Kow Entsua-Mensah

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

Surgery
Epidemiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Publications: 402006–2026
Citations: 419to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 0.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%2 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 68%27 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

40 in all

The 2025 Accra Declaration on Upskilling and Cost-effective Cardiac Surgery in Africa
2026JournalOpen access0 citations10.5005/jpascs-11061-0002
35 Years of modern cardiothoracic surgery in Ghana: a legacy of excellence, a future of perfection
2026Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular DiseaseJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery1948%
Epidemiology1743%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1435%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine923%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging820%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health513%
Emergency Medicine410%
Biochemistry25%
Biomedical Engineering25%
Clinical Psychology25%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Congenital Heart Disease Studies14
Tracheal and airway disorders7
Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair6
Esophageal and GI Pathology5
Foreign Body Medical Cases5
Coronary Artery Anomalies4
Global Health and Surgery4
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management4
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation3
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments3
Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments3
Acute Myocardial Infarction Research2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria6
South Africa5
Russia2
United States2
Egypt2
Italy2
Senegal1
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH14 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH9 papers
Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRU2 papers
Moscow Regional Scientific Research Clinical Institute. MF VladimirskyRU2 papers
University of TriesteIT2 papers
Mansoura UniversityEG2 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, SokotoNG2 papers
eThekwini MunicipalityZA2 papers
Netcare Sunninghill HospitalZA2 papers
Children's Hospital Mansoura UniversityEG2 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal6
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery5
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery4
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana4
PubMed4
Pan African Medical Journal3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being17
1No poverty5
17Partnerships for the goals2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1

Most cited

The development of cardiac surgery in West Africa - the case of Ghana
Pan African Medical Journal
201169 citationsOpen access · Gold
Status and Challenges of Care in Africa for Adults With Congenital Heart Defects
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery3
201744 citations
Knowledge, attitude and practice universal basic precautions by medical personnel in a Teaching Hospital
Ghana Medical Journal3

Lung Cancer in Ghana

2024Journal of Thoracic OncologyJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.jtho.2024.03.018

Twenty-two Years of Repair of Atrial Septal Defects in Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v4i2.149

Pattern of esophageal injuries and surgical management: A retrospective review

2020Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen access5 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_326_19

Complete surgical excision of cor triatriatum sinistrum

2020Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.46829/hsijournal.2020.12.1.2.149-150

Challenges of Caring for Functionally Single Ventricle Patients in Africa

2019World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal7 citations10.1177/2150135118817769

Status and Challenges of Care in Africa for Adults With Congenital Heart Defects

2017World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal44 citations10.1177/2150135117706340

Conotruncal Heart Defect Repair in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal21 citations10.1177/2150135116648309

The Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa—Proceedings of the March 2012 Symposium

2013World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournalSenior author3 citations10.1177/2150135112471353

The development of cardiac surgery in West Africa - the case of Ghana

2011Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen access69 citations10.4314/pamj.v9i1.71190

Impalement injuries of the chest

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access33 citations10.4314/gmj.v43i2.55320

Surgical management of constrictive pericarditis

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access26 citations10.4314/gmj.v41i4.55290

eComment: Cor triatriatum and cardiac hemolytic anemia

2009Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access1 citation10.1510/icvts.2008.201293a

eComment: Discrete subaortic stenosis following repair of atrioventricular septal defects

2009Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access0 citations10.1510/icvts.2008.195180a

How it can be read

68% free to read

Diamond 12 · 30%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 10%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 40 papers name a funder

Economic and Social Research Council1
University of Ghana1

200644 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Impalement injuries of the chest

Ghana Medical Journal3

201033 citationsOpen access · Diamond