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Samuel Kofi Mensah · Sankore

University of Energy and Natural Resources

Samuel Kofi Mensah

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-8826-7441

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Publications

12

Citations

154

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7

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

7

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration9 works
University of Energy and Natural Resources8 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 works
Tamale Teaching Hospital1 works
Tamale Technical University1 works

Publications

12 works in the graph, newest first.

Green dreams and toxic realities: Exploring the environmental health risks and coping strategies of women in mining settlements in Obuasi, Ghana
2026Resources PolicyJournal1 citations10.1016/j.resourpol.2026.105957
Impacts of extreme climate events on megacities in West Africa: A case of the Greater Accra Region
2026Urban TransitionsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.ubtr.2026.100044
Informal artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-saharan Africa: Policy evolution, sector formalization, and future trajectories
2025Resources PolicyJournal11 citations10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105698
Assessing the impact of small-scale mining activities on land use land cover and the sustainability of mining practices in Ghana: A case of the Atiwa East district
2025Resources PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105719

Fighting fire with fire: How military actions expand environmental destruction in informal mining

2025The Extractive Industries and SocietyJournal4 citations10.1016/j.exis.2025.101712

Factors influencing accidents and injuries in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining industry in Ghana: A case of Adadiem in the Jaman North district of Ghana

2025HeliyonJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e43566

Impacts of illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining on livelihoods in cocoa farming communities: A case of Amansie West District, Ghana

2024Resources PolicyJournal27 citations10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104879

Socio-demographic effects on role assignment and associated occupational health and safety issues in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Amansie Central District, Ghana

2023HeliyonJournalOpen access27 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13741

Projections and impact assessment of the local climate change conditions of the Black Volta Basin of Ghana based on the Statistical DownScaling Model

2023Journal of Water and Climate ChangeJournalOpen access10 citations10.2166/wcc.2023.352

Assessing the safety and health practices in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Ghana: A case of Ntotroso

2022Environmental ChallengesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding31 citations10.1016/j.envc.2022.100443

Machine learning based groundwater prediction in a data-scarce basin of Ghana

2022Applied Artificial IntelligenceJournalOpen access19 citations10.1080/08839514.2022.2138130

Assessing the knowledge and practices of occupational safety and health in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Ghana: A case of obuasi

2022HeliyonJournalOpen access18 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11464