Joe‐Nat Clegg‐Lamptey

Professor of Surgery, University of Ghana, since 1997per ORCID

Publishing since 2002, latest 2026

Oncology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cancer Research
Surgery
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Epidemiology

In their own words

Breast Cancer

Publications: 1432002–2026
Citations: 7,205to those papers
h-index: 34i10-index 77
Field-weighted impact: 2.251.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%16 of 91 scored papers
Open access: 88%80 of the 91 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 7,789 citations, h-index 36 and i10-index 71 (5,594 citations and h-index 30 since 2021), as of October 12, 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

Professor of SurgeryUniversity of Ghanasince 1997

Education

MB ChB, Medical SchoolUniversity of Ghana1978–1982

On their papers

Publications

143 in all

Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Factors Influencing Treatment Decisions in Ghana
2014Health Care For Women InternationalJournalSenior author40 citations10.1080/07399332.2014.911299
Appropriateness of referrals for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
2014PubMedJournal16 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

Oncology5136%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2215%
Cancer Research1913%
Surgery1813%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine128%
Epidemiology118%
Genetics118%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine107%
Molecular Biology75%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging75%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening34
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies16
Breast Lesions and Carcinomas10
Cancer Risks and Factors10
BRCA gene mutations in cancer8
Cancer survivorship and care8
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research7
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection7
Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy5
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management5
Global Health and Surgery5
Male Breast Health Studies5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

43% of their 91 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345679Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States31
United Kingdom24
Canada9
South Africa5
Nigeria5
Uganda4
Namibia3
Mauritius3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH52 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH26 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH20 papers
National Cancer InstituteUS16 papers
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics14 papers
Loma Linda UniversityUS13 papers
University of EdinburghGB12 papers
Edinburgh Cancer ResearchGB11 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH11 papers
National Institutes of HealthUS9 papers

Where they publish

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana13
East African Medical Journal9
Ghana Medical Journal7
PubMed7
International Journal of Cancer5
West African Journal of Medicine5

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being45
1No poverty11
4Quality education5
5Gender equality4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans
Journal of British Surgery
20201,834 citations
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

West African College of Physicians

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Mastectomy Blood Loss: Can We Predict the Need for Blood Transfusion?

2014International Journal of Clinical MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.4236/ijcm.2014.520164

Positive tumor margins in wide local excision of breast cancer: a 10-year retrospective study

2014African Journal of Pathology and MicrobiologyJournal3 citations

Current global developments in breast cancer and management in Ghana

2013Current Challenges with their Evolving Solutions in Surgical Practice in West Africa. Edited by Archampong EO, Essuman, VA, Dakubo, JC B & Clegg-Lamptey, JN Sub-Saharan Publishers, AccraJournalFirst author2 citations

Department of surgery profile

2013Current Challenges with their Evolving Solutions in Surgical Practice in …ReportFirst author0 citations

Appropriateness of referrals for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

2011West African journal of medicineJournal21 citations

Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) in a Ghanaian family

2011East African Medical JournalJournal1 citation

Psychosocial aspects of breast cancer treatement in Accra, Ghana

2010East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author60 citations10.4314/eamj.v86i7.54152

Gastro-duodenal peptic ulcer perforation

2010East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author51 citations10.4314/eamj.v86i3.54964

During treatment in Ghana? A pilot study

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.4314/gmj.v43i3.55338

Profile of breast diseases at a self-referral clinic in Ghana.

2009PubMedJournalFirst author24 citations

An intra-abdominal gossypiboma.

2009PubMedJournalOpen access16 citations

Psychosocial aspects of breast cancer treatment in Accra, Ghana

2009East African Medical JournalJournalFirst author106 citations

Comparison of four-day and ten-day post-mastectomy passive drainage in Accra, Ghana

2008East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.4314/eamj.v84i12.9592

Position and susceptibility to inflammation of vermiform appendix in Accra, Ghana

2008East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author27 citations10.4314/eamj.v83i12.9498

Breast cancer risk in patients with breast pain in Accra, Ghana

2008East African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.4314/eamj.v84i5.9528

Upper Gastrointestinal edoscopy at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

2007Ghana Medical JournalJournal0 citations

PASSIVE DRAINAGE IN ACCRA, GHANA

2007East African medical journalJournalFirst author26 citations

Cancer Management at Korle Bu

20071st Annual Workshop, British Academy UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease in Africa, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchJournalFirst author3 citations