Faustina O. Mensah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1998, latest 2021

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Nutrition and Dietetics
Complementary and Manual Therapy
Epidemiology
General Health Professions
Oncology

In their own words

Medical Biochemistry
Pica in Pregnancy
NCDs-Hypertension
Diabetes

Publications: 211998–2021
Citations: 544to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 1.261.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%1 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 90%9 of the 10 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 692 citations, h-index 12 and i10-index 13 (327 citations and h-index 9 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

21 in all

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism524%
Nutrition and Dietetics419%
Complementary and Manual Therapy210%
Epidemiology210%
General Health Professions210%
Oncology210%
Biochemistry15%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine15%
Cell Biology15%
Emergency Medicine15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins5
Cancer Research and Treatment2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2
Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements2
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management1
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases1
Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress1
Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders1
Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits1
Diet, Metabolism, and Disease1
Gestational Diabetes Research and Management1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their 10 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

China2
Netherlands1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Dalian Medical UniversityCN2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
College of Health and Well-Being, KintampoGH2 papers
Wageningen University & ResearchNL1 paper
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
North-West UniversityZA1 paper
University of the Free StateZA1 paper
University of GhanaGH1 paper
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of the Ghana Science Association4
African Health Sciences1
American Journal of Health Research1
Arch Clin Biomed Res1
BMC Research Notes1
Ghana Journal of Higher Education1
Heliyon

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger4
3Good health and well-being4

Most cited

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research3
2015131 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
In-vitro assessment of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of methanol extracts of six wound healing medicinal plants
In-Vitro
201385 citations
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its predominant components among pre-and postmenopausal Ghanaian women

Journal of Health Research

Geophagia, nutrition and health of women with pregnancy-induced hypertension

2018African Health SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.4314/ahs.v18i4.46

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

2015International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author131 citations10.4103/2229-516x.157170

Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

2015J Clin Biomed SciJournalSenior author0 citations

The Contribution of Different Risk Factors in the Occurrence of Stroke

2014American Journal of Health ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.11648/j.ajhr.20140206.21

Pica practice among pregnant women in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana

2010International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding41 citations10.1016/j.inhe.2010.09.004

Research on Education in Africa with Specific Reference to Gana

2009Revitalizing higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. A United Nations University project reportJournal5 citations

Measurement of some blood proteins of children as an index of Nutritional Status

1998Journal of the Ghana Science AssociationJournal0 citations

How it can be read

90% free to read, of the 10 recorded

Diamond 2 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 19%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 5%Behind a paywall
Unknown 11 · 52%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 21 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3

201377 citationsOpen access · Gold

Pica practice among pregnant women in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana

International Health2

201041 citationsOpen access · Bronze