Mary Mensah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

PhD candidate, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2018per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Biomedical Engineering
Education
Organic Chemistry
Biotechnology
Environmental Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry

In their own words

computational chemistry
homogenous catalysis

Publications: 82016–2026
Citations: 66to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.881.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 88%7 papers free to read

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

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

PhD candidate, chemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2018

Education

Master of Philosophy Physical Chemistry, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Science2015–2018
Bachelor of Science, ChemistryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Science2010–2014

On their papers

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology8 works

Publications

8 in all

Aqueous-phase depolymerization of waste cocoa pod husk lignin to produce aromatic monomers using terpyridine-based complex catalysts and advanced spectroscopic techniques
2026Microchemical JournalJournalFirst author0 citations10.1016/j.microc.2026.117632
Chem4Energy: a consortium of the Royal Society Africa Capacity-Building Initiative
2024Interface Focus

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Biomedical Engineering563%
Education225%
Organic Chemistry225%
Biotechnology113%
Environmental Chemistry113%
Inorganic Chemistry113%
Mechanical Engineering113%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health113%
Speech and Hearing113%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Lignin and Wood Chemistry4
Catalysis for Biomass Conversion3
African Education and Politics1
Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis1
Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis1
Biochemical and biochemical processes1
Biofuel production and bioconversion1
Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies1
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering1
Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms1
Educational Assessment and Pedagogy1
Impact of Education Environments1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

63% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom4
Netherlands2
Botswana1
France1
Namibia1
Norway1
United States1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of LeedsGB3 papers
Cardiff UniversityGB3 papers
Utrecht UniversityNL2 papers
Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNO1 paper
Pennsylvania State UniversityUS1 paper
Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de PoitiersFR1 paper
University of LiverpoolGB1 paper
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR1 paper
University of BotswanaBW1 paper
University of NamibiaNA1 paper

Where they publish

Open Journal of Educational Research2
Catalysts1
Frontiers in Chemistry1
Interface Focus1
Microchemical Journal1
SN Applied Sciences1
SpringerPlus

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation2
4Quality education1
7Affordable and clean energy1

Most cited

A DFT Mechanistic Study on Base-Catalyzed Cleavage of the β-O-4 Ether Linkage in Lignin: Implications for Selective Lignin Depolymerization
Frontiers in Chemistry6
202236 citationsOpen access · Gold
Modeling, optimization and kinetic analysis of the hydrolysis process of waste cocoa pod husk to reducing sugars
SN Applied Sciences
202010 citationsOpen access · Bronze
1,3-Dipolar [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of N,C,C-trisubstituted nitrones with ring-acceptor methylenecyclopropanes: a computational study

How it can be read

88% free to read

Diamond 1 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 38%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 13%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 13%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 8 papers name a funder

Department for International Development3
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology3
National Council for Tertiary Education2
Royal Society2
Botswana International University of Science and Technology1
Cardiff University1
Department for International Development, UK Government1
Economic and Social Research Council1