Samuel R. Debrah

Publishing since 2004, latest 2025

Surgery
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medical Services
Oncology
Artificial Intelligence

In their own words

Medicine
Surgery

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 532004–2025
Citations: 2,535to those papers
h-index: 18i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 0.951.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%2 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 90%18 of the 20 whose access is recorded

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 2,875 citations, h-index 23 and i10-index 32 (2,335 citations and h-index 20 since 2021), as of October 14, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

53 in all

Assessing Colorectal Care Capacity at an Urban Tertiary Hospital in Ghana
2025Annals of Global HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.5334/aogh.4663
Global anaesthesia practice using inguinal hernia surgery as a tracer condition: a secondary analysis of an international prospective cohort study
2025Anaesthesia

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery1019%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health917%
Emergency Medicine815%
Emergency Medical Services36%
Oncology36%
Artificial Intelligence24%
Biomedical Engineering24%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine12%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism12%
Epidemiology12%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Health and Surgery7
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management4
Hernia repair and management4
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies4
AI in cancer detection2
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection2
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening2
Global Health Workforce Issues2
Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions2
Abdominal Surgery and Complications1
Abdominal Trauma and Injuries1
Breast Lesions and Carcinomas1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

45% of their 20 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234456Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States7
Denmark1
United Kingdom1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers
Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
University of WashingtonUS3 papers
Ghana College of Physicians and SurgeonsGH3 papers
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research CenterUS2 papers
University of MichiganUS2 papers
University of MinnesotaUS2 papers

Where they publish

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana6
Anaesthesia4
The Lancet Global Health4
British Journal of Surgery3
Ghana Medical Journal3
Indian Journal of Surgery3
Colorectal Disease

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being9
14Life below water2
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study
Anaesthesia
2021693 citations
Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2018645 citations
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
British Journal of Surgery
2021178 citations

Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation and Phlebitis Risk at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access6 citations10.60014/pmjg.v4i1.79

Major Extremity Amputation: The Koforidua Experience

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.60014/pmjg.v5i2.161

A Retrospective Review Of Lower Limb Cellulitis In A Regional Hospital In Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v8i2.207

A Retrospective Review Of Lower Limb Cellulitis In A Regional Hospital In Ghana

2019Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournal0 citations

Indications for emergency abdominal surgery in Cape Coast, Ghana

2018International Surgery JournalJournalOpen access2 citations10.18203/2349-2902.isj20182214

Complicated appendicitis: experience from central region of Ghana

2017International Surgery JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.18203/2349-2902.isj20175910

Pattern of Breast Cancer Distribution in Ghana: A Survey to Enhance Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment

2016International Journal of Breast CancerJournalOpen accessSenior author74 citations10.1155/2016/3645308

Burst abdomen in pregnancy: A proposed management algorithm

2016Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access4 citations10.4314/gmj.v50i2.10

Major extremity amputation: the Koforidua experience

2016Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalSenior author9 citations

Peripheral intravenous cannulation and phlebitis risk at Cape Coast teaching hospital

2015Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournal13 citations

The influence of age on the outcome of treatment of elderly patients with colorectal cancer

2014Journal of geriatric oncologyJournalSenior author37 citations

NORCCAG (Northern Region Colorectal Cancer Audit Group)

2014The influence of age on the outcome of treatment of elderly patients with colorectal cancer. J Geriatr OncolJournalSenior author10 citations

Current Concepts in Anal Fissures: Ayantunde and Debrah

2006World journal of surgeryJournalSenior author109 citations10.1007/s00268-005-0664-y

Post-Hemorrhoidectomy Hemorrhage and Associated Factors: The Outcome in a District General Hospital: 481

2006Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACGJournalSenior author0 citations

International Journal of Breast Cancer2

How it can be read

90% free to read, of the 20 recorded

Diamond 10 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 8%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 4%Behind a paywall
Unknown 33 · 62%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 53 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center2
Danish International Development Agency1

Current Concepts in Anal Fissures: Ayantunde and Debrah

World journal of surgery

2006109 citations