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G. H. N. Towers publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. H. N. Towers sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 314 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

G. H. N. Towers D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where G. H. N. Towers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1967 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Overview

G. H. N. Towers was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with a number of publications addressing subfields such as surgery, reproductive medicine, dermatology, and rheumatology.

The scientist contributed notably to topics including anorectal disease treatments and outcomes, endometriosis research and treatment, intestinal and peritoneal adhesions, hidradenitis suppurativa and treatments, and omental and epiploic conditions.

Their scholarly work was published in several venues, most frequently in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, which featured two of their papers. Other venues included Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology.

  • Establishing an Association between Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Pilonidal Disease in Adolescent Females (2022), Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • 91. Association of Pilonidal Disease with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescent Females (2021), Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • Connecting polycystic ovary syndrome and pilonidal disease in adolescents: State of the art review (2025), Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Incidence of Intrauterine Adhesions after Myomectomy and Association with Intraoperative Entry of the Endometrial Cavity (2025), Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Their frequent coauthors included Alla Vash-Margita, Naomi Adjei, Nicholas Yung, Michael G. Caty, and Daniel Solomon, with collaborative efforts spanning multiple papers.

Towers was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1967.

Best Publications

  • Biological activities of sesquiterpene lactones

    Eloy Rodriguez;G.H.N. Towers;J.C. Mitchell

  • Antitumor sterols from the mycelia of Cordyceps sinensis.

    Jin Woo Bok;L. Lermer;J. Chilton;H. G. Klingeman

  • Monoamine oxidase inhibitors in South American hallucinogenic plants: tryptamine and beta-carboline constituents of ayahuasca.

    Dennis J. McKenna;G.H.N. Towers;F. Abbott

  • Antibiotic screening of medicinal plants of the British Columbian native peoples

    A.R. McCutcheon;S.M. Ellis;R.E.W. Hancock;G.H.N. Towers

  • Antiviral screening of British Columbian medicinal plants

    A.R. McCutcheon;T.E. Roberts;E. Gibbons;S.M. Ellis

  • Antiviral and antimicrobial activities of Colombian medicinal plants

    A Lopez;J.B Hudson;G.H.N Towers

  • Antiviral activities of hypericin.

    J.B. Hudson;I. Lopez-Bazzocchi;G.H.N. Towers

  • HYPOCRELLIN, FROM HYPOCRELLA BAMBUASE, IS PHOTOTOXIC TO HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

    J. B. Hudson;J. Zhou;J. Chen;L. Harris

  • Antifungal screening of medicinal plants of British Columbian native peoples.

    A.R. McCutcheon;S.M. Ellis;R.E.W. Hancock;G.H.N. Towers

  • Antimicrobial constituents of Rhus glabra

    G. Saxena;A.R. McCutcheon;S. Farmer;G.H.N. Towers

  • Screening of selected medicinal plants of Nepal for antimicrobial activities

    R.S. Taylor;N.P. Manandhar;G.H.N. Towers

  • Antimicrobial activities of southern Nepalese medicinal plants.

    R.S.L. Taylor;F. Edel;N.P. Manandhar;G.H.N. Towers

  • Antimycobacterial Polyynes of Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus), a North American Native Medicinal Plant

    Mozaina Kobaisy;Zyta Abramowski;Leonard Lermer;Geeta Saxena

  • Antiviral activities of Nepalese medicinal plants

    R.S.L. Taylor;N.P. Manandhar;J.B. Hudson;G.H.N. Towers

  • Antiviral activity of the photoactive plant pigment hypericin.

    I. Lopez-Bazzocchi;J. B. Hudson;G. H. N. Towers

  • Biogenesis of rosmarinic acid in Mentha

    B. E. Ellis;G. H. N. Towers

  • The antiviral action of lignans.

    W. D. Macrae;J. B. Hudson;G. H. N. Towers

  • Mosquito larvicidal activity of polyacetylenes from species in the Asteraceae

    T. Arnason;T. Swain;C.-K. Wat;E.A. Graham

  • Thiarubrine A, a bioactive constituent of Aspilia (Asteraceae) consumed by wild chimpanzees.

    E. Rodriguez;M. Aregullin;T. Nishida;S. Uehara

  • Antimicrobial activity of extracts of eastern North American hardwood trees and relation to traditional medicine.

    S Omar;B Lemonnier;N Jones;C Ficker

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. W. Hancock
Robert E. W. Hancock University of British Columbia
John T. Arnason
John T. Arnason University of Ottawa
Bernard J. R. Philogène
Bernard J. R. Philogène University of Ottawa
Murray B. Isman
Murray B. Isman University of British Columbia
Brian E. Ellis
Brian E. Ellis University of British Columbia
Lorne A. Babiuk
Lorne A. Babiuk University of Alberta
Norman G. Lewis
Norman G. Lewis Washington State University
Margaret Y. Gruber
Margaret Y. Gruber Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Nancy J. Turner
Nancy J. Turner University of Victoria
Renzo Rossi
Renzo Rossi University of Pisa

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