Taiwo A Lawal

University of Ibadan

Also at University College Hospital, Ibadan and Lagos University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Surgery
Periodontics
General Dentistry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Rheumatology
General Health Professions

Publications: 622009–2026
Citations: 595to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 20
Field-weighted impact: 0.771.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%3 of 62 scored papers
Open access: 82%51 papers free to read

5 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

62 in all

The perspectives of teachers on barriers to optimum oral health: a qualitative study
2026BMC Oral HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12903-026-08351-1
Additional file 1 of The perspectives of teachers on barriers to optimum oral health: a qualitative study
2026FigshareJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery3658%
Periodontics1016%
General Dentistry711%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health711%
Rheumatology711%
General Health Professions610%
Emergency Medical Services58%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health58%
Urology58%
Gastroenterology46%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies13
Dental Health and Care Utilization10
Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders10
Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments9
Dental Research and COVID-197
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research5
Urological Disorders and Treatments5
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery4
Diversity and Career in Medicine4
Global Health and Surgery4
Global Health Workforce Issues4
Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

24% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States8
Kenya6
Ghana2
United Kingdom2
Korea1
Madagascar1
Egypt1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University College Hospital, IbadanNG49 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG6 papers
African Population and Health Research CenterKE6 papers
University of IowaUS5 papers
Bowen UniversityNG5 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG4 papers
Bowen University Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
A.T. Still UniversityUS3 papers
Bayero University KanoNG3 papers

Where they publish

PubMed13
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery6
Annals of Pediatric Surgery4
African Health Sciences3
East and Central African journal of surgery3
Frontiers in Oral Health3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being19
1No poverty9
17Partnerships for the goals8
2Zero hunger3
4Quality education3

Most cited

Determinants of folic acid intake during preconception and in early pregnancy by mothers in Ibadan, Nigeria
Pan African Medical Journal1
201464 citationsOpen access · Gold
Overview of Anorectal Malformations in Africa
Frontiers in Surgery17
201952 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Circumcision and its effects in Africa

Validating OHIP-5 for Equitable Oral Healthcare in Nigeria

2026International Dental JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.identj.2026.109668

Steri-Strip™ versus Subcuticular Skin Closure of Paediatric Groin Wounds

2022African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen access7 citations10.4103/ajps.ajps_184_20

A case of a four-year-old with helminthiasis complicated by intestinal obstruction and atrial trigeminy

2022Journal of the African Society for Paediatric Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.15641/jafspidvol1pp1-6/1659

COVID-19 Complicating Cushing Syndrome in a Nigerian Infant: A Case Report

2021Annals of Health Research (The Journal of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria OOUTH Sagamu Nigeria)JournalOpen access1 citation10.30442/ahr.0701-09-118

Management of postoperative fecal incontinence by pediatric surgeons in Nigeria: a pilot study

2020Annals of Pediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s43159-020-00037-9

Childhood intussusception: a multicentre study in a middle-income country

2020South African Journal of SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.17159/2078-5151/2020/v58n3a2986

Overview of Anorectal Malformations in Africa

2019Frontiers in SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding52 citations10.3389/fsurg.2019.00007

Predictors and outcome of acute kidney injury after non-cardiac paediatric surgery

2019Renal Replacement TherapyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1186/s41100-019-0214-y

Optimal resources to reduce the unmet surgical needs in low-resource settings

2019Annals of Pediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.1186/s43159-019-0001-0

Influence of workshop attendance on management of pediatric fecal incontinence in Nigeria

2019Annals of Pediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1186/s43159-019-0004-x

Septic arthritis of the hip with intraperitoneal dislocation of the femoral head

2019East and Central African journal of surgeryJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/ecajs.v23i3.7

BOWEL RESECTION IN CHILDREN IN IBADAN, NIGERIA.

2018PubMedJournalOpen access4 citations

Syngnathia

2018Journal of Craniofacial SurgeryJournal3 citations10.1097/scs.0000000000004841

Positioning the umbilicus in african newborns with large anterior abdominal wall defects

2018Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric SurgeonsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_201_17

Circumcision and its effects in Africa

2017Translational Andrology and UrologyJournalOpen accessFirst author44 citations10.21037/tau.2016.12.02

Factors Associated With Manual Reduction of Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia in Children

2017East and Central African journal of surgeryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4314/ecajs.v21i3.20

Childhood intussusception: Impact of delay in presentation in a developing country

2016African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author32 citations10.4103/0189-6725.194665

International Dental Journal

PLOS Global Public Health2

How it can be read

82% free to read

Diamond 9 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 22 · 35%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Green 13 · 21%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 18%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

10 of 62 papers name a funder

African Population and Health Research Center4
Carnegie Corporation of New York4
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete4
Wellcome Trust4
Colgate-Palmolive Company2
International Society of Nephrology2
World Health Organization2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1

Translational Andrology and Urology3

201744 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Knowledge of birth defects among nursing mothers in a developing country

African Health Sciences1

201539 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Pattern and outcome of childhood intestinal obstruction at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

PubMed3

200939 citationsOpen access · Green