Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

College · Accra · Ghana · founded 2003

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Publications

222

2013–2026

Citations

2,598

To those publications

Scholars

178

77 carry an ORCID — 43% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 1842016–2025
Citations: 2,546to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 2.151.00 is the world average · median 1.01
World top 10%: 24%45 of 184 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 87%160 papers free to read

Diamond 44 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 81 · 44%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 15 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 7 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 13 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 24 · 13%

Output and citations by year

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

What it publishes in

By field, with field-weighted impact

Medicine15484%FWCI 1.98
Health Professions6636%FWCI 2.25
Economics, Econometrics and Finance2916%FWCI 5.03
Social Sciences2011%FWCI 1.89
Business, Management and Accounting1810%

Who it works with

73% of papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom65
United States42
Canada29
South Africa25
Nigeria14
Uganda12
Kenya10
Netherlands10

Papers with at least one author in that country. 73% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH87 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH65 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB34 papers
Dodowa Health Research CentreGH33 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH30 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH23 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH20 papers
University of Cape CoastGH15 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS13 papers
University of LeedsGB12 papers
Western UniversityCA11 papers
London Health Sciences CentreCA11 papers

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

114 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty168.7% of papers
2Zero hunger31.6% of papers
3Good health and well-being3921.2% of papers
4Quality education73.8% of papers

Who funds it

88 of 184 papers name a funder

National Institute for Health and Care Research19 papers
Medical Research Council18 papers
Department of Health and Social Care13 papers
Government of the United Kingdom13 papers
International Development Research Centre13 papers
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office9 papers
University of Ghana9 papers
World Health Organization9 papers
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation8 papers
Pfizer7 papers

Most published scholars

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