Samuel Egyakwa Ankomah

Also at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Finance
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

In their own words

Health Management
Health Policy
Patient-Public Engagement
Community participation in Health care

Publications: 442016–2026
Citations: 1,753to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 40.521.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 34%11 of 32 scored papers
Open access: 81%26 of the 32 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 1,908 citations, h-index 14 and i10-index 22 (1,860 citations and h-index 14 since 2021), as of October 5, 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

Citations received each year

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

PhD Researcher, Preventive and Social MedicineUniversity of Otago2019–2023
Health Services Administrator, Family Medicine Directorate/General AdministrationKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital2007–2019

Education

PhD, Preventive and Social MedicineUniversity of Otago2019–2023
Masters' degree student, Health and Social CareLondon South Bank University2013–2014
Undergraduate Student, Information Studies

Publications

44 in all

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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

General Health Professions1330%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health920%
Finance818%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism511%
Infectious Diseases511%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health511%
Economics and Econometrics37%
Epidemiology37%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management37%
Strategy and Management37%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health9
Healthcare Systems and Reforms8
Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare6
Diabetes Management and Education5
Primary Care and Health Outcomes5
Global Health and Surgery3
Mental Health and Patient Involvement3
Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare3
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins2
Diverse Scientific Research Studies2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Leadership and Management in Organizations2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

88% of their 32 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

New Zealand21
Qatar7
Germany7
Australia3
China3
Italy3
Pakistan2
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH24 papers
University of OtagoNZ21 papers
University of Education, WinnebaGH18 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH15 papers
Presbyterian University, GhanaGH8 papers
University of Doha for Science and TechnologyQA6 papers
University of FreiburgDE6 papers
Catholic University College of GhanaGH5 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH4 papers
Southern Medical UniversityCN3 papers

Where they publish

Health Policy and Planning3
The Lancet3
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)3
Global Health Research and Policy2
Health Policy OPEN2
Health Research Policy and Systems2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
4Quality education4
17Partnerships for the goals4
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1

Most cited

Honours, memberships and service

Masters' degree with Distinction, Health and Social Care/Faculty of BusinessLondon South Bank University
Commonwealth Shared ScholarshipCommonwealth Scholarship Commission
First Class - FGPA 3.82/4.0, Information StudiesUniversity of Ghana

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Amanda Banda Alka Barua

2026Health Policy and PlanningJournal0 citations

Ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders among healthcare professionals in Ghana

2025Journal of Bodywork and Movement TherapiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1016/j.jbmt.2025.08.027

Community engagement for buruli ulcer eradication: lessons from an endemic district in Ghana

2025Discover Health SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44250-025-00183-0

Implementing patient-public engagement for improved health: Lessons from three Ghanaian community-based programmes

2023Health expectations: an international journal of public participation in health care and health policyJournalFirst author8 citations10.1111/hex.13866