James E. Mensah

University of Ghana

Also at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and University of Ghana Medical Centrefrom their recent papers

Associate Professor, University of Ghana Medical School, since 2018per ORCID
consultant, Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalper ORCID

Publishing since 2002, latest 2026

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Urology
Surgery
Epidemiology
Genetics
Oncology

In their own words

medicine

Publications: 1022002–2026
Citations: 1,584to those papers
h-index: 19i10-index 37
Field-weighted impact: 1.521.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%11 of 82 scored papers
Open access: 87%71 of the 82 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,097 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 40 (1,730 citations and h-index 18 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, SurgeryUniversity of Ghana Medical Schoolsince 2018
consultant, urologyKorle Bu Teaching Hospital

Education

FWACS, surgeryWest African College of Surgeonssince 2004
MBCHB, medical schoolUniversity of Ghana

On their papers

University of Ghana73 works

Publications

102 in all

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction
2021Nature GeneticsJournalOpen access511 citations10.1038/s41588-020-00748-0
Overall and central obesity and prostate cancer risk in African men
2021Cancer Causes & Control

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4241%
Urology2121%
Surgery1818%
Epidemiology1414%
Genetics1414%
Oncology1212%
Rheumatology1111%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health88%
Molecular Biology77%
Immunology55%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment30
Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research22
Urological Disorders and Treatments13
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology12
Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research9
Genital Health and Disease7
Urinary Tract Infections Management7
Urologic and reproductive health conditions6
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research5
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening5
Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments4
Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

45% of their 82 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456910Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States35
Nigeria13
South Africa10
Senegal9
United Kingdom9
France6
Uganda5
Mauritius4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH59 papers
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics19 papers
Stanford UniversityUS18 papers
Stanford Cancer Institute17 papers
37 Military HospitalGH17 papers
National Cancer InstituteUS16 papers
Harvard UniversityUS16 papers
National Institutes of HealthUS14 papers
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUS14 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH13 papers

Where they publish

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana6
African Journal of Urology5
PubMed5
Cancer Research4
Ghana Medical Journal4
Open Journal of Urology4
European Urology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being50
2Zero hunger3
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty2
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1
16

Most cited

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction
Nature Genetics3
2021511 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Imputation and subset-based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on chromosome 5p15.33
Human Molecular Genetics3
2014109 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Uretero-vesical anastomotic stricture. A case report and review of management

2021Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournal0 citations

Idiopathic Scrotal Calcinosis: A Case Report and Review of Postoperative Outcomes

2020Case Reports in UrologyJournalOpen accessSenior author15 citations10.1155/2020/8877695

MANAGEMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER IN ACCRA, GHANA.

2017PubMedJournalOpen access18 citations

Successful penile reimplantation and systematic review of world literature

2017African Journal of UrologyJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.1016/j.afju.2017.02.003

Prostate brachytherapy in Ghana: our initial experience

2016Journal of Contemporary BrachytherapyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.5114/jcb.2016.62972

Penile Strangulation by self-Placement of Metallic Nut.

2015PubMedJournalOpen access12 citations

Nephrectomy in adults: Experience at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

2015Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and TransplantationJournalOpen access7 citations10.4103/1319-2442.157438

Prostate cancer diagnostic methods in Korle Bu Teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana

2015Postgraduate medical Journal of GhanaJournal1 citation

Post Prostate Biopsy Pain: is analgesia essential?

2014Congress of Societe International d’UrologieReport0 citations

Continent cutaneous diversion for bladder exstrophy in adults

2013African Journal of UrologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1016/j.afju.2013.01.002

Contemporary Evaluation and Treatment of Male Urethral Stricture Disease in West Africa

2013Current Bladder Dysfunction ReportsJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1007/s11884-013-0185-8

Clinicopathologic features and determinants of Gleason score of prostate cancer in Ghanaian men

2013Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original InvestigationsJournalSenior author24 citations

The pattern, management and outcome of genitourinary trauma in Ghana

2013Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournal1 citation

Clinicopathologic features and determinants of Gleason score of prostate cancer in Ghanaian men

2011Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original InvestigationsJournalSenior author21 citations10.1016/j.urolonc.2011.01.018

Retrocaval ureter: two case reports.

2011PubMedJournalOpen access21 citations

Early surgical repair of penile fractures

2011Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author16 citations10.4314/gmj.v44i3.68898

Delayed recognition of bilateral ureteral injury after gyneacological surgery.

2008PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics3

How it can be read

87% free to read, of the 82 recorded

Diamond 20 · 20%Free to read and to publish
Gold 28 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 13 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 11%Behind a paywall
Unknown 20 · 20%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

27 of 102 papers name a funder

National Cancer Institute24
National Institutes of Health16
National Institute of General Medical Sciences6
Prostate Cancer Foundation6
Medical Research Council5
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services5
Cancer Research UK4
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities4

Peace, justice and strong institutions

TMPRSS2:ERG Gene Fusions in Prostate Cancer of West African Men and a Meta-Analysis of Racial Differences

American Journal of Epidemiology3

201792 citationsOpen access · Bronze

A Rare Germline HOXB13 Variant Contributes to Risk of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry

European Urology3

202249 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid