Emmanuel Ameh

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at National Hospital Abuja, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Nile University of Nigeria and Vanderbilt University Medical Centerfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1996, latest 2026

Surgery
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions

Publications: 2981996–2026
Citations: 11,418to those papers
h-index: 38i10-index 135
Field-weighted impact: 3.331.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%43 of 298 scored papers
Open access: 45%133 papers free to read

12 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

Career

On their papers

Publications

298 in all

The prevalence of enuresis among primary school children in Zaria, Nigeria
2006Nigerian Journal of Surgical ResearchJournalOpen access10 citations10.4314/njsr.v7i1.12274
Urinary stones in children
2006Nigerian Journal of Surgical ResearchJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery14749%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health13345%
Emergency Medical Services6120%
Emergency Medicine4916%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3913%
General Health Professions227%
Urology227%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine217%
Gender Studies207%
Infectious Diseases196%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Health and Surgery111
Global Health Workforce Issues49
Global Maternal and Child Health32
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery26
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management24
Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders24
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies24
Urological Disorders and Treatments22
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes21
Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies21
Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments19
Diversity and Career in Medicine18

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

41% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written781011132325Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States103
United Kingdom38
Canada25
South Africa25
Kenya23
India14
Uganda13
Tanzania13

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG152 papers
National Hospital AbujaNG132 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG38 papers
Harvard UniversityUS28 papers
University of California, San FranciscoUS23 papers
University of OxfordGB19 papers
Boston Children's HospitalUS17 papers
University of California San DiegoUS17 papers
Yale UniversityUS16 papers
Kijabe HospitalKE14 papers

Where they publish

PubMed34
World Journal of Surgery30
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery22
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics21
Pediatric Surgery International20
Tropical Doctor14

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being90
17Partnerships for the goals36
1No poverty22
2Zero hunger19
5Gender equality7
4Quality education5
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure4
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Most cited

Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development
The Lancet1
20153,864 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition
The Lancet3
20152,029 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Acute ileus following ventriculoperitoneal shunt: case report

2006East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4314/eamj.v82i9.9342

Computer technology and the surgeon: what the resident needs to know

2006Nigerian Journal of MedicineJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/njm.v15i2.37093

Lingual harmatoma in an infant

2006Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst author2 citations10.1179/146532806x90655

Symptomatic vitelline duct anomalies in children.

2005PubMedJournalFirst author31 citations

Complications of scalp vein infusion in infants

2005Tropical DoctorJournalFirst author2 citations10.1258/0049475053002029

Osteomyelitis of the ischium: unusual presentation

2005Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst author1 citation10.1179/146532805x45764

Tracheostomy – an update on management

2005Annals of Nigerian MedicineJournal0 citations

Gastrointestinal injuries from blunt abdominal trauma in children

2004East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author25 citations10.4314/eamj.v81i4.9154

Fournier's Gangrene in Neonates and Infants

2004European Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJournalFirst author47 citations10.1055/s-2004-821138

A Rare Left-Sided Abdominal Wall Defect

2004European Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJournalFirst author14 citations10.1055/s-2004-821083

Challenges of neonatal surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa

2004African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.4314/ajps-n.v1i1.32265

Incarceration of Umbilical Hernia in Children: Is the Trend Increasing?

2004European Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1055/s-2004-817962

Challenges of managing neural tube defects in sub-Saharan Africa

2004Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalSenior author6 citations10.1179/atp.2004.24.1.109

Adhesion Intestinal Obstruction in Children in Northern Nigeria

2004Tropical DoctorJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1177/004947550403400219

Perineal burns in children

2004African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations

Periorbital Infection in the Infant

2004Tropical DoctorJournalFirst author0 citations10.1177/004947550403400224

Time Management in the Operating Theatre in Developing Countries

2004Tropical DoctorJournalSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1177/004947550403400434

Complicated umbilical hernias in children

2003Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding38 citations10.1007/s00383-002-0932-y

Scrotoshisis, bilateral extra-corporeal testicular ectopia and testicular torsion

2003Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding33 citations10.1007/s00383-002-0941-x

Paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa

2003Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1007/s00383-003-0951-3

Colorectal Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents

2003European Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1055/s-2003-42239

Providing Safe Surgery for Neonates in Sub-Saharan Africa

2003Tropical DoctorJournalFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1177/004947550303300308

Infected Hydrocoele of the Canal of Nuck in a Neonate

2003Urologia InternationalisJournalFirst author11 citations10.1159/000071855

Perianal abscess and fistula in children in Zaria

2003Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.4103/1117-1936.171763

Colorectal perforation following barium examination in children

2003Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.4103/1117-1936.171635

Major complications of omphalitis in neonates and infants

2002Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding52 citations10.1007/s00383-002-0821-4

Isolated rupture of an accessory liver from blunt abdominal trauma in childhood

2002Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalSenior author24 citations10.1007/s003830200014

Spontaneous scrotal faecal fistula in infants

2002Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.1007/s00383-002-0754-y

Morbidity and mortality of inguinal hernia in the newborn

2002Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.4103/1117-1936.171345

Intestinal malrotation: experience in Zaria, Nigeria.

2002PubMedJournalFirst author6 citations

Intralingual foregut duplication cyst: A case report

2002Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4103/1117-1936.171022

The morbidity and mortality of right hemicolectomy for complicated intussusception in infants

2002Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.4103/1117-1936.171295

Colostomy in the newborn: technical pitfalls

2002Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4103/1117-1936.171347

Small intestinal leiomyoma in childhood: a case report.

2002PubMedJournalFirst author3 citations

Emergency neonatal surgery in a developing country

2001Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst author76 citations10.1007/s003830000551

Meckel's diverticulitis due to Taenia saginata: case report

2001East African Medical JournalJournalOpen access23 citations10.4314/eamj.v78i2.9099

Sigmoid volvulus and ileosigmoid knotting in children

2001Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalSenior author22 citations10.1007/s003830100010

Neonatal intestinal perforation in a developing country

2001Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalSenior author14 citations10.1080/02724930124339

Anal injury and fissure-in-ano from sexual abuse in children

2001Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1080/02724930120077871

Bowel resection in children

2001East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.4314/eamj.v78i9.8979

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

East African Medical Journal8

How it can be read

45% free to read

Diamond 25 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 60 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 19 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 16 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 13 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 165 · 55%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

40 of 298 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center11
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation5
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences5
National Institutes of Health5
National Institute for Health and Care Research4
World Health Organization4
Medical Research Council3
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit2

Reduced inequalities

16Peace, justice and strong institutions3

11Sustainable cities and communities2

6Clean water and sanitation1

8Decent work and economic growth1

The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation

The Lancet1

2022381 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries.

World Journal of Emergency Surgery17

2006193 citationsOpen access · Gold