Ahmed Zakariah

Ghana Education Service

Also at Ghana Health Servicefrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2009, latest 2025

Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medical Services
General Health Professions
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Publications: 182009–2025
Citations: 779to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 3.241.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 56%10 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 89%16 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

18 in all

Applying the ADAPT guidance to implement a telemedicine and medication delivery service in a malaria‐endemic setting: A prospective cohort study
2025Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournal2 citations10.1111/tmi.14081
Analysis of violent attacks on emergency medical technicians in Ghana: a structural equation modelling approach
2025BMC Emergency Medicine

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Emergency Medicine1372%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1056%
Emergency Medical Services422%
General Health Professions317%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health317%
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine16%
Health16%
Occupational Therapy16%
Physiology16%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine16%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies11
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation7
Global Health and Surgery6
Emergency and Acute Care Studies4
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Disaster Response and Management2
Global Health Workforce Issues2
Airway Management and Intubation Techniques1
Emergency Medicine Education and Research1
Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism1
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout1
HIV-related health complications and treatments1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

83% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States14
Canada2
Senegal1
Uganda1
China1
Tanzania1
Mozambique1
Congo1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ministry of HealthGH12 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH9 papers
University of WashingtonUS5 papers
University of MichiganUS5 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH5 papers
University of FloridaUS4 papers
University of Florida HealthUS4 papers
University of GhanaGH4 papers
Washington University in St. LouisUS2 papers
Emory UniversityUS2 papers

Where they publish

African Journal of Emergency Medicine4
BMC Emergency Medicine2
Global Health Science and Practice2
Tropical Medicine & International Health2
Annals of Emergency Medicine1
Ghana Medical Journal1
HIV & AIDS Review

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals3
3Good health and well-being1
4Quality education1
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Assessment of the Status of Prehospital Care in 13 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Prehospital Emergency Care
2012239 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group
PLoS Medicine17
2009169 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

The National Ambulance Service of Ghana: Changes in capacity and utilization over 20 years

2024African Journal of Emergency MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.1016/j.afjem.2024.06.008

The state of emergency medical technician education in Ghana

2020African Journal of Emergency MedicineJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.afjem.2020.01.009

Human immunodeficiency virus and cerebrovascular diseases – review

2017HIV & AIDS ReviewJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.5114/hivar.2017.71874

The Birth and Growth of the National Ambulance Service in Ghana

2016Prehospital and Disaster MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author39 citations10.1017/s1049023x16001151

Qualitative exploration of nurses’ perspectives on clinical oxygen administration in Ghana

2015International Journal of Africa Nursing SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations10.1016/j.ijans.2015.03.002

The evolution and current state of emergency care in Ghana

2012African Journal of Emergency MedicineJournalOpen access52 citations10.1016/j.afjem.2012.11.006

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences1

How it can be read

89% free to read

Diamond 4 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 44%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 17%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 11%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 18 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center5
National Institutes of Health3
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
Division of Human Resource Development1
Emory University1
Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine1
Rockefeller Foundation1

201869 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

The evolution and current state of emergency care in Ghana

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

201252 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold