Desmond Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Plant Science
Complementary and alternative medicine
Food Science
Biochemistry
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Pharmacology

In their own words

Natural product analysis

Publications: 122019–2026
Citations: 55to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.661.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 100%10 of the 10 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 47 citations, h-index 4 and i10-index 2 (47 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Education

PHD Pharmacognosy, PharmacognosyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2021–2025
MPhil. Pharmacognosy, PharmacognosyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2019–2021
BSC Herbal Medicine, Herbal MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2014–2018

On their papers

Publications

12 in all

Antimalarial Potential of Phragmanthera capitata : An Insight Into the Activity of Its Extracts and Isolated Compounds
2026Natural Product CommunicationsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/1934578x261456116
Antimalarial activity of the aqueous extract and anthraquinones from the root of Senna siamea (LAM) H.S. Irwin & Barneby (Fabaceae).
2025

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Subfields

Plant Science758%
Complementary and alternative medicine325%
Food Science325%
Biochemistry217%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism217%
Pharmacology217%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health217%
Genetics18%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis18%
Molecular Biology18%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies5
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity3
Malaria Research and Control2
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies2
Papaya Research and Applications2
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae2
Andrographolide Research and Applications1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies1
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection1
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology1
Ginger and Zingiberaceae research1
Heavy metals in environment1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their 10 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH2 papers
Food and Drugs AuthorityGH2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Sunyani Technical UniversityGH2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM2 papers
Wesley College of EducationGH2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper

Where they publish

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine2
Natural Product Communications2
Clinical Phytoscience1
Heliyon1
Infectious Diseases and Herbal Medicine1
Mosquito-Borne Tropical Diseases1
Phytomedicine Plus1
Plasmodium Species and Drug Resistance1

How it can be read

100% free to read, of the 10 recorded

Diamond 2 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 42%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 17%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 8%A copy in a repository
Unknown 2 · 17%

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
2Zero hunger2
5Gender equality1
14Life below water1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Adsorption of heavy metals (Cu, Mn, Fe and Ni) from surface water using Oreochromis niloticus scales
Pollution14
201915 citationsOpen access · Green
Treatment of malaria infection and drug resistance
Plasmodium Species and Drug Resistance
202112 citations
Antimalarial Property and Acute Toxicity of the Leaves of Theobroma cacao L.
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine3
20219 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
In vivo toxicity, anti-hyperlipidaemic, antioxidant and anti-atherogenic activities of ‘LIPO A’ A traditional herbal product in rodents
Heliyon2
20248 citationsOpen access · Gold
Antimalarial Properties of Sida cordifolia L. Leaf Extract in Mice: Survivability Depends Less on Parasitaemia Suppression
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine3
20234 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Malaria: Epidemiology, Life Cycle of Parasite, Control Strategies and Potential Drug Screening Techniques

2024Mosquito-Borne Tropical DiseasesBook chapterFirst author3 citations

Antimalarial Property and Acute Toxicity of the Leaves of Theobroma cacao L.

2021Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative MedicineJournalOpen access9 citations10.1155/2021/2852442

Treatment of malaria infection and drug resistance

2021Plasmodium Species and Drug ResistanceBook chapter12 citations

Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

5 of 12 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology4
Ghana Education Trust Fund1