Kwesi Prah Thomford

Senior Lecturer · Pharmacology

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine

Also at Jiangsu Province Hospital and Nanjing Medical Universityfrom their recent papers

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, since 2020per ORCID

Publications: 162014–2026
Citations: 96to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.841.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%1 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 75%12 papers free to read

In 2016–2025: 11 publications, 77 citations to them, h-index 5.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Complementary and alternative medicine425%
Pharmacology425%
Plant Science425%
Epidemiology319%
Cell Biology213%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism213%
Food Science213%
Forestry213%
Pharmacology213%
Surgery213%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

African Botany and Ecology Studies2
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity2
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies2
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies2
Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions2
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities2
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases2
Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research1
Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology1
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies1
Cynara cardunculus studies1
Diabetes Management and Research1

Who they write with

64 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
No African institution

The 30 most frequent of 64 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

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

China2
Bangladesh1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH11 papers
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH9 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH5 papers
China Pharmaceutical UniversityCN2 papers
Southeast UniversityCN2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Jiangsu Province HospitalCN1 paper
Nanjing First HospitalCN1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Herbal Medicine3
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine2
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science2
Clinical Phytoscience1
Indian Journal of Pharmacology1
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
2Zero hunger2
17Partnerships for the goals2
1No poverty1

Most cited

Hypotensive and Antihypertensive Properties and Safety for Use of Annona muricata and Persea americana and Their Combination Products
Kwesi Prah Thomford
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine3
202023 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Momordica charantia L. for hyperlipidaemia: A randomised controlled assessment of the Ghanaian herbal medicinal product MCP-1
Ama Kyeraa Thomford, Kwesi Prah Thomford
Journal of Herbal Medicine17

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy and Herbal MedicineUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2020
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesNagasaki Daigaku2019–2020
Lecturer, Department of Herbal MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Health Sciences2016–2019
Medical Herbalist/Assistant Researcher, Clinical Research DepartmentCentre for Plant Medicine Research2009–2016

Education

PhD Pharmacognosy, Department of PharmacognosyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2010–2015
B.Sc. Herbal Medicine, Department of Herbal MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences2003–2007