Ayodele O. Arowojolu

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 1989, latest 2025

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Epidemiology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 471989–2025
Citations: 1,641to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 2.131.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 26%12 of 47 scored papers
Open access: 45%21 papers free to read

8 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

47 in all

Comparative Analysis of Lead Levels, Bone Metabolism, and Micronutrients in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women
2025Biological Trace Element ResearchJournal1 citation10.1007/s12011-025-04703-0
Bone turnover and risk of inutero lead fetal neurotoxicity during pregnancy
2024Clinica Chimica ActaJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1736%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1634%
General Health Professions1123%
Nutrition and Dietetics715%
Obstetrics and Gynecology613%
Epidemiology511%
Reproductive Medicine511%
Molecular Biology49%
Surgery49%
Emergency Medicine36%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health11
Reproductive Health and Contraception10
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health8
Maternal and fetal healthcare4
Biological Research and Disease Studies3
Cancer Research and Treatment3
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity3
Malaria Research and Control3
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions3
Reproductive tract infections research3
Trace Elements in Health3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

26% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234456Home

Most frequent partner countries

Ethiopia7
United Kingdom3
Belgium1
United States1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University College Hospital, IbadanNG38 papers
Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth SciencesNG7 papers
Addis Ababa UniversityET6 papers
Debre Markos UniversityET6 papers
Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNG3 papers
University College HospitalGB2 papers
Institute for Advanced Medical Research and TrainingNG2 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
Action DamienBE1 paper
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed10
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics5
Contraception3
Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology3
Biological Trace Element Research2
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being27
5Gender equality3
2Zero hunger2
1No poverty1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Prevalence and determinants of adolescent pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review and Meta-analysis
Reproductive Health
2018609 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Cadmium toxicity: a possible cause of male infertility in Nigeria.
PubMed
2006204 citationsWorld top 10%
Comparative evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of two regimens of levonorgestrel for emergency contraception in Nigerians
Contraception3

Inflammatory cytokines in maternal serum between women with threatened miscarriage and normal pregnancy

2023International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalOpen access5 citations10.1002/ijgo.15009

(466) Declining Incidence of Acquired Gynetresia; Improved Access to Healthcare?

2023The Journal of Sexual MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1093/jsxmed/qdad060.438

Micronutrients Deficiency and Their Associations with Pregnancy Outcomes: A Review

2020Nutrition and Dietary SupplementsJournalOpen access30 citations10.2147/nds.s274646

Trends and determinants of teenage childbearing in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2000 to 2016 demographic and health surveys

2019The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatricsJournalOpen access47 citations10.1186/s13052-019-0745-4

Gender-Based Violence among Married Women in Debre Tabor Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

2017African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author26 citations10.29063/ajrh2017/v21i4.11

Cochrane Review: Combined oral contraceptive pills for treatment of acne

2011Evidence-Based Child Health A Cochrane Review JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1002/ebch.841

Perinatal mortality following umbilical cord prolapse

2006International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalSenior author18 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.05.030

Selenium Status of Idiopathic Infertile Nigerian Males

2005Biological Trace Element ResearchJournal58 citations10.1385/bter:104:1:009

Single dose of 1.5 mg Levonorgestrel for emergency contraception

2005International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalSenior author12 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.12.022

Managing Major Early (Primary) Postpartum Haemorrhage in Developing Countries

2004Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.4314/tjog.v20i2.14422

Correlations Between Seminal Plasma Hormones and Sperm Biophysical Parameters in Infertile Males in Ibadan

2004Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.4314/tjog.v20i1.14390

Ketamine for preemptive analgesia in major gynaecologic surgery

2003Nigerian Journal of Surgical ResearchJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/njsr.v5i1.12138

Hypoxaemia During Gynaecological Laparoscopy Under Local Anaesthesia and Sedation

2002Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/tjog.v19i1.14359

Knowledge and practice of emergency contraception among Nigerian youths

1999International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst author17 citations10.1016/s0020-7292(99)00054-5

Medical Journal of Zambia

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal2

How it can be read

45% free to read

Diamond 8 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 26 · 55%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 47 papers name a funder

African Union8
African Union Commission8
Pan African University6
Institute for Life and Earth Sciences, Pan African University5
Addis Ababa University1
Rockefeller Foundation1

2002107 citationsWorld top 10%

Adverse neonatal outcomes of adolescent pregnancy in Northwest Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

201987 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Selenium Status of Idiopathic Infertile Nigerian Males

Biological Trace Element Research5

200558 citations