Publishing since 2000, latest 2025
Prof. Ishmael Mensah is a Professor of tourism and hospitality management at the University of Cape Coast. He holds a Ph.D. Tourism degree from the same university and is a Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) by the American Hotel and Lodging Association as well as a Member of the Institute of Hospitality (MIH). Prof. Mensah also holds post-graduate certificates in Hospitality Administration as well as Event Planning & Tradeshow Management from Georgia State University… More on ORCID
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4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.
Google Scholar shows 3,099 citations, h-index 28 and i10-index 39 (1,964 citations and h-index 24 since 2021), as of October 5, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
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2025Sustainable FuturesJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101140
2024PLOS Water
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International Journal of Hospitality Management15
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2024CRC PressReport16 citations
2023International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality ManagementJournalOpen access28 citations10.1108/ijchm-01-2022-0036
2023COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for RecoveryBook chapterSenior author2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-24655-5_10
2023COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for RecoveryBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/978-3-031-24655-5_1
2023COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for RecoveryBook chapterSenior author3 citations10.1007/978-3-031-24655-5_14
2023Book2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-24655-5
2023Journal of Hospitality & Tourism EducationJournal46 citations
2023Cultural heritage and tourism in AfricaBook chapterSenior author3 citations10.4324/9781003153955-11/african-diaspora-tourism-emmanuel-akwasi-adu-ampong-ishmael-mensah
2022Prospects and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism and Changing DemographicsBook chapterFirst author0 citations
2022Prospects and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism and Changing DemographicsBook chapterFirst author5 citations
2022Prospects and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism and Changing DemographicsBook chapter4 citations
2021Journal of Hospitality and Tourism InsightsJournalSenior author82 citations10.1108/jhti-10-2020-0196
2021Journal of Hospitality & Tourism EducationJournal26 citations10.1080/10963758.2021.1963754
2021Research in Hospitality ManagementJournalOpen access15 citations10.1080/22243534.2021.1917086
2021Advances in hospitality, tourism and the services industry (AHTSI) book seriesBook chapterSenior author10 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-7335-8.ch001
2021Palgrave studies of marketing in emerging economiesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1007/978-3-030-83711-2_10
2021Palgrave studies of marketing in emerging economiesBook chapterSenior author6 citations10.1007/978-3-030-83711-2_4
2021Palgrave studies of marketing in emerging economiesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1007/978-3-030-83711-2_13
2021Palgrave studies of marketing in emerging economiesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-030-83711-2_1
2021Advances in hospitality, tourism and the services industry (AHTSI) book seriesBook chapter0 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-7335-8.ch004
2021Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED)JournalOpen access0 citations10.47963/jobed.v8i0.121
2021Marketing Tourist Destinations in Emerging Economies: Towards Competitive and Sustainable Emerging Tourist DestinationsJournalSenior author0 citations
2021Springer NatureReportFirst author13 citations
2021IGI GlobalReportFirst author9 citations
2021Tourism in Marine EnvironmentsJournalFirst author7 citations
2021World Ocean Assessment IIBook chapter0 citations
2020International Journal of Tourism ResearchJournalSenior author61 citations10.1002/jtr.2402
2020International Hospitality ReviewJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.1108/ihr-08-2020-0032
2020Journal of Global Business InsightsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding32 citations10.5038/2640-6489.5.1.1081
2019Journal of Hospitality & Tourism EducationJournal41 citations10.1080/10963758.2019.1654884
2019African Journal of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementJournalOpen access4 citations10.47963/ajthm.v1i1.136
2019Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED)JournalOpen access3 citations10.47963/jobed.2019.05
2019Cambridge scholars publishingReportFirst author32 citations
2019African Journal of Hospitality and Tourism ManagementJournal12 citations
2018Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)JournalOpen accessFirst author122 citations10.5281/zenodo.1247542
2018AnatoliaJournalCorresponding31 citations10.1080/13032917.2018.1430044
2018Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)ReportOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.1247541
2018Aussie-Sino StudiesJournalFirst author16 citations
2018China-Africa Urban Development Forum 2017ConferenceFirst author4 citations
2017Food ControlJournal15 citations10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.12.024
2017Tourism Review InternationalJournalFirst author97 citations
2017Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, PerspectiveJournal6 citations
2016Athens Journal of TourismJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.30958/ajt.3-3-3
2015Journal of Heritage TourismJournalFirst authorCorresponding40 citations10.1080/1743873x.2014.990974
2015Journal of Tourism and Hospitality ManagementJournal15 citations
2015University of Cape CoastReportFirst author0 citations
2014Management of Environmental Quality An International JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding57 citations10.1108/meq-01-2013-0009
2014International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism AdministrationJournalFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.1080/15256480.2014.901064
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Tourism Review International
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights8