Daniel Oduro‐Mensah

University of Ghana

Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Plant Science
Immunology
Food Science
Endocrinology
Infectious Diseases
Pharmacology

In their own words

Natural products biochemistry
Antimicrobial resistance
Microbial biotechnology

Publications: 202015–2026
Citations: 224to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 1.031.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 90%18 papers free to read

10 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Ghanasince 2022
Lecturer, Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Ghana2019–2022
Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity for Development Studies - Navrongo Campus2013–2019

Education

PhD Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Ghana School of Graduate Studies2012–2016
MPhil Biochemistry

Publications

20 in all

Adverse environmental exposures in sub-Saharan Africa drive non-communicable disease risk and unhealthy ageing
2026Discover Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12982-026-02213-5
Integrating Fungal-Assisted Microalgal Harvesting for Sustainable Treatment and Resource Recovery from Wastewater

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1050%
Immunology525%
Food Science420%
Endocrinology315%
Infectious Diseases315%
Pharmacology315%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis210%
Molecular Medicine210%
Neurology210%
Animal Science and Zoology15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food4
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies2
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies2
Immune responses and vaccinations2
Infections and bacterial resistance2
Long-Term Effects of COVID-192
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities2
Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management1
Algal biology and biofuel production1
Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies1
Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

20% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

China2
Burkina Faso2
United Kingdom2
Germany1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University for Development StudiesGH8 papers
West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious PathogensGH6 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH6 papers
Centre for Plant Medicine ResearchGH4 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaGH3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Ghana Education ServiceGH3 papers
Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyCN2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers

Where they publish

F1000Research2
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine1
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials1
BioMed Research International1
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies1
BMC Microbiology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
2Zero hunger5
4Quality education1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Genetic characterization of TEM-type ESBL-associated antibacterial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary hospital in Ghana
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
201651 citationsOpen access · Gold
Household cockroaches carry CTX-M-15-, OXA-48- and NDM-1-producing enterobacteria, and share beta-lactam resistance determinants with humans
BMC Microbiology
201943 citationsOpen access · Gold
Isolation and characterisation of theobromine-degrading filamentous fungi
Microbiological Research2

, Department of Biochemistry

University of Ghana School of Graduate Studies

BSc Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of BiochemistryUniversity of Ghana2001–2005

Honours, memberships and service

Academic Partner, ACE Mycotoxin and Food SafetyFederal University of Technology Minnasince 2019
Global Health Fellow, Global Health and PopulationHarvard School of Public Health2022–2023

Cocoa‐associated filamentous fungi for the biocontrol of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus

2023Journal of Basic MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1002/jobm.202300163

Explaining the unexpected COVID-19 trends and potential impact across Africa.

2022F1000ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.12688/f1000research.74363.2

Explaining the unexpected COVID-19 trends and potential impact across Africa.

2021F1000ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.12688/f1000research.74363.1

Isolation and characterisation of theobromine-degrading filamentous fungi

2017Microbiological ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1016/j.micres.2017.09.006

Genetic characterization of TEM-type ESBL-associated antibacterial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary hospital in Ghana

2016Annals of Clinical Microbiology and AntimicrobialsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding51 citations10.1186/s12941-016-0144-2

Discover Public Health

How it can be read

90% free to read

Diamond 3 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 45%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 15%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 10%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 20 papers name a funder

University of Ghana7
Carnegie Corporation of New York6
Fogarty International Center2
Francis Crick Institute2
National Cancer Institute2
National Institutes of Health2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Central Board of Irrgation and Power1

201724 citationsOpen access · Bronze