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Alex J. van Duinen · Sankore

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Alex J. van Duinen

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-6943-0100

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Publications

9

Citations

46

h-index

3

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

3

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 works
Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia1 works
University of Liberia1 works
University of Sierra Leone1 works

Publications

5 works in the graph, newest first.

Exploring the concept of surgical transition: surgical activity in the light of economic development in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and India
2025Frontiers in SurgeryJournalOpen access1 citations10.3389/fsurg.2025.1629828
Outcomes after elective inguinal hernia repair with mesh performed by associate clinicians versus medical doctors in Sierra Leone: 5-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial
2025British journal of surgeryJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1093/bjs/znaf221
Incidence and prevalence of traumatic and non-traumatic wounds and burns and access to wound care in Sierra Leone; data from a nationwide household survey (PRESSCO) 2020
2024HeliyonJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38693
Task Shifting and Task Sharing to Strengthen the Surgical Workforce in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Existing Literature
2023World Journal of SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding

3 citations

10.1007/s00268-023-07228-6

Standardised Competency‐Based Training of Medical Doctors and Associate Clinicians in Inguinal Repair with Mesh in Sierra Leone

2023World Journal of SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/s00268-023-07095-1