Francis Abantanga

3.4k total citations
47 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Francis Abantanga is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis Abantanga has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 17 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Francis Abantanga's work include Global Health and Surgery (18 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (14 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers). Francis Abantanga is often cited by papers focused on Global Health and Surgery (18 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (14 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (12 papers). Francis Abantanga collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, United States and United Kingdom. Francis Abantanga's co-authors include Charles Mock, Michael Ohene‐Yeboah, Robert Quansah, T D Koepsell, P Cummings, Shelly Choo, Afua A. J. Hesse, Fizan Abdullah, Colin McCord and Hayley Osen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cancer and The Lancet Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Francis Abantanga

42 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francis Abantanga Ghana 20 705 361 303 287 202 47 1.3k
Thaim B. Kamara Sierra Leone 19 616 0.9× 167 0.5× 464 1.5× 124 0.4× 253 1.3× 47 1.2k
Adam Gyedu Ghana 17 362 0.5× 270 0.7× 197 0.7× 209 0.7× 150 0.7× 88 848
Neeraja Nagarajan United States 20 248 0.4× 86 0.2× 139 0.5× 426 1.5× 101 0.5× 35 1.2k
Nakul Raykar United States 14 655 0.9× 177 0.5× 352 1.2× 211 0.7× 175 0.9× 57 1.1k
Christopher Dodgion United States 13 273 0.4× 177 0.5× 131 0.4× 422 1.5× 105 0.5× 46 863
Kamna S. Balhara United States 14 346 0.5× 265 0.7× 97 0.3× 93 0.3× 21 0.1× 47 902
Karim Abdur Rehman United States 13 195 0.3× 392 1.1× 94 0.3× 373 1.3× 19 0.1× 24 1.2k
Craig R. Keenan United States 14 157 0.2× 36 0.1× 139 0.5× 109 0.4× 16 0.1× 27 885
Saurabh Saluja United States 16 298 0.4× 90 0.2× 161 0.5× 205 0.7× 77 0.4× 35 658
Dmitri Nepogodiev United Kingdom 16 113 0.2× 193 0.5× 31 0.1× 421 1.5× 34 0.2× 54 906

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francis Abantanga

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francis Abantanga

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francis Abantanga. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francis Abantanga based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Francis Abantanga. Francis Abantanga is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Abantanga, Francis, Hayley Osen, Shelly Choo, et al.. (2022). Policies for Improving Access to and Quality of Basic and Essential Surgical Care at District Hospitals in Ghana. 1(1). 3–8.
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Abantanga, Francis, et al.. (2022). Histopathological Review of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers in Northern Ghana.. PubMed. 39(12). 1229–1237.
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Katz, Micah G., Stephen Tabiri, Adam Gyedu, Raymond R. Price, & Francis Abantanga. (2019). Patient Experience and Outcomes of the Locally Organized ApriDec Medical Outreach Group. World Journal of Surgery. 44(4). 1039–1044. 1 indexed citations
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Tabiri, Stephen, Frank Owusu, Francis Abantanga, et al.. (2019). Meshversussuture repair of primary inguinal hernia in Ghana. BJS Open. 3(5). 629–633. 4 indexed citations
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Yenli, Edwin Mwintiereh Ta-ang, et al.. (2017). Our Experience with the Use of Low Cost Mesh in Tension-Free Inguinal Hernioplasty in Northern Ghana.. PubMed. 51(2). 78–82. 14 indexed citations
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Gyedu, Adam, et al.. (2015). Intestinal obstruction in older children in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Annals of Pediatric Surgery. 11(1). 7–12. 2 indexed citations
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Gyedu, Adam, et al.. (2015). Changing Epidemiology of Intestinal Obstruction in Ghana: Signs of Increasing Surgical Capacity and an Aging Population. Digestive Surgery. 32(5). 389–396. 9 indexed citations
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Stewart, Barclay T., Adofo Koranteng, Adam Gyedu, et al.. (2015). Strategic assessment of the availability of pediatric trauma care equipment, technology and supplies in Ghana. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 50(11). 1922–1927. 36 indexed citations
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Kingham, T. Peter, Olusegun Isaac Alatise, Verna Vanderpuye, et al.. (2013). Treatment of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. The Lancet Oncology. 14(4). e158–e167. 176 indexed citations
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Ameh, Emmanuel A., et al.. (2012). Surgical aspects of bacterial infection in African children. Seminars in Pediatric Surgery. 21(2). 116–124. 9 indexed citations
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Choo, Shelly, Henry B. Perry, Afua A. J. Hesse, et al.. (2011). Surgical Training and Experience of Medical Officers in Ghanaʼs District Hospitals. Academic Medicine. 86(4). 529–533. 25 indexed citations
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Chirdan, Lohfa B., Emmanuel A. Ameh, Francis Abantanga, Daniel Sidler, & Essam A. Elhalaby. (2010). Challenges of training and delivery of pediatric surgical services in Africa. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 45(3). 610–618. 97 indexed citations
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Choo, Shelly, Henry B. Perry, Afua A. J. Hesse, et al.. (2010). Assessment of capacity for surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia in 17 Ghanaian hospitals using a WHO assessment tool. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 15(9). no–no. 91 indexed citations
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Quansah, Robert, Francis Abantanga, & Peter Donkor. (2008). Trauma Training for Nonorthopaedic Doctors in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 466(10). 2403–2412. 26 indexed citations
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Abantanga, Francis, et al.. (2002). Paediatric elective surgical conditions as seen at a referral hospital in Kumasi, Ghana. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 72(12). 890–892. 12 indexed citations
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London, Jason A., Charles Mock, Robert Quansah, Francis Abantanga, & Gregory J. Jurkovich. (2001). Priorities for Improving Hospital-Based Trauma Care in an African City. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 51(4). 747–753. 56 indexed citations
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Abantanga, Francis & Charles Mock. (1998). Childhood injuries in an urban area of Ghana A hospital-based study of 677 cases. Pediatric Surgery International. 13(7). 515–518. 48 indexed citations

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