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

Necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp in a neonate
2001Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1080/02724930123834
Hirschsprung's disease in the newborn: experience in Zaria, Nigeria
2001Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst author

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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.

Gastrointestinal obstruction from phytobezoar in childhood: Report of two cases

2001East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.4314/eamj.v78i11.8955

Childhood achalasia in Zaria, Nigeria

2001East African Medical JournalJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/eamj.v78i9.8984

Fatal Spontaneous Haemothorax in a Child With Acute Leukaemia: A Case Report

2001Nigerian Journal of Surgical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/njsr.v3i1.12216

Anorectal injuries in children

2000Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding35 citations10.1007/s003830000347

Intestinal volvulus: aetiology, morbidity, and mortality in Nigerian children

2000Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst author31 citations10.1007/s003830050013

Major injuries from "domestic" animals in children

2000Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.1007/s003830000419

Perineal burns from sitz bath in children: case reports.

2000PubMedJournalFirst author7 citations

Tuberculous osteitis of the cranium: a case report.

2000PubMedJournalFirst author4 citations

Appendicitis versus genital disease in young women in tropical Africa.

2000PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations

Intestinal Malrotation: Presentation in the Older Child

2000Nigerian Journal of Surgical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/njsr.v2i3.12209

Typhoid ileal perforation in children: a scourge in developing countries

1999Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding68 citations10.1080/02724939992356

Pyomyositis in children: analysis of 31 cases

1999Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding41 citations10.1080/02724939992347

Incarcerated and strangulated inguinal hernias in children in Zaria, Nigeria.

1999PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding20 citations

Obstructing duodenal ulcers in a tropical population.

1999PubMedJournalSenior author6 citations

Acute retropharyngeal abscess in children

1999Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.1080/02724939992734

Penetrating abdominal injuries in children in Nigeria

1999Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/02724939992392

Postoperative intussusception in childhood: case report.

1999PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations

Amputation of the penis by human bite: a case report

1999Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1080/02724939992752

Giant congenital epigastric hernia.

1999PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations

Cholecystitis in children in Zaria, Nigeria

1999Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/02724939992545

Orbital Teratoma

1999Tropical DoctorJournalFirst author1 citation10.1177/004947559902900220

Peptic ulcer disease in childhood in Zaria, Nigeria

1999Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1080/02724939992662

The risk of infective thyroiditis in nodular goitres.

1998PubMedJournalFirst author22 citations

Pattern of peptic ulcer disease in Zaria, Nigeria.

1998PubMedJournalFirst author8 citations

Primary malignant melanoma of the anorectum: case report.

1998PubMedJournalFirst author2 citations

Surgery in a rural hospital: experience from northern Nigeria.

1998PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations

An Infected Primary Retroperitoneal Cyst

1998Tropical DoctorJournalFirst author2 citations10.1177/004947559802800224

Comparison of three operations for typhoid perforation

1997British journal of surgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding47 citations10.1046/j.1365-2168.1997.t01-1-02494.x

Thyrotoxicosis in Zaria, Nigeria: an update.

1997PubMedJournalFirst author5 citations

Blunt traumatic injury of the gallbladder in childhood.

1997PubMedJournalFirst author3 citations

Improvised Cannulae for Peripheral Venous Cutdown

1997Tropical DoctorJournalFirst author0 citations10.1177/004947559702700318

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