Olalekan J. Taiwo

University of Ibadan

Also at Nigerian Geological Survey Agencyfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2009, latest 2026

Global and Planetary Change
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
Infectious Diseases
Urban Studies
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Publications: 692009–2026
Citations: 1,219to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 25
Field-weighted impact: 6.191.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%15 of 69 scored papers
Open access: 78%54 papers free to read

14 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

69 in all

Modelling malaria environmental suitability and population exposure using the analytic hierarchy process among local government areas in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
2026Discover Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citation10.1186/s12982-026-01927-w
Community voices: Exploring beliefs, attitudes, practices and recommendations for improving stroke prevention and stroke care in rural and urban communities in Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Global and Planetary Change1826%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health913%
Sociology and Political Science812%
Infectious Diseases710%
Urban Studies710%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics69%
Economics and Econometrics69%
Modeling and Simulation69%
Ecology57%
Emergency Medical Services57%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Land Use and Ecosystem Services8
Urban and Rural Development Challenges7
Climate change impacts on agriculture6
COVID-19 epidemiological studies6
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research6
Disaster Response and Management4
Zoonotic diseases and public health4
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity3
Climate variability and models3
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management3
Flood Risk Assessment and Management3
Global Maternal and Child Health3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

54% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12345613Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States14
United Kingdom14
South Africa13
Ghana7
Germany5
Kenya5
Sierra Leone4
Cameroon4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth SciencesNG15 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG7 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH7 papers
University of the Free StateZA7 papers
Pan-Atlantic UniversityNG6 papers
Imperial College LondonGB5 papers
University of WarwickGB5 papers
Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinDE4 papers
Medical University of South CarolinaUS4 papers
University of BirminghamGB4 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE3
African Geographical Review2
GeoJournal2
IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES2
IJID One Health2
Journal of Applied and Natural Science2
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

11Sustainable cities and communities13
3Good health and well-being9
13Climate action8
2Zero hunger6
4Quality education3
1No poverty2
6Clean water and sanitation2
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Most cited

Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements
BMJ Global Health5
2020384 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
The August 2011 flood in Ibadan, Nigeria: Anthropogenic causes and consequences
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science11
2012112 citationsOpen access · Diamond

BUILDING RESILIENCE IN SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND THEMATIC SYNTHESIS OF KEY ENABLING FACTORS

2026International Journal of Ecosystems and Ecology Science (IJEES)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.31407/ijees16.401

Loss of Critical Ecosystem Services in the Osun River Catchment, Southwest Nigeria

2024Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences (PJLSS)JournalOpen access0 citations10.57239/pjlss-2024-22.2.00254

A local government area based Covid-19 vulnerability analysis in Nigeria

2023GeoJournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/s10708-023-10857-y

Land Use and Land Cover Change as an Indicator of Watershed Urban Development in the Kenyan Lake Victoria Basin

2021International Journal of Sustainable Development and PlanningJournalOpen access12 citations10.18280/ijsdp.160213

Maximal covering location problem for nuclear medicine clinics allocation in Nigeria

2021Spatial Information ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s41324-021-00405-6

Patterns, Trends and Correlates of Ten Major Reported Crimes in Ondo State, Nigeria

2020IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.36108/ijss/0202.81.0140

How it can be read

78% free to read

Diamond 16 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 25 · 36%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 1%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 10 · 14%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 15 · 22%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

33 of 69 papers name a funder

African Union9
African Union Commission7
Institute for Life and Earth Sciences, Pan African University5
National Institute for Health and Care Research5
Pan African University5
Government of the United Kingdom4
International Development Research Centre4
Imperial College London3

Partnerships for the goals

7Affordable and clean energy1

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Analysis of OpenStreetMap Data Quality at Different Stages of a Participatory Mapping Process: Evidence from Slums in Africa and Asia

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information11

202150 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Gender-based variations in the perception of climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation strategies in the Pra River Basin of Ghana

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management13

202148 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold