Charlotte Monica Mensah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 2011, latest 2019

Complementary and alternative medicine
Plant Science
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Psychiatry and Mental health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 182011–2019
Citations: 510to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 5.131.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 56%10 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 56%10 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

18 in all

Neighborhood, social isolation and mental health outcome among older people in Ghana
2019Journal of Affective DisordersJournal65 citations10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.024
Caring for older persons in rural and urban communities: perspectives of Ghanaian informal caregivers on their coping mechanisms
2019Journal of 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

Complementary and alternative medicine739%
Plant Science528%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health422%
Sociology and Political Science422%
General Health Professions317%
Psychiatry and Mental health317%
Building and Construction211%
Economics and Econometrics211%
Health211%
Nutrition and Dietetics211%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies7
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies5
Global Maternal and Child Health4
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving4
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Health disparities and outcomes2
Mining and Resource Management2
Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
African cultural and philosophical studies1
Antibiotic Use and Resistance1
Computational Drug Discovery Methods1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom4
Hong Kong SAR4
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lingnan UniversityHK4 papers
University of OxfordGB4 papers
Sheffield Hallam UniversityGB1 paper
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH1 paper
African Population and Health Research CenterKE1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Public Health3
African Journal of Reproductive Health1
BMC Research Notes1
Complementary Therapies in Medicine1
Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University)1
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty4
3Good health and well-being3
10Reduced inequalities2
17Partnerships for the goals2
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Public Perceptions of the Role of Traditional Medicine in the Health Care Delivery System in Ghana
Global Journal of Health Science3
2011116 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Neighborhood, social isolation and mental health outcome among older people in Ghana
Journal of Affective Disorders10
201965 citationsWorld top 10%

Pulled in or pushed out? Understanding the complexities of motivation for alternative therapies use in Ghana

2016International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-BeingJournalOpen access54 citations10.3402/qhw.v11.29667

Unconventional medical practices among Ghanaian students: A university-based survey

2016Journal of Traditional and Complementary MedicineJournalOpen access16 citations10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.06.002

Mining and Public Health Implications: Evidence from the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited Enclaves

2016Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and TechnologyJournalOpen access3 citations10.19026/rjaset.12.2334

Quality Control and Standards of Medicinal Products: A Committed Agenda

2015Journal of Pharmaceutical Research InternationalJournalOpen access6 citations10.9734/bjpr/2015/16320

What does the community know? Assessing the mining-related knowledge in the Newmont Ghana gold limited enclave

2015Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University)JournalOpen access1 citation

Public Perceptions of the Role of Traditional Medicine in the Health Care Delivery System in Ghana

2011Global Journal of Health ScienceJournalOpen accessCorresponding116 citations10.5539/gjhs.v3n2p40

Global Journal of Health Science

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being1

How it can be read

56% free to read

Diamond 4 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 44%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

7 of 18 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa2
Lingnan University1
University of Oxford1
Wellcome Trust1

201654 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold