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 3,104 citations, h-index 28 and i10-index 39 (1,967 citations and h-index 24 since 2021), as of October 14, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.
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2013Journal of Sustainable TourismJournalFirst authorCorresponding79 citations10.1080/09669582.2013.776058
2013International Journal of Tourism Research
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International Journal of Hospitality Management15
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2013American Journal of Tourism ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst author28 citations
2013Xlibris CorporationReportFirst author121 citations
2013tourismosJournalFirst author68 citations
2013International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social SciencesJournalFirst author0 citations
2013Journal of Hotel & Business ManagementJournalFirst author10 citations
2013Millennium development goals as instruments for development in AfricaBook chapterFirst author0 citations
2012International Journal of Tourism SciencesJournalFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1080/15980634.2012.11434664
2012ENVIRONMENTJournalFirst author0 citations
2011Iguana Journal of Social SciencesJournalFirst author0 citations
2010Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable DevelopmentBook chapterFirst author3 citations10.4324/9780203873588-17/environmental-performance-tourism-enterprise-ghana-case-study-hotels-greater-accra-region-gar-ishmael-mensah
2009Marketing Innovations for Sustainable DestinationsJournalFirst author0 citations
2009University of Cape CoastReportFirst author0 citations
2009Tourism enterprises and sustainable development - international perspectives on responses to the sustainability agendaBook chapterFirst author4 citations
2009Marketing Innovations for Sustainable DestinationsBook chapterFirst author9 citations
2009Journal of business and enterprise developmentJournalFirst author30 citations
2008Tourism in Ghana, a modern synthesisJournalSenior author2 citations
2007Journal of Retail & Leisure PropertyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding51 citations10.1057/palgrave.rlp.5100039
2005International Journal of Hospitality ManagementJournalFirst authorCorresponding319 citations10.1016/j.ijhm.2005.02.003
2004Ghana Home PageJournalFirst author10 citations
2004Online Search Report. Retrieved on AprilJournalFirst author81 citations
2004Frontiers of Southeast CHRIE Hospitality and Tourism ResearchJournalFirst author0 citations
2000University of Cape CoastReport2 citations
Xlibris Corporation
Tourism Review International
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights8