Martin Tamatey

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Surgery
Epidemiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Emergency Medicine

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 402008–2026
Citations: 471to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 0.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%2 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 78%31 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

40 in all

35 Years of modern cardiothoracic surgery in Ghana: a legacy of excellence, a future of perfection
2026Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular DiseaseJournalOpen access1 citation10.1177/17539447261445309
The Lazarus Phenomenon: Auto- Cardioversion After Termination of Resuscitation -A Case Report
2025Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery2050%
Epidemiology1435%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1435%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1128%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging718%
Emergency Medicine513%
Speech and Hearing410%
Internal Medicine38%
Biochemistry25%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine25%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Congenital Heart Disease Studies13
Tracheal and airway disorders8
Esophageal and GI Pathology7
Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair6
Foreign Body Medical Cases5
Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes4
Dysphagia Assessment and Management4
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation3
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management3
Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade3
Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management3
Acute Myocardial Infarction Research2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

20% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria6
South Africa3
Egypt2
Mozambique1
Tunisia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH11 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH9 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
37 Military HospitalGH3 papers
Mansoura UniversityEG2 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH2 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Children's Hospital Mansoura UniversityEG2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH1 paper
Netcare Sunninghill HospitalZA1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed6
Ghana Medical Journal5
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery5
Pan African Medical Journal4
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana4
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger1

Most cited

The development of cardiac surgery in West Africa - the case of Ghana
Pan African Medical Journal
201169 citationsOpen access · Gold
Status and Challenges of Care in Africa for Adults With Congenital Heart Defects
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery3
201744 citations
Assessing the need and capacity for integration of Family Planning and HIV counseling and testing in Tanzania.
PubMed3

A Formula for the Determination of Appropriate Chest Tube Size and Length of Insertion in Children

2023Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v12i1.307

Twenty-two Years of Repair of Atrial Septal Defects in Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v4i2.149

EMERGENCY THORACIC SURGERY IN CHEST TRAUMA AT THE KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GHANA: THE ROLE OF STERNOTOMY AND THORACOTOMY

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.6817943

Pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis in a resource constraint setting

2021Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access1 citation10.5114/kitp.2021.109390

Pattern of esophageal injuries and surgical management: A retrospective review

2020Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen access5 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_326_19

Challenges of Caring for Functionally Single Ventricle Patients in Africa

2019World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal7 citations10.1177/2150135118817769

Status and Challenges of Care in Africa for Adults With Congenital Heart Defects

2017World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal44 citations10.1177/2150135117706340

Conotruncal Heart Defect Repair in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal21 citations10.1177/2150135116648309

Cardiothoracic surgical experience in Ghana

2016Cardiovascular Diagnosis and TherapyJournalOpen access18 citations10.21037/cdt.2016.08.03

The development of cardiac surgery in West Africa - the case of Ghana

2011Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen access69 citations10.4314/pamj.v9i1.71190

Impalement injuries of the chest

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access33 citations10.4314/gmj.v43i2.55320

Surgical management of constrictive pericarditis

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access26 citations10.4314/gmj.v41i4.55290

Outcome of thrombolysis for massive pulmonary embolism.

2009PubMedJournalOpen access1 citation

Synchronised cardioversion for chronic atrail fibrillation.

2008PubMedJournalOpen access0 citations

How it can be read

78% free to read

Diamond 14 · 35%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 18%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 8 · 20%A copy in a repository
Closed 9 · 23%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 40 papers name a funder

Economic and Social Research Council1
University of Ghana1

201244 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Impalement injuries of the chest

Ghana Medical Journal3

201033 citationsOpen access · Diamond