Lambert Appiah

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Also at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyfrom their recent papers

Associate Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Infectious Diseases
Emergency Medicine
Surgery

In their own words

Cardiovascular Medicine

Publications: 1092008–2026
Citations: 33,039to those papers
h-index: 26i10-index 49
Field-weighted impact: 9.471.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 28%24 of 87 scored papers
Open access: 79%69 of the 87 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 27,492 citations, h-index 27 and i10-index 55 (23,458 citations and h-index 23 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

Associate Professor, MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2024

Education

Cardiologist, MedicineWest African College of Physicianssince 2015
MD, MedicineKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospitalsince 2006

On their papers

Publications

109 in all

Diagnosis of treponemal co‐infection in HIV‐infected West Africans
2012Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournal9 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03090.x
Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in adults from a rural community in Ghana
2012Ethnicity & DiseaseJournal66 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology4642%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2725%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism1615%
Infectious Diseases1312%
Emergency Medicine1110%
Surgery109%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health98%
Neurology87%
Health Information Management76%
Rehabilitation76%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management34
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins15
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies10
HIV-related health complications and treatments10
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment8
Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors7
Global Health and Epidemiology7
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health7
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery7
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions6
Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research6
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

93% of their 87 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3456101326Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States61
Nigeria36
United Kingdom26
Netherlands18
Tanzania13
South Africa11
Korea10
Lebanon10

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH67 papers
University of GhanaGH38 papers
University of IbadanNG34 papers
Medical University of South CarolinaUS32 papers
University of California, San FranciscoUS29 papers
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG27 papers
University of Alabama at BirminghamUS26 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG26 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG26 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG24 papers

Where they publish

Journal of the Neurological Sciences7
Global Heart6
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases5
Circulation4
HIV Medicine4
Journal of Hypertension4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being44
1No poverty13
10Reduced inequalities3
17Partnerships for the goals3
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and …
The lancet
201818,797 citations
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
Journal of the American College of Cardiology3
202011,726 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic …

How it can be read

79% free to read, of the 87 recorded

Diamond 1 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 25 · 23%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 11 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 18 · 17%Free to read, no open licence
Green 14 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 18 · 17%Behind a paywall
Unknown 22 · 20%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

61 of 109 papers name a funder

National Human Genome Research Institute28
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke27
Fogarty International Center25
National Institutes of Health22
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute14
Medical Research Council8
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases7
European Commission5