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Samuel Agyei-Mensah

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Population and Health Geography, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Population and Health Geography
Publications

174

Citations

5,024

H-index

36

i10-index

73

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.9
Most cited paper
614
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 07:46
Publications

174 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Epidemiological transition and the double burden of disease in Accra, Ghana
S Agyei-Mensah, A de-Graft Aikins
2010 Journal of urban health 87 (5), 879-897, 2010 Health Sciences 614
Urban air pollution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Time for action
AK Amegah, S Agyei-Mensah
2017 Environmental pollution 220, 738-743, 2017 Social Sciences 370
Traders on the run: Activities of street vendors in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
AB Asiedu, S Agyei-Mensah
2008 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 62 (3), 191-202, 2008 Social Sciences 281
Slums of hope and slums of despair: Mobility and livelihoods in Nima, Accra
G Owusu, S Agyei-Mensah, R Lund
2008 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 62 (3), 180-190, 2008 Social Sciences 255
Segregated by neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
S Agyei‐Mensah, G Owusu
2010 Population, space and place 16 (6), 499-516, 2010 Social Sciences 205
Air pollution in Accra neighborhoods: spatial, socioeconomic, and temporal patterns
KL Dionisio, RE Arku, AF Hughes, J Vallarino, H Carmichael, JD Spengler, ...
2010 Environmental science & technology 44 (7), 2270-2276, 2010 Social Sciences 177
Characterizing air pollution in two low-income neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana
RE Arku, J Vallarino, KL Dionisio, R Willis, H Choi, JG Wilson, C Hemphill, ...
2008 Science of the total environment 402 (2-3), 217-231, 2008 Social Sciences 162
Within-neighborhood patterns and sources of particle pollution: mobile monitoring and geographic information system analysis in four communities in Accra, Ghana
KL Dionisio, MS Rooney, RE Arku, AB Friedman, AF Hughes, J Vallarino, ...
2010 Environmental health perspectives 118 (5), 607, 2010 Engineering 146
Household and community poverty, biomass use, and air pollution in Accra, Ghana
Z Zhou, KL Dionisio, RE Arku, A Quaye, AF Hughes, J Vallarino, ...
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (27), 11028-11033, 2011 Social Sciences 143
Fertility desires and the course of fertility decline in sub-Saharan Africa
JB Casterline, S Agyei-Mensah
2017 Population and Development Review 43, 84-111, 2017 Social Sciences 133
Spatial and temporal patterns of particulate matter sources and pollution in four communities in Accra, Ghana
MS Rooney, RE Arku, KL Dionisio, C Paciorek, AB Friedman, ...
2012 Science of the Total Environment 435, 107-114, 2012 Social Sciences 119
Perceptions of health and environmental impacts of e-waste management in Ghana
S Agyei-Mensah, M Oteng-Ababio
2012 International journal of environmental health research 22 (6), 500-517, 2012 Social Sciences 118
A comparative study of ethnic residential segregation in Ghana’s two largest cities, Accra and Kumasi
G Owusu, S Agyei-Mensah
2011 Population and Environment 32 (4), 332-352, 2011 Social Sciences 101
The local food environment and body mass index among the urban poor in Accra, Ghana
FAA Dake, AL Thompson, SW Ng, S Agyei-Mensah, SNA Codjoe
2016 Journal of Urban Health 93 (3), 438-455, 2016 Social Sciences 93
Chemical composition and sources of particle pollution in affluent and poor neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana
Z Zhou, KL Dionisio, TG Verissimo, AS Kerr, B Coull, RE Arku, P Koutrakis, ...
2013 Environmental Research Letters 8 (4), 044025, 2013 Natural Sciences 84
Chemical characterization and source apportionment of household fine particulate matter in rural, peri-urban, and urban West Africa
Z Zhou, KL Dionisio, TG Verissimo, AS Kerr, B Coull, S Howie, RE Arku, ...
2014 Environmental science & technology 48 (2), 1343-1351, 2014 Social Sciences 79
Neighborhoods and fertility in Accra, Ghana: An AMOEBA-based approach
JR Weeks, A Getis, AG Hill, S Agyei-Mensah, D Rain
2010 Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100 (3), 558-578, 2010 Social Sciences 74
Queens as mothers: The role of the traditional safety net of care and support for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana
R Lund, S Agyei-Mensah
2008 GeoJournal 71 (2), 93-106, 2008 Health Sciences 72
Marketing its colonial heritage: A new lease of life for Cape Coast, Ghana?
S Agyei‐Mensah
2006 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 30 (3), 705-716, 2006 Social Sciences 70
Spatial-temporal patterns of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon (BC) pollution in Accra
AS Alli, SN Clark, A Hughes, J Nimo, J Bedford-Moses, S Baah, J Wang, ...
2021 Environmental Research Letters 16 (7), 074013, 2021 Social Sciences 69
Population awareness and attitudes toward waste-related health risks in Accra, Ghana
G Kanhai, S Agyei-Mensah, P Mudu
2021 International journal of environmental health research 31 (6), 670-686, 2021 Social Sciences 66
Nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) pollution in the Accra metropolis: Spatiotemporal patterns and the role of meteorology
J Wang, AS Alli, S Clark, A Hughes, M Ezzati, A Beddows, J Vallarino, ...
2022 Science of the Total Environment 803, 149931, 2022 Social Sciences 62
Fertility transition in Ghana: looking back and looking forward
S Agyei‐Mensah
2006 Population, Space and Place 12 (6), 461-477, 2006 Social Sciences 58
Twelve years of HIV/AIDS in Ghana: puzzles of interpretation
S Agyei-Mensah
2001 Canadian Journal of African Studies/La Revue canadienne des études …, 2001 Health Sciences 56
Geographical inequalities and social and environmental risk factors for under-five mortality in Ghana in 2000 and 2010: Bayesian spatial analysis of census data
RE Arku, JE Bennett, MC Castro, K Agyeman-Duah, SE Mintah, JH Ware, ...
2016 PLoS medicine 13 (6), e1002038, 2016 Social Sciences 53