Samuel N. Forjuoh

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Visiting Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2022per ORCID
Visiting Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 1996, latest 2025

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medical Services
Epidemiology
Transportation

Publications: 51996–2025
Citations: 204to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 2.311.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%1 of 5 scored papers
Open access: 60%3 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

Visiting Professor, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2022
Visiting Professor, Epidemiology and BiostatisticsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2022
Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Occupational HealthTexas A&M Universitysince 2020
Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Occupational HealthTexas A&M Universitysince 2020
Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health

Publications

5 in all

Estimating the probability of survival of hospitalized burn patients at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
2025Burns OpenJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.burnso.2025.100402
Epidemiology of transport-related injuries in Ghana
1999Accident Analysis & PreventionJournal99 citations

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Citations received each year

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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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5100%
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality480%
Emergency Medicine360%
Emergency Medical Services120%
Epidemiology120%
Transportation120%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Injury Epidemiology and Prevention5
Traffic and Road Safety4
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies3
Burn Injury Management and Outcomes1
Disaster Response and Management1
Urban Transport and Accessibility1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

80% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
United Kingdom2
Kenya1
Zimbabwe1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of WashingtonUS3 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
University of PittsburghUS2 papers
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research CenterUS1 paper
Moi UniversityKE1 paper
Ministry of Health and Child WelfareZW1 paper
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH1 paper
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH1 paper

Where they publish

Accident Analysis & Prevention1
Burns Open1
Journal of Crash Prevention and Injury Control1
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1
Tropical Medicine & International Health1

How it can be read

60% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Epidemiology of transport-related injuries in Ghana
Accident Analysis & Prevention3
199999 citationsWorld top 10%
Injuries in developing countries: policy response needed now
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene17
199658 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Injury control in Africa: getting governments to do more

Texas A&M University

Professor & Director of Research, Department of Family & Community MedicineBaylor Scott and White Central Texas1999–2020

Associate Professor, Department of Emergency MedicineAllegheny General Hospital, Center for Violence & Injury Control1997–1999

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh, Center for Injury Research & Control1994–1997

Medical Officer/District Medical Officer of HealthMinistry of Health1985–1989

Medical OfficerKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital1983–1985

Education

DrPH, Department of Maternal & Child HealthJohns Hopkins University1990–1994
MPH, BiostatisticsHarvard School of Public Health1989–1990
MB, ChB (MD), School of Medical SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1983

Honours, memberships and service

Board of Scientific Counselors Member, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Injury Prevention and Control2013–2017
Steering Committee Member, Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityPractice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Resource Center2011–2014
Member, Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityHealthcare Information Technology Research Study Section2009–2014
Courtesy Professor, Department of Family Medicine & Rural HealthFlorida State University, College of Medicine2006–2014