Samuel Blay Nguah

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2017per ORCID

Publishing since 2006, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Infectious Diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Genetics

In their own words

Child Health
Pediatric Cardiology

Publications: 1062006–2026
Citations: 3,616to those papers
h-index: 27i10-index 48
Field-weighted impact: 2.731.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%27 of 99 scored papers
Open access: 87%86 of the 99 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 4,665 citations, h-index 29 and i10-index 52 (1,970 citations and h-index 24 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

Senior Lecturer, Department of Child Health, School of Medical SciencesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2017

On their papers

Publications

106 in all

Hemoglobin Estimation By The Hemocue® Portable Hemoglobinometer In A Resource Limited Area.: 134
2011International Journal of Laboratory HematologyJournal0 citations
Erratum: Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial (The Lancet (2010) 376 (9753 …
2011The LancetJournal0 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3230%
Epidemiology2524%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1615%
Infectious Diseases1312%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1110%
Genetics1110%
General Health Professions109%
Hematology109%
Emergency Medicine98%
Nutrition and Dietetics98%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control18
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders10
Iron Metabolism and Disorders10
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management8
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies6
Child Nutrition and Water Access6
Global Maternal and Child Health6
HIV-related health complications and treatments6
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions6
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum6
Mosquito-borne diseases and control6
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy6

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

58% of their 99 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12346711Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States39
Germany17
United Kingdom11
Côte d’Ivoire8
Australia6
Switzerland6
Tanzania6
Kenya4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH83 papers
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineGH17 papers
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineDE16 papers
University of California, San FranciscoUS13 papers
University of GhanaGH12 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS11 papers
University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfDE10 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH9 papers
University of Cape CoastGH8 papers
Université Jean Lorougnon GuédéCI7 papers

Where they publish

Health Science Reports7
Ghana Medical Journal6
PLoS ONE6
Malaria Journal5
Equity Neuroscience4
African Journal of Current Medical Research3
BMC Pediatrics

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being42
1No poverty13
2Zero hunger5
17Partnerships for the goals4
5Gender equality3
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
14

Most cited

Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial
The Lancet3
20101,050 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Genome-wide association study indicates two novel resistance loci for severe malaria
Nature3
2012286 citationsWorld top 10%

How it can be read

87% free to read, of the 99 recorded

Diamond 13 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 54 · 51%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 10 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 12%Behind a paywall
Unknown 7 · 7%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

51 of 106 papers name a funder

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute16
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft6
National Institutes of Health6
Fogarty International Center5
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology5
World Health Organization5
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation4
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke4