Alex Boye

Associate Professor · Medical Laboratory Science

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Teaching and Research/Lecturer/Research Scientist, University of Cape Coast, since 2011per ORCID

Prof. Alex Boye holds BSc. Biological Sciences (University of Cape Coast, Ghana), Mphil. Pharmacology (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana) and Ph.D. Pharmacology (Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China). He is a Science Reader and also doubles as a Pharmacologist and a Natural Product Scientist. He has multi-disciplinary biomedical background spanning Biological Sciences, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Cancer Biology. Research and Teaching have… More on ORCID

In their own words

Pharmacology
Ethnopharmacology
Cancer pharmacotherapy

Publications: 842006–2026
Citations: 1,135to those papers
h-index: 19i10-index 38
Field-weighted impact: 1.231.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%4 of 43 scored papers
Open access: 91%39 of the 43 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 57 publications, 654 citations to them, h-index 16.

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Google Scholar shows 1,387 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 42 (961 citations and h-index 19 since 2021), as of October 5, 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

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1113%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism67%
Molecular Biology67%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health67%
Complementary and alternative medicine56%
Biochemistry45%
Nutrition and Dietetics45%
Pharmacology45%
Surgery45%
Epidemiology34%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Berberine and alkaloids research4
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies4
Malaria Research and Control4
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies4
African Botany and Ecology Studies3
Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques3
Parasites and Host Interactions3
Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities3
Plant chemical constituents analysis3
Asthma and respiratory diseases2
Bioactive Compounds in Plants2
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity2

Who they write with

121 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country

The 30 most frequent of 121 co-authors. Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest.

Where their co-authors are

21% of their 43 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

China4
Rwanda1
Namibia1
Poland1
Saudi Arabia1
Germany1
Slovakia1
Tunisia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Health and Allied SciencesGH5 papers
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH5 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH4 papers
Anhui Medical UniversityCN2 papers
University of RzeszówPL1 paper
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de LilleFR1 paper
Kermanshah University of Medical SciencesIR1 paper
University of BishaSA1 paper
Wellcome Sanger InstituteGB1 paper

Where they publish

University of Cape Coast7
BioMed Research International5
Journal of Ethnopharmacology4
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy3
Frontiers in Pharmacology3
Integrated Health Research Journal3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being17
2Zero hunger5
6Clean water and sanitation2
14Life below water2
1No poverty1

Most cited

Asymptomatic urinary tract infections in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Cape Coast, Ghana
Alex Boye, Dr. Mate Siakwa, Johnson Nyarko Boampong, Richard K. Dadzie Ephraim
E3 J Med Res
201280 citations
What works and what does not work in response to COVID-19 prevention and control in Africa
Alex Boye
International Journal of Infectious Diseases1

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Teaching and Research/Lecturer/Research Scientist, Medical Laboratory ScienceUniversity of Cape Coastsince 2011
Ph.D research and postgraduate teaching and research facilitator, Department of Pharmacology and Institute of Natural MedicineAnhui Medical University2013–2016
Teaching of Pharmacology in nursing practice/Lecturer, Pharmacology and PharmacyCape Coast Nursing and Midwifery Training School2012–2013
Teaching of Biology/Tutor, ScienceAggrey Memorial Senior High School2006–2007
Teaching Assistant/TA, Human BiologyUniversity of Cape Coast2005–2006

Education

Ph.D./Doctor of Philosophy Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Institute of Natural MedicineAnhui Medical University2013–2016
Mphil/Master of Philosophy Pharmacology, Department of PharmacologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2007–2010
BSc./Biological Sciences, Department of ZoologyUniversity of Cape Coast2001–2005
Teacher's Cert 'A', Department of ScienceAkrokerri College of Education1995–1998

Recent publications

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Aqueous Extract of Opuntia ficus-indica (L. Mill) Cladodes Demonstrates Antidiabetic Effect in Normoglycemic and STZ‐Induced Diabetic Rats
Alex Boye, Ernest Amponsah Asiamah, Justice Kwaku Addo, Samuel Kyei
BioMed Research International
20260 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Natural product-inspired mitotic poisons in cancer pharmacotherapy
Alex Boye, Samuel Essien-Baidoo
Academia Drug Development and Pharmacotherapy3
20260 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Toxicity mechanisms, exposure, toxicokinetic and risk assessment aspects of metals, toxic for animals and humans, volume III (vol 16, 1690145, 2025)
Alex Boye
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
20260 citations
Toxicity mechanisms, exposure, toxicokinetic and risk assessment aspects of metals, toxic for animals and humans, volume III
Alex Boye
Frontiers in Pharmacology
20250 citations
Therapeutic prospects of sex hormone receptor signaling in hormone-responsive cancers
Alex Boye
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
202412 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck Fruit Peel Extract Attenuates Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Alex Boye, Ernest Amponsah Asiamah
BioMed Research International6
20244 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Citrus reticulata fruit peel extract ameliorates testesterone-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia-like phenotypes in rats
Alex Boye, Ernest Amponsah Asiamah, Samuel Essien-Baidoo
International Journal of Plant Based Pharmaceuticals3
20243 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Medication Errors: An Update From the Central Region of Ghana
Alex Boye
Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
20243 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) B. Zepernick & Timler alkaloidal extract exerts hepatoprotective effects in rats with a CCl4/olive oil-induced hepatocellular carcinoma-like phenotype
Alex Boye, Ernest Amponsah Asiamah, Justice Kwaku Addo, V. Y. A Barku
Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences2
20240 citationsOpen access · Gold
Transfusion-related adverse reactions: An update from a district hospital in Ghana
Alex Boye
Integrated Health Research Journal3
20233 citationsOpen access · Diamond

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