Bashir Adam Yakasai

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at Kaduna State University and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1981, latest 2026

Genetics
Clinical Psychology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions

Publications: 211981–2026
Citations: 17to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.821.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%3 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 86%18 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

21 in all

Assessing the unmet psychiatric and psychosocial needs of children and adolescents with cleft lips and/or palates and their mothers attending the cleft clinic at the armed forces specialist hospital, Kano, Northwest Nigeria
2026Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial AnomaliesJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4103/jclpca.jclpca_32_25
Substance use disorders among young adults in North-Western Nigeria: descriptive survey of patterns of use

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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

Genetics524%
Clinical Psychology419%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health419%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health419%
Sociology and Political Science419%
General Health Professions314%
Infectious Diseases314%
Neurology314%
Applied Psychology210%
Cognitive Neuroscience210%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Cleft Lip and Palate Research5
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations3
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health2
Climate Change and Health Impacts2
Climate Change Communication and Perception2
Digital Mental Health Interventions2
Global Maternal and Child Health2
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses2
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions2
Resilience and Mental Health2
Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

19% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
United States2
Switzerland1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Federal Neuro Psychiatric HospitalNG7 papers
Kaduna State UniversityNG6 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG6 papers
Sa'adu Zungur UniversityNG5 papers
Federal University of Health Sciences AzareNG5 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, SokotoNG4 papers
Nigerian Meteorological AgencyNG3 papers
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation TrustGB2 papers
Nigerian Defence AcademyNG2 papers
Walden UniversityUS1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed5
Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies4
Acta Scientific Women s Health2
Science World Journal2
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2
African Cleft-Palate Craniofacial Journal1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being7
1No poverty4
5Gender equality3
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Low birthweight in Kano City, Northern Nigeria
Public Health1
19815 citations
Socio-ecological predictors of HIV testing in women of childbearing age in Nigeria.
PubMed3
20224 citationsOpen access · Green
Assessing the unmet psychiatric and psychosocial needs of children and adolescents with cleft lips and/or palates and their mothers attending the cleft clinic at the armed forces specialist hospital, Kano, Northwest Nigeria

2026BJPsych InternationalJournalOpen access0 citations10.1192/bji.2025.10092

Community Perceptions, Indigenous Coping Strategies, and Climate Resilience: A Mental Health Perspective from Northwest Nigeria

2025Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.17727943

Demographic Predictors of HIV Testing in Women of Childbearing Age in Nigeria

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.6342160

BJPsych International

Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour1

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 8 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 29%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 21 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health1
Tertiary Education Trust Fund1

Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies

20263 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Mental health burden and resilience among Nigerians undergoing COVID-19 isolation in Kaduna-Nigeria

MAGNA MEDICA Berkala Ilmiah Kedokteran dan Kesehatan3

20222 citationsOpen access · Diamond