Elijah E. Ella

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Parasitology
Endocrinology
Food Science

Publications: 552011–2026
Citations: 206to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 55 scored papers
Open access: 80%44 papers free to read

2 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

55 in all

Whole genome sequencing of a colistin resistant Salmonella Kedougou ST 1543 clinical isolate from Gombe State, Nigeria
2026Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious DiseaseJournal0 citations10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2026.117573
Zika Virus in Malaria-Endemic Populations: A Climate Change-Driven Syndemic in the Sudan Savannah, Nigeria
2025

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Citations received each year

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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

Epidemiology1629%
Infectious Diseases1527%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health815%
Parasitology611%
Endocrinology59%
Food Science59%
Immunology59%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics47%
Molecular Biology47%
Plant Science47%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Viral Infections and Vectors6
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology5
Virology and Viral Diseases5
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research4
Escherichia coli research studies4
Hepatitis B Virus Studies4
Malaria Research and Control4
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology3
Mosquito-borne diseases and control3
Parasites and Host Interactions3
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology3
T-cell and Retrovirus Studies3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

11% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Pakistan3
United States2
Morocco1
Norway1
Sierra Leone1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG5 papers
COMSATS University IslamabadPK3 papers
Kaduna State UniversityNG3 papers
Federal University LokojaNG3 papers
Bayero University KanoNG2 papers
National Biotechnology Development AgencyNG2 papers
National Research Institute for Chemical TechnologyNG2 papers
University of MaiduguriNG2 papers
National Primary Health Care Development AgencyNG2 papers
University of IbadanNG2 papers

Where they publish

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research (UJMR)5
FUDMA Journal of Sciences3
Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry3
African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology2
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences2
Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious Diseases

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being25
6Clean water and sanitation4
2Zero hunger3
15Life on land2
17Partnerships for the goals2
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis and its associated risk factors among humans in areas of Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria
The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
201532 citationsOpen access · Gold
Antibodies from Sierra Leonean and Nigerian Lassa fever survivors cross-react with recombinant proteins representing Lassa viruses of divergent lineages
Scientific Reports3
202029 citationsOpen access · Gold
Seroprevalence of human papillomavirus immunoglobulin G antibodies among women presenting at the reproductive health clinic of a university teaching hospital in Nigeria

Microbiology Research

Prevalence of Epstein-Barr Virus in Some Women Suspected with Breast Cancer in Kaduna State, Nigeria

2025Journal of Multidisciplinary Science MIKAILALSYSJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.58578/mikailalsys.v3i2.5298

Molecular detection of oprL gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with surgical site infections in Bauchi, Nigeria

2024Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.21608/mid.2024.261508.1750

The antibiogram of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with oprL gene associated with surgical site infections in Bauchi, Nigeria

2024Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.21608/mid.2024.261574.1752

Molecular Detection of Astrovirus in Diarrhoeic Stools of Children in North East Nigeria

2019Microbiology Research Journal InternationalJournalOpen access3 citations10.9734/mrji/2018/42815

Re-emergence of human T-lymphotropic viruses in West Africa

2018The Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access11 citations10.1016/j.bjid.2018.05.003

Temporal and Spatial Physico-Chemical Parameters of Kubanni Dam, Galma Dam and Shika Dam, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

2018International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied SciencesJournalOpen access4 citations10.20546/ijcmas.2018.708.091

Multidrug Resistant Salmonella Species Isolated from Dam Water from Parts of Kaduna State, Nigeria

2018International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied SciencesJournalOpen access1 citation10.20546/ijcmas.2018.708.092

Adsorption of protein on titanium dioxide and titanium dioxide coated surface

2017Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology ResearchJournalOpen access3 citations

CHELATING LIGANDS: ENHANCERS OF QUALITY AND PURITY OF BIOGAS

2017Science World JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/swj.v12i3

Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis and its associated risk factors among humans in areas of Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria

2015The Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournalOpen accessSenior author32 citations10.3855/jidc.5415

Nigerian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences2

South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology2

How it can be read

80% free to read

Diamond 29 · 53%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 18%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 20%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 55 papers name a funder

Tertiary Education Trust Fund3
Ahmadu Bello University1
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council1
Broad Institute1
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations1
Harvard University1
National Human Genome Research Institute1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1

International Journal of Women s Health3

201419 citationsOpen access · Gold

Re-emergence of human T-lymphotropic viruses in West Africa

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases3

201811 citationsOpen access · Gold