Eric Owusu Mensah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2020per ORCID
Founder and Director, Quama Food Processing Co. Ltd, since 2008per ORCID

Publishing since 2003, latest 2025

Food Science
Plant Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Animal Science and Zoology
Organic Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering

In their own words

Food fermentation
food product development
product commercialisation and food enzymes
Product Development
Food Safety
Food Processing and Commercialisation

Publications: 142003–2025
Citations: 104to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.171.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%1 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 60%6 of the 10 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 190 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 6 (136 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

Lecturer, Food Science and TechnologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2020
Founder and DirectorQuama Food Processing Co. Ltdsince 2008
Sweetpotato/GhanaInternational Potato Center2010–2016
Field Cordinator for GRAD - Group Formation, Project Coordinator for GRAD - Inland valleys Rice Project (Group Formation and Assistance)Ministry of Food and Agriculture2005–2007
Project Facilitator, Rural Enterprise ProjectMinistry of Industry and Trade2003–2004

Publications

14 in all

Effectiveness of Unripe Plantain Peel on Tenderization of Beef and Okra as a Potential Substitute for Saltpeter
2025Food Safety and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1002/fsh3.70000
Potential utilization of two new varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris in yoghurt manufacturing
2025

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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

Food Science643%
Plant Science643%
Nutrition and Dietetics429%
Animal Science and Zoology214%
Organic Chemistry214%
Biomedical Engineering17%
Ecology17%
Horticulture17%
Inorganic Chemistry17%
Insect Science17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

GABA and Rice Research3
Edible Oils Quality and Analysis2
Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis2
Food composition and properties2
Meat and Animal Product Quality2
Banana Cultivation and Research1
Biodiesel Production and Applications1
Botanical Research and Applications1
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy1
Coconut Research and Applications1
Food Quality and Safety Studies1
Food Science and Nutritional Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

10% of their 10 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Peru1
United States1
Kenya1
Uganda1
Japan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH2 papers
International Potato CenterPE1 paper
National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationJP1 paper
North Carolina State UniversityUS1 paper
United States Department of AgricultureUS1 paper
National Agricultural Research OrganisationUG1 paper
International Potato CenterUG1 paper
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH1 paper
National Agricultural Research InstituteUG1 paper

Where they publish

Food and Humanity2
Food Safety and Health2
Applied Research1
Case Study of Goaso District1
Crop Science1
Ikushugaku zasshi1
International Journal of Food Science

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger4
15Life on land1

Most cited

Genetic analysis and association of simple sequence repeat markers with storage root yield, dry matter, starch and β-carotene content in sweetpotato
Ikushugaku zasshi15
201737 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Thermal stability of β-amylase activity and sugar profile of sweet-potato varieties during processing
J Nutr Food Sci
201616 citations
STEEPING: A WAY OF IMPROVING THE MALTING OF RICE GRAIN

Education

PhD. Food Science and Technology, Food Science and TechnologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2010–2015
Msc. Food Science and Technology, Food Science and TechnologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2006–2008
Bsc. Zoology/Botany, Zoology/BatanyUniversity of Cape Coast1999–2003