Michael Ohene‐Yeboah

University of Ghana

Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalper ORCID

Publishing since 2004, latest 2025

Surgery
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medicine
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Cancer Research
Oncology

Publications: 422004–2025
Citations: 2,014to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 25
Field-weighted impact: 2.131.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%8 of 42 scored papers
Open access: 62%26 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

On their papers

Publications

42 in all

Pseudomonas plecoglossicida meningitis: A potential evolving human pathogen and a threat to public health
2025Journal of Surgery and MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.28982/josam.8232
Outcomes after elective inguinal hernia repair with mesh performed by associate clinicians versus medical doctors in Sierra Leone: 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery2867%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1945%
Emergency Medicine1536%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine717%
Cancer Research512%
Oncology512%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine37%
Emergency Medical Services25%
Epidemiology25%
Infectious Diseases25%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Hernia repair and management16
Global Health and Surgery15
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management11
Breast Lesions and Carcinomas6
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies5
Surgical Simulation and Training5
Male Breast Health Studies4
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies4
Abdominal Trauma and Injuries3
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes3
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening3
Hip and Femur Fractures3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

45% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345611Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States19
Sweden11
Norway4
Sierra Leone2
Denmark1
India1
Austria1
Lithuania1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH27 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH11 papers
Karolinska InstitutetSE10 papers
Temple UniversityUS10 papers
University for Development StudiesGH6 papers
University of California, San FranciscoUS5 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH5 papers
Linköping UniversitySE4 papers
Umeå UniversitySE4 papers
University of WashingtonUS3 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal6
West African Journal of Medicine5
PubMed4
JAMA Surgery3
World Journal of Surgery3
British journal of surgery2
Hernia

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
17Partnerships for the goals3
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger2
5Gender equality1
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Global disease burden of conditions requiring emergency surgery
British journal of surgery
2013568 citationsWorld top 10%
Perforated peptic ulcer
The Lancet3
2015456 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Breast cancer in Kumasi, Ghana.
PubMed3

Every institution they have given on a paper.

British journal of surgery

Challenges of Inguinal Hernia Surgery in Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.60014/pmjg.v5i1.92

Massive Inguino-scrotal Hernia

2018Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/978-3-319-63251-3_18

Perforated peptic ulcer

2015The LancetJournalOpen access456 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00276-7

Prevalence of Inguinal Hernia in Adult Men in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

2015World Journal of SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1007/s00268-015-3335-7

Strangulated Inguinal Hernia in Adult Males in Kumasi

2014Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.4314/gmj.v48i2.8

Breast cancer in Kumasi, Ghana.

2012PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author103 citations

The incidence of cancer in women presenting with bloody nipple discharge at a specialist breast clinic

2010Nigerian Journal of Surgical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4314/njsr.v8i3-4.54866

Spectrum of complaints presented at a specialist breast Clinic In Kumasi, Ghana

2009Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.4314/gmj.v42i3.43612

Incidence of acute appendicitis in Kumasi, Ghana.

2009PubMedJournalFirst author20 citations

Breast cancer presenting as a mass in the Axilla: A report of two cases

2008West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/wajm.v26i4.28335

Perforated gastric and duodenal ulcers in an urban African population

2007West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author60 citations10.4314/wajm.v25i3.28279

An audit of appendicitis and appendicectomy in Kumasi, Ghana

2007West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author34 citations10.4314/wajm.v25i2.28265

ACUTE SURGICAL ADMISSIONS FOR ABDOMINAL PAIN IN ADULTS IN KUMASI, GHANA

2006ANZ Journal of SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding56 citations10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03905.x

Acute intestinal obstruction in adults in Kumasi, Ghana

2006Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author42 citations10.4314/gmj.v40i2.36017

An audit of excised breast lumps in Ghanaian women

2006West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding29 citations10.4314/wajm.v24i3.28208

Case series of acute presentation of abdominal TB in Ghana

2006Tropical DoctorJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1258/004947506778604643

Causes of acute peritonitis in 1188 consecutive adult patients in Ghana

2005Tropical DoctorJournalFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1258/0049475054036788

Strangulated external hernias in Kumasi

2004West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding54 citations10.4314/wajm.v22i4.28053

Journal of the American College of Surgeons2

How it can be read

62% free to read

Diamond 8 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 9 · 21%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 16 · 38%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 42 papers name a funder

Vetenskapsrådet4
National Cancer Institute2
Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet2
Fogarty International Center1
Karolinska Institutet1
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases1
National Taiwan Normal University1
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons1

2012103 citationsOpen access · Green

Inguinal hernia disease in Africa: a common but neglected surgical condition.

PubMed3

201289 citationsWorld top 10%