Richard Nana Abankwah Owusu‐Mensah

University of Cape Coast

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Food Science
General Health Professions
Genetics
Molecular Biology

Publications: 42016–2026
Citations: 72to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.941.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 4 scored papers
Open access: 100%4 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (MPET)Mayo Clinicsince 2024
Research Technician, Systems Neurophysiology/ Systems PhysiologyTokyo Medical and Dental University2023–2024
Visiting lecturer, Medical Imaging Technology and SonographyUniversity of Cape Coast2018–2019
Adjunct lecturer, Biomedical SciencesUniversity of Cape Coast2018–2019

Education

Ph.D. Medical Science, Neurophysiology

Publications

4 in all

Socio-demographic and food safety practices correlates of diarrhoea among mothers, nursing 6-12-month-old children in the Sekyere South District, Ghana
2026Discover Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12982-026-01898-y
Arterial Stiffness Is Associated with Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy in Diabetes Patients in Ghana

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism250%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine125%
Food Science125%
General Health Professions125%
Genetics125%
Molecular Biology125%
Nutrition and Dietetics125%
Organic Chemistry125%
Pharmacology125%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health125%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Berberine and alkaloids research1
Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention1
Chemical synthesis and alkaloids1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits1
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins1
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management1
Food Safety and Hygiene1
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations1
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet1
Peripheral Artery Disease Management1
Synthesis and bioactivity of alkaloids1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH2 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Public Health1
Discover Public Health1
Journal of Diabetes Research1
Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being3

Most cited

Metabolic syndrome and parental history of cardiovascular disease in young adults in urban Ghana
BMC Public Health3
201734 citationsOpen access · Gold
Arterial Stiffness Is Associated with Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy in Diabetes Patients in Ghana
Journal of Diabetes Research3
201822 citationsOpen access · Gold
Cryptolepine, an indoloquinoline alkaloid, in the management of diabetes mellitus and its associated complications