Jonathan Asante

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Also at University of KwaZulu-Natalfrom their recent papers

PhD student, University of KwaZulu-Natal, since 2018per ORCID
Lecturer, University of Cape Coastper ORCID

Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Ph.D., Medical Microbiology, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. MPharm, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Research interests include Antimicrobial Resistance, bacterial pathogen genomics, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. Bachelor of Pharmacy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology From ORCID

In their own words

Microbiology
pathogen genomics
antimicrobial resistance

Publications: 182018–2025
Citations: 542to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 1.901.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%3 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 81%13 of the 16 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows citations, h-index and i10-index (664 citations and h-index 13 since 2021), as of October 5, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Molecular Biology950%
Infectious Diseases844%
Clinical Biochemistry739%
Molecular Medicine633%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology211%
Endocrinology211%
Food Science211%
Pharmacology211%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health211%
Agronomy and Crop Science16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus7
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing7
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria6
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing6
Antibiotic Use and Resistance2
Escherichia coli research studies2
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology2
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology1
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions1
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies1
Global Maternal and Child Health1
Gut microbiota and health1

Who they write with

38 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
Elsewhere in Africa
No African institution

The 30 most frequent of 38 co-authors. Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Where their co-authors are

56% of their 16 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written135781012Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa14
Canada4
Zimbabwe3
Jordan2
United Arab Emirates1
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of KwaZulu-NatalZA14 papers
University of GuelphCA4 papers
National Institute for Communicable DiseasesZA4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
National University of Science and TechnologyZW3 papers
University of JordanJO2 papers
National Research FoundationZA2 papers
National Health Laboratory ServiceZA2 papers
University of VendaZA2 papers
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research1 paper

Where they publish

Antibiotics2
Genes2
Microorganisms2
Pathogens2
Advances in Infectious Diseases1
African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology1
Environmental Microbiology Reports

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
2Zero hunger2
15Life on land2
1No poverty1
14Life below water1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Emerging Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria and Fungi: Advances in the Era of Genomics
Jonathan Asante
Future Microbiology3
2018128 citationsWorld top 10%
Systematic Review of Important Bacterial Zoonoses in Africa in the Last Decade in Light of the ‘One Health’ Concept
Jonathan Asante
Pathogens1
201985 citationsOpen access · Gold

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

PhD student, Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu-Natalsince 2018
Lecturer, Pharmaceutical MicrobiologyUniversity of Cape Coast
Superintendent PharmacistAsylum Down Pharmacy2013–2014

Education

PhD, Medical MicrobiologyUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal2018–2021
Master of Pharmacy, PharmacyUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal2014–2016
Bachelor of Pharmacy, PharmacyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2007–2011

Honours, memberships and service

Pharmaceutical Society of Ghanasince 2012

Recent publications

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Genomic analysis of virulent, multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca from bloodstream infections, South Africa
Jonathan Asante
Microbial Pathogenesis2
20258 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Multidrug‐Resistant ESKAPEEc Pathogens From Bloodstream Infections in South Africa: A Cross‐Sectional Study Assessing Resistance to WHO AWaRe Antibiotics
Jonathan Asante
Health Science Reports
20254 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) at one health interfaces in Africa: A scoping review
Jonathan Asante
The Science of The Total Environment2
202415 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Genomic Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Implicated in Bloodstream Infections, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Pilot Study
Jonathan Asante
Antibiotics3
20245 citationsOpen access · Gold
Antibacterial, Resistance Modulation, Anti-Biofilm Formation, and Efflux Pump Inhibition Properties of Loeseneriella africana (Willd.) N. Halle (Celastraceae) Stem …
Daniel Anokwah, Daniel Obeng-mensah, Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Ernest Obese, Jonathan Asante, Robert Peter Biney
Microorganisms
202318 citations
Antibacterial, Resistance Modulation, Anti-Biofilm Formation, and Efflux Pump Inhibition Properties of Loeseneriella africana (Willd.) N. Halle (Celastraceae) Stem Extract and Its Constituents
Daniel Anokwah, Daniel Obeng-mensah, Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Ernest Obese, Jonathan Asante, Robert Peter Biney
Microorganisms15
202313 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Escherichia Coli and Salmonella Typhi Isolated from Meat and Fish Samples from Selected Markets in a Metropolis and District in Ghana
Jonathan Asante
Advances in Infectious Diseases3
20232 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Phenotypic and Genomic Insights into Biofilm Formation in Antibiotic-Resistant Clinical Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus Species from South Africa
Daniel Anokwah, Jonathan Asante
Genes
20229 citationsOpen access · Gold
Multidrug-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Isolated from Bloodstream in the uMgungundlovu District of KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa: Emerging Pathogens
Jonathan Asante
Antibiotics14
202142 citationsOpen access · Gold
Genomic Analysis of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates From Clinical Sources in the Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa
Jonathan Asante
Frontiers in Microbiology
202137 citationsOpen access · Gold

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