Martin Tangnaa Morna

University of Cape Coast

Also at Cape Coast Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Snr Lecturer, University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences, since 2011per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Surgery
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Publications: 272015–2026
Citations: 239to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 0.641.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%2 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 96%26 papers free to read

5 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

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Snr Lecturer, surgeryUniversity of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciencessince 2011
snr Specialist, surgeryGhana Health Service1996–2011

Education

FCS (SA), surgeryUniversity of the Witwatersrand
MB ChBUniversity of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry

Honours, memberships and service

Ghana Medical Association

Publications

27 in all

Pediatric road traffic accident – related head injury: a retrospective multicenter cohort study in Ghana
2026BMC Emergency MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12873-026-01687-5
Additional file 1 of Pediatric road traffic accident – related head injury: a retrospective multicenter cohort study in Ghana
2026Figshare

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Emergency Medicine1037%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1037%
Surgery726%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism519%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality519%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine415%
Oncology311%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine311%
Rehabilitation311%
Nutrition and Dietetics27%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies9
Global Health and Surgery5
Traffic and Road Safety5
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention4
Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment4
Thyroid Disorders and Treatments4
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation3
Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics2
Breast Lesions and Carcinomas2
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening2
Hernia repair and management2
Metastasis and carcinoma case studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States9
Germany4
South Africa3
United Kingdom3
Finland2
India1
Greece1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH8 papers
University of GhanaGH7 papers
Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research CenterUS6 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
Heidelberg UniversityDE4 papers
Harborview Medical CenterUS4 papers
Heidelberg Institute of Global HealthDE3 papers
University for Development StudiesGH3 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research3
Pan African Medical Journal2
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana2
Annals of Oncology1
Archives of Public Health1
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being11
2Zero hunger5
1No poverty1
14Life below water1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Male predisposition to severe COVID-19: Review of evidence and potential therapeutic prospects
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy3
202049 citationsOpen access · Gold
Assessment of iodine status among pregnant women in a rural community in ghana - a cross sectional study
Archives of Public Health2
201638 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

How it can be read

96% free to read

Diamond 7 · 26%Free to read and to publish
Gold 14 · 52%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 4%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 27 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center5
National Institutes of Health2
Department of Health and Social Care1
Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1
Royal College of Surgeons of England1