Patrick Ekpe

University of Ghana

Also at Heritage Polytechnicfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2001, latest 2026

Plant Science
Forestry
Biochemistry
Ecological Modeling
Molecular Biology
Nature and Landscape Conservation

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 182001–2026
Citations: 280to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 1.981.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%4 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 56%10 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

18 in all

Indigenous knowledge, cultural practices and conservation of West African native palms (Arecaceae): the case study of the Republic of Benin
2026Trees Forests and PeopleJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.tfp.2026.101456
Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Popular Culture among Youths in Eket
2026Bulletin of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science739%
Forestry528%
Biochemistry317%
Ecological Modeling317%
Molecular Biology317%
Nature and Landscape Conservation317%
Computational Theory and Mathematics211%
Ecology211%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics211%
Global and Planetary Change211%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

African Botany and Ecology Studies5
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Species Distribution and Climate Change3
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae3
Bioactive natural compounds2
Cassava research and cyanide2
Computational Drug Discovery Methods2
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management2
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies2
AI in Service Interactions1
Andrographolide Research and Applications1
Biological Activity of Diterpenoids and Biflavonoids1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Denmark4
Nigeria3
Côte d’Ivoire2
United Kingdom2
Switzerland2
United States1
Niger1
Finland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of CopenhagenDK3 papers
Heritage PolytechnicNG3 papers
University of CambridgeGB2 papers
University of OxfordGB2 papers
Jardin Botanique de GenèveCH2 papers
Swiss Centre for Scientific ResearchCI2 papers
The Forestry Commission of GhanaGH2 papers
Forestry Research Institute of GhanaGH2 papers
Akwa Ibom State UniversityNG2 papers
Université Nangui AbrogouaCI2 papers

Where they publish

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology2
Journal of Natural Products2
Planta Medica2
African Journal of Ecology1
Bulletin of Humanities and Social Sciences1
Ecology and Evolution1
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land9
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
5Gender equality1
7Affordable and clean energy1
14Life below water1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants from Ghana; confirmation of ethnobotanical uses, and review of biological and toxicological studies on medicinal plants used in Apra Hills Sacred Grove
Journal of Herbal Medicine17
201851 citationsWorld top 10%
Impact of cocoa farming on vegetation in an agricultural landscape in Ghana
African Journal of Ecology15
200944 citationsWorld top 10%
Possible Artefacts in the in vitro Determination of Antimalarial Activity of Natural Products that Incorporate into Lipid Bilayer: Apparent Antiplasmodial Activity of Dehydroabietinol, a Constituent of Hyptis suaveolens

Communicating Sustainable Development in the Era of AI: An Evaluation of PR Strategies of Select PR Firms in Akwa Ibom State

2025International Journal of Global Sustainable ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.59890/ijgsr.v3i9.67

Utilization of Symbolic Interactionism, Pragmatism, and Social Constructionism in Development Communication Campaigns in Nigeria

2024International Journal of Multidisciplinary Approach Research and ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.59653/ijmars.v2i02.711

Predictors of plant endemism in two west African forest hotspots

2022Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionJournalOpen access10 citations10.3389/fevo.2022.980660

Antiplasmodial and Genotoxic Study of Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants

2020Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen access10 citations10.1155/2020/1582724

Linkages between tree diversity and carbon stocks in unlogged and logged West African tropical forests

2012International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystems Services & ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior author19 citations10.1080/21513732.2012.707152

A 5-deoxyflavonol derivative in Mimosa pudica

2002Biochemical Systematics and EcologyJournalOpen access11 citations10.1016/s0305-1978(02)00065-0

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution1

How it can be read

56% free to read

Diamond 3 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 44%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 18 papers name a funder

University of Ghana3
King's College London2
Merton College, University of Oxford2
University of Oxford2
ArcelorMittal1
Clarendon Fund1
Division of Environmental Biology1
Forestry Commission1

200242 citationsWorld top 10%