botany and Ecology Studies1
Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions1
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization1
Asthma and respiratory diseases1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

19% of their 16 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Egypt3
Saudi Arabia2
Japan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH9 papers
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH5 papers
University of GhanaGH3 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH3 papers
Suez Canal UniversityEG3 papers
King Abdulaziz UniversitySA2 papers
Zagazig UniversityEG2 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Nagasaki UniversityJP1 paper
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science2
Journal of Herbal Medicine2
Carbon1
Clinical Phytoscience1
Heliyon1
International Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research1
International Journal of Phytomedicine

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being8
2Zero hunger2
1No poverty1
15Life on land1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

The hydroxyl moiety on carbon one (C1) in the monoterpene nucleus of thymol is indispensable for anti-bacterial effect of thymol
Heliyon
202035 citationsOpen access · Gold
Ethnopharmacological evaluation of schistosomicidal and cercaricidal activities of some selected medicinal plants from Ghana
Tropical Medicine and Health3
202024 citationsOpen access · Gold
Chemical studies on the parasitic plant Thonningia sanguinea Vahl

How it can be read

81% free to read, of the 16 recorded

Diamond 3 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 28%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 12%Behind a paywall
Unknown 9 · 36%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

7 of 25 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology4
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science1
King Abdulaziz University1
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology1
University of Cape Coast1