John Arko‐Mensah

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

John Arko‐Mensah is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, John Arko‐Mensah has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in John Arko‐Mensah's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (17 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (13 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (9 papers). John Arko‐Mensah is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (17 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (13 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (9 papers). John Arko‐Mensah collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, United States and Canada. John Arko‐Mensah's co-authors include Vojo Deretić, Michael A. Mandell, Nicolas Dupont, Shanya Jiang, Julius N. Fobil, Eliseo F. Castillo, Santosh Chauhan, Terje Johansen, Steven B. Bradfute and Duah Dwomoh and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

John Arko‐Mensah

56 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. TBK-1 Promotes Autophagy-Mediated Antimicrobial Defense by Controlling Autophagosome Maturation
    2012 502 citations Manohar Pilli, John Arko‐Mensah et al. Immunity profile →

Peers

John Arko‐Mensah
Dhruva Bhattacharya United States
Manisha Yadav India
Barbara M. Judy United States
Yijun Zhou China
Silvia Lang Switzerland
Sen Cheng China
Amy J. Clippinger United States
Dongsheng Li China
Anita Quintal Gomes Portugal
Hajer Debbabi Tunisia
Dhruva Bhattacharya United States
John Arko‐Mensah
Citations per year, relative to John Arko‐Mensah John Arko‐Mensah (= 1×) peers Dhruva Bhattacharya

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Arko‐Mensah

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Arko‐Mensah. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Arko‐Mensah based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Arko‐Mensah. John Arko‐Mensah is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Seidu, Razak, et al.. (2024). Microbiological quality of drinking water from three flood-prone communities along the Odaw River in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Water and Climate Change. 15(12). 6013–6021.
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Arko‐Mensah, John, et al.. (2024). Sharps injuries among healthcare workers in Liberia and Ghana: a cross-sectional survey. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 36(3).
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Arko‐Mensah, John, Jens Bertram, Julius N. Fobil, et al.. (2024). Lead exposure by E-waste disposal and recycling in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 259. 114375–114375. 2 indexed citations
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Arko‐Mensah, John, et al.. (2023). Exposure to metal mixtures and adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes: A systematic review. The Science of The Total Environment. 908. 168380–168380. 28 indexed citations
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Agyekum, Thomas Peprah, John Arko‐Mensah, Paul K. Botwe, et al.. (2022). Relationship between temperature and Anopheles gambiae sensu lato mosquitoes' susceptibility to pyrethroids and expression of metabolic enzymes. Parasites & Vectors. 15(1). 163–163. 9 indexed citations
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Oloruntoba, Elizabeth O., et al.. (2021). Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metals and Pollution of Environmental Media Around a Used Lead-acid Battery Recycling Center in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of Health and Pollution. 11(29). 210304–210304. 5 indexed citations
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Devasurendra, Amila M., John Arko‐Mensah, Sylvia Akpene Takyi, et al.. (2021). Occupational exposures to particulate matter and PM2.5-associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the Agbogbloshie waste recycling site in Ghana. Environment International. 158. 106971–106971. 18 indexed citations
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Lin, Nan, Christopher Godwin, Sydni Warner, et al.. (2021). Airborne volatile organic compounds at an e-waste site in Ghana: Source apportionment, exposure and health risks. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 419. 126353–126353. 19 indexed citations
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Takyi, Sylvia Akpene, et al.. (2021). Biomonitoring of metals in blood and urine of electronic waste (E-waste) recyclers at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Chemosphere. 280. 130677–130677. 30 indexed citations
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Acquah, Augustine A., Clive D’Souza, Bernard J. Martin, et al.. (2021). Work-Related Exposures and Musculoskeletal Disorder Symptoms Among Informal E-Waste Recyclers at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Lecture notes in networks and systems. 222. 677–681. 5 indexed citations
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Arko‐Mensah, John, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Judith Stephens, et al.. (2020). Spatiality in Health: The Distribution of Health Conditions Associated with Electronic Waste Processing Activities at Agbogbloshie, Accra. Annals of Global Health. 86(1). 31–31. 10 indexed citations
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Takyi, Sylvia Akpene, Niladri Basu, John Arko‐Mensah, et al.. (2020). Micronutrient-rich dietary intake is associated with a reduction in the effects of particulate matter on blood pressure among electronic waste recyclers at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 1067–1067. 13 indexed citations
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Mandell, Michael A., Ashish Jain, John Arko‐Mensah, et al.. (2014). TRIM Proteins Regulate Autophagy and Can Target Autophagic Substrates by Direct Recognition. Developmental Cell. 30(4). 394–409. 268 indexed citations
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Bradfute, Steven B., Eliseo F. Castillo, John Arko‐Mensah, et al.. (2013). Autophagy as an immune effector against tuberculosis. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 16(3). 355–365. 81 indexed citations
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Pilli, Manohar, John Arko‐Mensah, Marisa Ponpuak, et al.. (2012). TBK-1 Promotes Autophagy-Mediated Antimicrobial Defense by Controlling Autophagosome Maturation. Immunity. 37(2). 223–234. 502 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arko‐Mensah, John, et al.. (2000). The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pigs in Ghana. Acta Tropica. 76(1). 27–31. 34 indexed citations

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