Samuel Ankamah

University of Ghana

Medical Librarian, University of Ghana, since 2019per ORCID

Publishing since 2022, latest 2026

Ophthalmology
Information Systems
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Epidemiology

Publications: 222022–2026
Citations: 123to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.381.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%5 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 73%16 papers free to read

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Ophthalmology627%

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Medical Librarian, College of Health Sciences LibraryUniversity of Ghanasince 2019

Education

Department of Information StudiesUniversity of Ghana

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

22 in all

Beyond citations: incorporating altmetrics to reveal the broader impact of optometry research in Africa
2026Clinical and Experimental OptometryJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1080/08164622.2026.2617946
Racial disparities in pulse oximetry: measurement bias and clinical implications—a systematic review
2026Frontiers in Anesthesiology

sankamah@ug.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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Information Systems418%

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health418%

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging418%

Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty418%

Geochemistry and Petrology314%

Biomedical Engineering29%

Complementary and alternative medicine29%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research5
scientometrics and bibliometrics research4
Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions3
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies3
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education2
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies2
Corneal surgery and disorders2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Ocular Surface and Contact Lens2
Academic Publishing and Open Access1
AI in Service Interactions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

23% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa2
United States1
Australia1
Zambia1
Liberia1
Hong Kong SAR1
Zimbabwe1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Cape CoastGH6 papers
Christian Service University CollegeGH5 papers
University of KwaZulu-NatalZA2 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH2 papers
Birmingham City UniversityGB1 paper
Chinese University of Hong KongHK1 paper
Kirby InstituteAU1 paper
Purdue University West LafayetteUS1 paper
University of EdinburghGB1 paper
UNSW SydneyAU1 paper

Where they publish

Clinical and Experimental Optometry2
Ghana Library Journal2
Information Development2
African vision and eye health1
AIDS Care1
Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science1
BMC Infectious Diseases1
Clinical ophthalmology1

How it can be read

73% free to read

Diamond 7 · 32%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 32%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 27%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

17Partnerships for the goals3
5Gender equality2
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
4Quality education1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Strengthening Research Quality Through Rigorous Search Strategy Development and Appraisal

2026Health Sciences Investigations JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.46829/hsijournal.2026.3.8.1.1371-1373

MAPPING THE RESEARCH LANDSCAPE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE UNIVERSITY: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY OF SCOPUS-INDEXED PUBLICATIONS

2026Journal of Applied Science Arts and BusinessJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.63882/ckqczj73

Forecasting Ghanaian Medical Library Users’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology’s Acceptance and Use

2025Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.5195/biblios.2025.1211

Mapping the Landscape of Open Science Research in Africa: A Bibliometric Analysis

2025Ghana Library JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/glj.v30i2.4

Myopia control strategies: A systematic review and meta‐meta‐analysis

2024Ophthalmic and Physiological OpticsJournalSenior author25 citations10.1111/opo.13417

Who funds it

4 of 22 papers name a funder

University of Ghana3
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1