Oluranti daCosta

University of Lagos

Also at Lagos University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1999, latest 2025

Orthodontics
Oral Surgery
Complementary and Manual Therapy
General Health Professions
Molecular Biology
General Dentistry

Publications: 291999–2025
Citations: 328to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 0.671.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%2 of 29 scored papers
Open access: 62%18 papers free to read

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

29 in all

TIME TO ALIGNMENT OF ANTERIOR SEGMENT CROWDING TREATED WITH NiTi AND COPPER NiTi ARCH WIRES
2025Nigerian Dental JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.61172/93tpgf43
Knowledge and attitude of teachers in public schools towards orthodontics and orthodontic treatment.
2025Nigerian Journal of Dental Research

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Orthodontics1966%
Oral Surgery828%
Complementary and Manual Therapy621%
General Health Professions621%
Molecular Biology621%
General Dentistry517%
Periodontics414%
Surgery414%
Anatomy310%
Dermatology27%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics19
Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques6
dental development and anomalies6
Dental Education, Practice, Research6
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders6
Dental Research and COVID-195
Dental Health and Care Utilization3
Medical and Biological Sciences3
Dental Trauma and Treatments2
Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques2
Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies2
Oral and Craniofacial Lesions2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG15 papers
University of Port HarcourtNG5 papers
Lagos State University Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG3 papers
University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
University of NigeriaNG2 papers
University of CalabarNG1 paper
University of Ilorin Teaching HospitalNG1 paper
University College Hospital, IbadanNG1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed5
Nigerian Dental Journal4
Journal of Orthodontic Science3
Nigerian Journal of Dental Research3
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics1
International Journal of Dentistry1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being10
4Quality education4
5Gender equality2
1No poverty1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Dental esthetics and oral health-related quality of life in young adults
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics4
201657 citationsWorld top 10%
The prevalence of malocclusion among a population of northern Nigeria school children.
PubMed3
199937 citations
Self-Perception of Malocclusion Among Nigerian Adolescents Using The Aesthetic Component of The IOTN
The Open Dentistry Journal

COVID-19 pandemic: What changes for orthodontists? A review of approaches to infection control

2021International Journal of Science and Research ArchiveJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.30574/ijsra.2021.2.1.0012

Perception of Dental Midline Deviation Amongst Dental Professionals and Lay People

2019Nigerian Journal of Dental ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations

Dental esthetics and oral health-related quality of life in young adults

2016American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsJournalSenior author57 citations10.1016/j.ajodo.2016.03.025

Holdaway′s analysis of the nose prominence of an adult Nigerian population

2015Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen access14 citations10.4103/1119-3077.151791

Lip Dimensions of an Adult Nigerian Population with Normal Occlusion

2012The Journal of Contemporary Dental PracticeJournalOpen access14 citations10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1119

A Clinical Review of Crossbite in an Orthodontic Population

2011West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author14 citations10.4314/wajm.v30i1.69880

Occlusal features of sickle cell anaemia patients in Lagos, Nigeria

2005Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalFirst author11 citations10.4103/1117-1936.175265

International Journal of Science and Research Archive

IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences1

How it can be read

62% free to read

Diamond 8 · 28%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 38%Behind a paywall

201231 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Malocclusion and early orthodontic treatment requirements in the mixed dentitions of a population of Nigerian children

Journal of Orthodontic Science3

201629 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Effects of digit sucking on dental arch dimensions in the primary dentition.

PubMed

201024 citations