Michael Amoah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2005, latest 2026

Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Urology
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions

In their own words

esophageal
thoracic and hepatobiliary surgery

Publications: 522005–2026
Citations: 2,233to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 18
Field-weighted impact: 1.431.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%2 of 25 scored papers
Open access: 84%21 of the 25 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,277 citations, h-index 17 and i10-index 19 (1,943 citations and h-index 15 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

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

52 in all

Amyand′ s Hernia-A Case Report
2007African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalSenior author0 citations
Mesenteroaxial Gastric Volvulus in a 4-year old Boy
2005African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalSenior author0 citations

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery1631%
Emergency Medicine510%
Urology48%
Infectious Diseases36%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health36%
General Health Professions24%
Molecular Biology24%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health24%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging24%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering12%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management5
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery5
Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments4
Urological Disorders and Treatments4
Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies3
Hernia repair and management3
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies2
Esophageal and GI Pathology2
Foreign Body Medical Cases2
Global Health and Surgery2
Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies2
Surgical site infection prevention2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

36% of their 25 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom6
Malawi4
Tanzania4
Zambia3
Canada2
Nigeria2
Germany1
Ethiopia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH18 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH6 papers
Kamuzu Central HospitalMW4 papers
King's College LondonGB3 papers
King's College HospitalGB3 papers
University Teaching HospitalZM3 papers
Muhimbili National HospitalTZ3 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH3 papers
University of BirminghamGB2 papers
McGill UniversityCA2 papers

Where they publish

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery5
Canadian Journal of Surgery4
Anaesthesia3
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports3
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana3
The Lancet Global Health3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
1No poverty4
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
7Affordable and clean energy1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study
Anaesthesia
2021693 citations
Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2018645 citations
SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study
Anaesthesia
2022142 citations

How it can be read

84% free to read, of the 25 recorded

Diamond 6 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 8%Behind a paywall
Unknown 27 · 52%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

6 of 52 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust5
National Institute for Health and Care Research3
Royal College of Surgeons of England3
Medical Research Council2
Department of Health and Social Care1
Government of the United Kingdom1
King's College London1
Linköpings Universitet1