Dr. Richard O. Baidoo

Senior Lecturer · Surgery

Dept of Surgery, UCC

Also at Cape Coast Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

In their own words

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Publications: 252016–2026
Citations: 1,222to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 1.791.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%1 of 11 scored papers
Open access: 91%10 of the 11 whose access is recorded

In 2016–2025: 24 publications, 1,222 citations to them, h-index 8.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health520%
Emergency Medicine416%
Surgery416%
Epidemiology312%
Health Information Management28%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine28%
Rehabilitation28%
Biomedical Engineering14%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine14%
Emergency Medical Services14%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Health and Surgery4
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies4
Bone fractures and treatments2
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention2
Medical Coding and Health Information2
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation2
Abdominal Surgery and Complications1
Abdominal Trauma and Injuries1
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes1
Child and Adolescent Health1
Chronic Disease Management Strategies1
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management1

Who they write with

53 co-authors, here and elsewhere

Same unit
Same university
Same country
No African institution

The 30 most frequent of 53 co-authors. Circle area and line width are papers written together; the strongest ties sit nearest. 1 paper with more than fifty authors left out, as their author lists say little about who works with whom. “No African institution” is anyone the papers place outside Africa’s institutions; Peerford records affiliations only there.

Where their co-authors are

36% of their 11 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States2
South Africa2
United Kingdom2
Korea1
India1
China1
Switzerland1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Cape Coast Teaching HospitalGH7 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
University of GhanaGH3 papers
University for Development StudiesGH2 papers
AO Alliance FoundationCH1 paper
Barts Health NHS TrustGB1 paper
Blizard InstituteGB1 paper

Where they publish

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana4
Anaesthesia3
BMC Health Services Research1
BMC Medical Education1
BMJ Open1
British Journal of Surgery1
Ethiopian Medical Journal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
1No poverty1
5Gender equality1

Most cited

How it can be read

91% free to read, of the 11 recorded

Diamond 3 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 20%In an open-access journal
Green 2 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 4%Behind a paywall
Unknown 14 · 56%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

3 of 25 papers name a funder

AO Foundation1
British Geological Survey1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council1
Fogarty International Center1
Government of the United Kingdom1
Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1
National Institutes of Health1