Derrick Adu Mensah

Kumasi Technical University

Also at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine and University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Developmentfrom their recent papers

Lecturer, Royal Ann college of Health, since 2024per ORCID
Lecturer, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, since 2023per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Molecular Biology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Ecology

In their own words

Clinical Microbiology
Immunology and Host responses
Cell biology
Surveillance and Control of NTDs
Neglected Tropical Diseases
medical parasitology
Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis
Infection prevention
control and diagnostics
clinical and tropical medicine

Publications: 212015–2026
Citations: 56to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.751.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 13%2 of 15 scored papers
Open access: 100%15 of the 15 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 148 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 4 (144 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

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Medical Laboratory TechnologyRoyal Ann college of Healthsince 2024
Lecturer, Public HealthAkenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Developmentsince 2023
Senior Research Scientist/Fellow, KCCR- FILARIASIS UNITKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2017
Lecturer, Medical Laboratory TechnologyKumasi Technical University
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow/ Clinical Research Scientist, Filariasis

Publications

21 in all

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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

Parasitology1257%
Infectious Diseases1152%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis524%
Molecular Biology314%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health314%
Ecology210%
Archeology15%
Clinical Psychology15%
Epidemiology15%
Immunology15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasites and Host Interactions11
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment11
Insects and Parasite Interactions5
Biological Research and Disease Studies2
Parasite Biology and Host Interactions2
Zoonotic diseases and public health2
COVID-19 and Mental Health1
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction1
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research1
Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide1
Immune responses and vaccinations1
Lymphatic System and Diseases1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their 15 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1245679Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany10
Benin5
United States1
Tanzania1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH15 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH15 papers
German Center for Infection ResearchDE10 papers
University Hospital BonnDE9 papers
University of BonnDE7 papers
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenDE5 papers
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH5 papers
Université d'Abomey-CalaviBJ5 papers
Institut für Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und EpidemiologieDE4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH4 papers

Where they publish

Vaccines4
PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
Journal of Maternal and Child Health2
Pathogens2
West African Journal of Applied Ecology2
Age (Mean±SD, Min–Max)1
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being13

Most cited

Occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis infection after 15 years of mass drug administration in two hotspot districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases3
202219 citationsOpen access · Gold
Helminth Coinfections Modulate Disease Dynamics and Vaccination Success in the Era of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Vaccines
202510 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Adherence to Hygiene Protocols and Doxycycline Therapy in Ameliorating Lymphatic Filariasis Morbidity in an Endemic Area Post-Interruption of Disease Transmission in Ghana

Lecturer, NursingAll Nations University College2016–2017

Education

PhD, Clinical Microbiology, Clincial MicrobiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Health Sciences2017–2023
Phd clinical immuno-microbiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Health Sciences2017–2023
Phd Clinical Immuno-Microbiology, Clinical MicrobiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Health Sciences2017–2023

Honours, memberships and service

Full 4-year Doctoral studentship scholarship, KCCR-KNUSTFederal Ministry of Education and Research2017
Travel Award recipient/Winner, ASTMH Awarding CommitteeAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2023

BMC Infectious Diseases1

How it can be read

100% free to read, of the 15 recorded

Diamond 1 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 13 · 62%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Unknown 6 · 29%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

12 of 21 papers name a funder

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership9
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung6
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft5
European Commission4
FP7 International Cooperation3
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
Grant Wood Art Colony2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3

20245 citationsOpen access · Hybrid