Ernest Mensah

Ghana Health Service

Publishing since 2004, latest 2025

Infectious Diseases
Parasitology
Epidemiology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Microbiology

Publications: 192004–2025
Citations: 316to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 2.791.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%6 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 89%17 papers free to read

3 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

Career

On their papers

Publications

19 in all

Schistosomiasis in Ghana from baseline to now: the impact of fifteen years of interventions
2025Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.3389/fpubh.2025.1554069
Validation of routine lymphatic filariasis morbidity surveillance in the Upper West Region, Ghana
2025PLOS Global Public Health

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases737%
Parasitology632%
Epidemiology526%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis526%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health526%
Microbiology316%
Physiology316%
Finance211%
General Health Professions211%
Health Information Management211%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment7
Parasites and Host Interactions6
Global Maternal and Child Health5
Insects and Parasite Interactions4
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research3
Reproductive tract infections research3
Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment3
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Healthcare Systems and Reforms2
Primary Care and Health Outcomes2
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education1
COVID-19 epidemiological studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

63% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States9
United Kingdom8
Netherlands2
Belgium1
Benin1
Switzerland1
France1
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH8 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH7 papers
Family Health International 360US5 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB5 papers
Division of Parasitic Diseases and MalariaUS4 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS4 papers
SightsaversGB4 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB3 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH3 papers
United States Agency for International DevelopmentUS2 papers

Where they publish

PLoS neglected tropical diseases7
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)4
Neglected tropical diseases2
Frontiers in Public Health1
International Journal of Infectious Diseases1
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty1
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: current perspectives on mass drug administration
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine17
201886 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
201758 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: current perspectives on mass drug administration

2018Research and Reports in Tropical MedicineJournalOpen access86 citations10.2147/rrtm.s125204

Exploring the Understanding of Teachers and Learners on Citizenship Education in Ghana

2018Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.2528897

Persistent ‘hotspots’ of lymphatic filariasis microfilaraemia despite 14 years of mass drug administration in Ghana

2016Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access48 citations10.1093/trstmh/trx007

The quality of locally-manufactured cornmill grinding plates

2011Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4314/just.v31i1.64903

Ethics and Governance in AI: Comparative Insights from Ghana's African Context

2009Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.18897447

Methodological Evaluation of Community Health Centres Systems in Ghana Using a Difference-in-Differences Approach

2004Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.18801918

PLOS Global Public Health1

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine1

How it can be read

89% free to read

Diamond 1 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 58%In an open-access journal
Green 5 · 26%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 11%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 19 papers name a funder

United States Agency for International Development8
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention3
Department for International Development2
American Leprosy Missions1
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership1
European Commission1
Government of the United Kingdom1

201648 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green