Ekanem Ekure

University of Lagos

Publishing since 1998, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Genetics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Molecular Biology

Publications: 591998–2026
Citations: 1,438to those papers
h-index: 22i10-index 35
Field-weighted impact: 1.781.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%15 of 59 scored papers
Open access: 73%43 papers free to read

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

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

Rare heterozygous de novo variants in RAPGEF2 are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder
2026Genetics in MedicineJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.gim.2026.101685
Next‐generation phenotyping in Nigerian children with Cornelia de Lange syndrome
2024American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology2034%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1424%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1220%
Genetics1220%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health915%
Molecular Biology814%
Surgery814%
General Health Professions712%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health712%
Genetics610%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Congenital Heart Disease Studies12
Tracheal and airway disorders6
Global Maternal and Child Health5
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies4
Child and Adolescent Health4
Coronary Artery Anomalies4
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders4
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology4
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research4
Congenital heart defects research3
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities3
Genomics and Rare Diseases3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

34% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345678Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States17
India7
Argentina6
Brazil6
Malaysia6
Rwanda5
Sri Lanka5
Hong Kong SAR5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG39 papers
National Institutes of HealthUS14 papers
National Human Genome Research InstituteUS14 papers
Children's NationalUS8 papers
Garrahan HospitalAR6 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG6 papers
University of MalayaMY5 papers
Universidade de São PauloBR5 papers
University of ColomboLK5 papers
University of Hong KongHK5 papers

Where they publish

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A9
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice6
Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics5
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal4
West African Journal of Medicine3
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being29
1No poverty5
4Quality education4
17Partnerships for the goals4
2Zero hunger1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

22q11.2 deletion syndrome in diverse populations
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A4
2017165 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Prevalence, profile and predictors of malnutrition in children with congenital heart defects: a case-control observational study
Archives of Disease in Childhood2
2011165 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Hajdu‐Cheney syndrome with atypical cardiovascular abnormalities

2022American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1002/ajmg.a.63013

Exome Sequencing and Congenital Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

2021Circulation Genomic and Precision MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author26 citations10.1161/circgen.120.003108

Congenital Heart Defects in Orofacial Cleft

2021African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen access12 citations10.4103/ajps.ajps_159_20

Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome in diverse populations

2020American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AJournalOpen access33 citations10.1002/ajmg.a.61888

Congenital heart disease in school children in Lagos, Nigeria: Prevalence and the diagnostic gap

2020American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical GeneticsJournalFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1002/ajmg.c.31779

Turner syndrome in diverse populations

2019American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AJournalOpen access27 citations10.1002/ajmg.a.61461

Echocardiographic screening of 4107 Nigerian school children for rheumatic heart disease

2019Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1111/tmi.13235

Tuberous sclerosis in a patient from Nigeria

2019American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1002/ajmg.a.61194

Clinical epidemiology of congenital heart disease in Nigerian children, 2012–2017

2018Birth Defects ResearchJournalFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.1002/bdr2.1361

Medical genetics and genomic medicine in Nigeria

2018Molecular Genetics & Genomic MedicineJournalOpen access25 citations10.1002/mgg3.419

Noonan syndrome in diverse populations

2017American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AJournalOpen access93 citations10.1002/ajmg.a.38362

22q11.2 deletion syndrome in diverse populations

2017American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AJournalOpen access165 citations10.1002/ajmg.a.38199

Congenital Heart Defects in Nigerian Children: Preliminary Data From the National Pediatric Cardiac Registry

2017World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournalFirst author33 citations10.1177/2150135117725457

Audit of availability and distribution of paediatric cardiology services and facilities in Nigeria

2017Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.5830/cvja-2016-057

Down syndrome in diverse populations

2016American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AJournal99 citations10.1002/ajmg.a.38043

Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury in a developing country: Prevalence, risk factors and outcome

2015Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and TransplantationJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4103/1319-2442.157328

Paediatrician workforce in Nigeria and impact on child health

2013Nigerian Journal of PaediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst author15 citations10.4314/njp.v40i2.2

Systolic blood pressure of Nigerian children with sickle cell disease

2012Nigerian Journal of PaediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4314/njp.v39i3.3

Mothers and childhood pneumonia: What should the focus of public campaigns be?

2012Nigerian Journal of PaediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.4314/njp.v40i1.4

Prospective audit of perinatal mortality among inborn babies in a tertiary health center in Lagos, Nigeria

2011Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.4103/1119-3077.79271

Double-chambered right ventricle : an uncommon congenital heart disease. Case report and literature review

2011Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournal23 citations10.5830/cvja-2010-068

How it can be read

73% free to read

Diamond 15 · 25%Free to read and to publish
Gold 14 · 24%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 9 · 15%A copy in a repository
Closed 16 · 27%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

13 of 59 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health7
National Human Genome Research Institute5
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute3
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2
Fogarty International Center1
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia1
Huffington Foundation1
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center1

Down syndrome in diverse populations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

201699 citationsWorld top 10%

Noonan syndrome in diverse populations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A

201793 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green