Ama Kyeraa Thomford

Senior Lecturer · Department of Forensic Sciences

Senior Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Sciences

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

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

In 2016–2025: 17 publications, 161 citations to them, h-index 8.

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

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

92 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same university
Same country
Elsewhere in Africa
No African institution

The 30 most frequent of 92 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

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

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 GardenNagasaki University2015–2018
PhD Student, Laboratory in Medicinal Plants GardenNagasaki University2015–2018
MPhil Pharmacology, PharmacologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2009–2012

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