Francis Abantanga

Tamale Teaching Hospital

Publishing since 1998, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medicine
Surgery
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency Medical Services
Urology

Publications: 591998–2026
Citations: 1,739to those papers
h-index: 24i10-index 33
Field-weighted impact: 2.241.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 36%21 of 59 scored papers
Open access: 51%30 papers free to read

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

59 in all

Assessment of Surgical and Obstetrical Care at 10 District Hospitals in Ghana Using On-Site Interviews
2010Journal of Surgical ResearchJournal52 citations10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.016
Assessment of Emergency and Essential Surgical Providers at the District Hospital in Ghana
2010Journal of Surgical ResearchJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3356%
Emergency Medicine2441%
Surgery2237%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1322%
Emergency Medical Services1119%
Urology610%
Infectious Diseases58%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine58%
Oncology47%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging47%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Health and Surgery28
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies16
Global Maternal and Child Health12
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management9
Global Health Workforce Issues9
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery7
Hernia repair and management7
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention4
Urological Disorders and Treatments4
Abdominal Trauma and Injuries3
Amoebic Infections and Treatments3
Aortic aneurysm repair treatments3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

75% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States30
United Kingdom13
Nigeria7
Netherlands5
Malawi4
Tanzania4
Switzerland3
South Africa3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH28 papers
University for Development StudiesGH27 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH16 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH11 papers
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS9 papers
University of WashingtonUS9 papers
Columbia UniversityUS7 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH6 papers
King's College LondonGB5 papers
University of GhanaGH5 papers

Where they publish

World Journal of Surgery8
PubMed4
Journal of Pediatric Surgery3
Pediatric Surgery International3
BJS Open2
JAMA Surgery2
Journal of Surgical Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being18
1No poverty8
17Partnerships for the goals6
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
8Decent work and economic growth1
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Most cited

Treatment of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa
The Lancet Oncology1
2013264 citationsWorld top 10%
Reducing surgical site infections in low-income and middle-income countries (FALCON): a pragmatic, multicentre, stratified, randomised controlled trial
The Lancet1
2021134 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Trauma Training for Nonorthopaedic Doctors in Low- and Middle-income Countries

2008Clinical Orthopaedics and Related ResearchJournalOpen access29 citations10.1007/s11999-008-0401-6

Groin and scrotal swellings in children aged 5 years and below: a review of 535 cases

2003Pediatric Surgery InternationalJournalFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.1007/s00383-002-0939-4

Priorities for Improving Hospital-Based Trauma Care in an African City

2001The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical CareJournal72 citations10.1097/00005373-200110000-00021

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana2

How it can be read

51% free to read

Diamond 9 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 12%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 29 · 49%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

23 of 59 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center6
National Institute for Health and Care Research5
Wellcome Trust5
Royal College of Surgeons of England4
Bloomberg Philanthropies3
Department of Health and Social Care2
National Cancer Institute2
National Institutes of Health2

Peace, justice and strong institutions

Journal of Pediatric Surgery1

2010125 citationsWorld top 10%

Assessment of capacity for surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia in 17 Ghanaian hospitals using a WHO assessment tool

Tropical Medicine & International Health9

201099 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Inguinal hernia disease in Africa: a common but neglected surgical condition.

PubMed3

201289 citationsWorld top 10%