Christopher O. Bode

University of Lagos

Also at Lagos University Teaching Hospital and Université Félix Houphouët-Boignyfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2005, latest 2025

Surgery
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Emergency Medicine
Urology
Oncology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 502005–2025
Citations: 556to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 0.551.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%3 of 50 scored papers
Open access: 82%41 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

Publications

50 in all

Congenital prepubic sinus: A case report of local experience within a sub-Saharan setting
2025Journal of Clinical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4103/jcls.jcls_25_25
Unmet Surgical Need among Adults in A Mixed Urban-Rural Community in Nigeria: A Survey of 1,993 Adults Using the Sosas Survey Tool.
2024

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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

Surgery3060%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1326%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health918%
Emergency Medicine714%
Urology714%
Oncology612%
Infectious Diseases510%
General Health Professions48%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine48%
Rheumatology48%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management7
Urological Disorders and Treatments7
Global Health and Surgery6
Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies5
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts5
Genital Health and Disease5
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery4
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies4
Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments4
Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders4
Pediatric Pain Management Techniques4
Pelvic floor disorders treatments4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

22% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada5
United States4
United Kingdom4
South Africa3
Côte d’Ivoire1
Ghana1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG40 papers
McGill University Health CentreCA3 papers
University of EdinburghGB3 papers
Duke UniversityUS3 papers
Nationwide Children's HospitalUS3 papers
University of MinnesotaUS3 papers
Montreal Children's HospitalCA3 papers
University of California, San FranciscoUS2 papers
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals ComplexNG2 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG2 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Clinical Sciences8
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery6
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal5
Nigerian Journal of Surgery4
PubMed4
Journal of West African College of Surgeons3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being23
17Partnerships for the goals4
2Zero hunger3
1No poverty2
4Quality education2
10Reduced inequalities2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
14

Most cited

Cardiothoracic anesthesia, respiration and airway modified mallampati test, thyromental distance and inter-incisor gap are the best predictors of difficult laryngoscopy in West Africans
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie14
2005104 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Penile injuries from proximal migration of the Plastibell circumcision ring
Journal of Pediatric Urology
200981 citationsWorld top 10%
Ivermectin shows clinical benefits in mild to moderate COVID19: a randomized controlled double-blind, dose-response study in Lagos

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Biliary Atresia Splenic Malformation

2023Journal of West African College of SurgeonsJournalOpen access6 citations10.4103/jwas.jwas_195_22

Closure of fistula-in-ano using a radial-emitting laser probe: Initial experience in Lagos, Nigeria

2023Journal of West African College of SurgeonsJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4103/jwas.jwas_108_23

A 5-Year Multidisciplinary Care Outcomes in Children with Wilms’ Tumour Managed at a Tertiary Centre

2022African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.4103/ajps.ajps_155_20

Preputial Cyst in the Newborn

2022African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4103/ajps.ajps_142_21

Development and practice of laparoscopic surgery in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

2020Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author15 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_125_20

Formal saline versus honey as escharotic in the conservative management of major omphaloceles

2018Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.4103/npmj.npmj_159_17

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and bilious vomiting: An unusual presentation

2017Journal of Clinical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4103/jcls.jcls_39_17

Factors influencing waiting time in hypospadias repair surgery

2016Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4103/1117-1936.180152

Pediatric day case surgical practice at a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos: How have we faired?

2014Annals of Medical and Health Sciences ResearchJournalOpen access8 citations10.4103/2141-9248.139316

Viva voce in postgraduate surgical examinations in anglophone west Africa.

2011PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations

Computer in surgery

2010Nigerian Journal of Surgical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/njsr.v6i1-2.54756

Penile injuries from proximal migration of the Plastibell circumcision ring

2009Journal of Pediatric UrologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding81 citations10.1016/j.jpurol.2009.05.011

Complications of neonatal circumcision: Avoiding common pitfalls in a common procedure

2009African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.4103/0189-6725.54786

Presentation and management outcome of childhood intussusception in Lagos: A prospective study

2008African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding49 citations10.4103/0189-6725.41632

Surgical Education at the West African College of Surgeons

2008World Journal of SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding41 citations10.1007/s00268-008-9710-x

Meconium peritonitis in Nigerian Children

2008Annals of African MedicineJournalOpen access10 citations10.4103/1596-3519.55655

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

How it can be read

82% free to read

Diamond 14 · 28%Free to read and to publish
Gold 16 · 32%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 10%A copy in a repository
Closed 9 · 18%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 50 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center3

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

202180 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Presentation and management outcome of childhood intussusception in Lagos: A prospective study

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery3

200849 citationsOpen access · Gold

Surgical Education at the West African College of Surgeons

World Journal of Surgery17

200841 citations