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Adam Gyedu

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

General Surgeon, University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2016per ORCID
Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, since 2010per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medicine
Surgery
Emergency Medical Services
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Rehabilitation

In their own words

Injury
Global Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cancer
Health Systems Strengthening

Publications: 1502008–2026
Citations: 5,969to those papers
h-index: 27i10-index 66
Field-weighted impact: 5.661.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 21%22 of 104 scored papers
Open access: 77%80 of the 104 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 6,798 citations, h-index 30 and i10-index 70 (5,788 citations and h-index 25 since 2021), as of October 10, 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

General SurgeonUniversity Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2016
Senior Lecturer, Department of SurgeryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine and Dentistrysince 2010

Education

MPH, Public HealthKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2011–2013
MD, Medical FacultyHacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi1996–2002

On their papers

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publications

150 in all

Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care: Second Edition (2026)
2026World Journal of SurgeryJournalOpen access3 citations10.1002/wjs.70321
Epidemiology of fatal motorcycle crashes in Ghana: a 23-year analysis of national crash data
2026BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6443%
Emergency Medicine4933%
Surgery2114%
Emergency Medical Services1812%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1711%
Rehabilitation117%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality117%
Epidemiology107%
Oncology107%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine53%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Health and Surgery44
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies41
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention24
Global Maternal and Child Health17
Traffic and Road Safety11
Global Health Workforce Issues10
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management8
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation8
Disaster Response and Management6
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening6
Abdominal Trauma and Injuries5
Emergency and Acute Care Studies5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

88% of their 104 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456812Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States84
South Africa20
United Kingdom12
India8
Canada8
Switzerland5
Côte d’Ivoire4
Norway4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of WashingtonUS72 papers
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research CenterUS44 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH40 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA15 papers
University for Development StudiesGH9 papers
Columbia UniversityUS8 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS8 papers
Imperial College LondonGB6 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
University of UtahUS5 papers

Where they publish

World Journal of Surgery25
British journal of surgery6
Injury6
Canadian Journal of Surgery5
African Journal of Emergency Medicine4
Anaesthesia4
Burns

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty20
3Good health and well-being19
17Partnerships for the goals5
5Gender equality2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
2Zero hunger1
10Reduced inequalities1
11

Most cited

A Consensus-Based Checklist for Reporting of Survey Studies (CROSS)
Journal of General Internal Medicine
20212,328 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
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