Alvin Munsamy

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at University of KwaZulu-Natalfrom their recent papers

Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, since 2014per ORCID

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Alvin Munsamy is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Optometry within the College of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He coordinates undergraduate courses in Ocular Disease and Binocular Vision, and also supervises postgraduate research in various areas of Clinical Optometry. Prof Munsamy also holds a C2 rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, recognizing him as an established researcher. He currently… More on ORCID

Epidemiology
Ophthalmology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Cognitive Neuroscience
General Health Professions
Social Psychology

Publications: 511970–2026
Citations: 287to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 10
Field-weighted impact: 0.881.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%3 of 51 scored papers
Open access: 94%48 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

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, OptometryUniversity of KwaZulu-Natalsince 2014

Education

Optometrist, OptometryUniversity of KwaZulu-Natalsince 1997
PhD, OptometryUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal2016–2020

Publications

51 in all

Normative Values for Anterior Segment Parameters Associated with Glaucoma in “At-Risk” Ghanaian Clinical Population
2026Clinical ophthalmologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.2147/opth.s578563
Magnitude of myopia and factors influencing the uptake of myopia control strategies among teenagers in Lurambi constituency, Kenya.
2026

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology2855%
Ophthalmology2753%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1733%
Cognitive Neuroscience510%
General Health Professions510%
Social Psychology510%
Virology510%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health48%
Human-Computer Interaction36%
Neurology36%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies22
Glaucoma and retinal disorders11
Corneal surgery and disorders10
Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research8
Retinal Diseases and Treatments7
Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research6
Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders5
HIV Research and Treatment5
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis3
Corneal Surgery and Treatments3
Dental Education, Practice, Research3
Ocular Surface and Contact Lens3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

22% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written181522293643Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa50
Sweden4
Kenya2
Saudi Arabia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of KwaZulu-NatalZA50 papers
Karolinska InstitutetSE4 papers
University of the Free StateZA4 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH3 papers
Masinde Muliro University of Science and TechnologyKE2 papers
Qassim UniversitySA1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM1 paper
Department of HealthZA1 paper

Where they publish

African vision and eye health17
Clinical Optometry3
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics3
South African Medical Journal3
African Health Sciences2
African Journal of Health Professions Education2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being13
4Quality education6
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
14Life below water1

Most cited

DIGITAL EYE SYNDROME – COVID 19 LOCKDOWN SIDE EFFECT?
South African Medical Journal5
202043 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
The effect of gaming on accommodative and vergence facilities after exposure to virtual reality head-mounted display
Journal of Optometry
202037 citationsOpen access · Gold
Prevalence and risk factors for myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria

Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care

An Evaluation of the Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer and Ganglion Cell Layer Thickness in Low Myopes

2026Ophthalmic and Physiological OpticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44402-026-00021-7

Invisible scholars: A case for formal acknowledgement of peer reviewers and journal editors

2025African vision and eye healthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4102/aveh.v84i1.1127

Assessment of pediatric eye care services in health facilities in the Ashanti region of Ghana

2025African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.4102/phcfm.v17i1.4972

Utilisation pattern of ophthalmic services in Ashanti Region, Ghana

2024African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4326

Optometrists’ perspectives on speciality programme development in South Africa

2024African vision and eye healthJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4102/aveh.v83i1.910

Artificial intelligence: An innovation shaping modern eye care

2024African vision and eye healthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4102/aveh.v83i1.996

Are graduate optometrists in South Africa practice ready?

2023African vision and eye healthJournalOpen access3 citations10.4102/aveh.v82i1.806

Evidence of the Amplitude of Accommodation of School-Going Children in the 21st Century

2023British and Irish Orthoptic JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.22599/bioj.303

Evidence on the effects of digital blue light on the eye: A scoping review

2022African vision and eye healthJournalOpen accessFirst author15 citations10.4102/aveh.v81i1.685

Screen-based behaviour in children is more than meets the eye

2022South African Family PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.4102/safp.v64i1.5374

Myopia – a 21st-century pandemic leaving our children shortsighted?

2022South African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.7196/samj.2022.v112i9.16697

DIGITAL EYE SYNDROME – COVID 19 LOCKDOWN SIDE EFFECT?

2020South African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author43 citations10.7196/samj.2020.v110i7.14906

A review of the treatment of anisometropic amblyopia in adults using dichoptic therapy

2020African vision and eye healthJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4102/aveh.v79i1.505

A frequency analysis of cone characteristics for the different stages of keratoconus

2015African vision and eye healthJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.4102/aveh.v74i1.302

Diplopia

2015South African Family PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1080/20786190.2014.978100

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

British and Irish Orthoptic Journal2

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 9 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 34 · 67%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 3 · 6%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

18 of 51 papers name a funder

Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali11
National Institutes of Health10
Fogarty International Center4
BrightFocus Foundation2
Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden2
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1
Stichting Combined Ophthalmic Research Rotterdam1

African vision and eye health

201726 citationsOpen access · Gold

Evidence on the effects of digital blue light on the eye: A scoping review

African vision and eye health

202215 citationsOpen access · Gold