David Adewale Oke

University of Lagos

Publishing since 2001, latest 2023

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Surgery
Epidemiology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Health Information Management

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 402001–2023
Citations: 477to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 17
Field-weighted impact: 0.581.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 3%1 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 55%22 papers free to read

3 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

40 in all

Low prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health metrics in Nigerians: A cross-sectional study
2023Nigerian Journal of CardiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4103/njc.njc_15_23
Prevalence, patterns and predictors of metabolic abnormalities in Nigerian hypertensives with hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype: A cross sectional study

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1948%
Surgery1333%
Epidemiology1025%
Emergency Medicine513%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism410%
Health Information Management410%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine410%
Biomedical Engineering25%
Clinical Psychology25%
General Health Professions25%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies7
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments3
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins3
ECG Monitoring and Analysis3
Global Health and Epidemiology3
HIV-related health complications and treatments3
Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches2
Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques2
Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments2
Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias2
Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies2
Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

15% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
South Africa3
Cameroon2
United States2
Botswana1
Canada1
Congo1
Sweden1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG16 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG6 papers
Lagos State University Teaching HospitalNG6 papers
Yaoundé General HospitalCM2 papers
First Consultants Medical CenterNG2 papers
Atlanta Medical CenterUS1 paper
Karolinska InstitutetSE1 paper
Resolve to Save LivesUS1 paper
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS TrustGB1 paper
Royal Victoria HospitalGB1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed10
Pan African Medical Journal4
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa3
Nigerian Medical Practitioner3
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine2
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
1No poverty2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors and practice of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease by Community Pharmacists in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy3
201846 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
The cost of open heart surgery in Nigeria
Pan African Medical Journal3
201344 citationsOpen access · Gold
Misconceptions of hypertension.

Every institution they have given on a paper.

PLOS Global Public Health

Are we underestimating poverty in Lagos State?

2021Academia LettersJournalSenior author0 citations10.20935/al2828

The challenges of cardiothoracic surgery practice in Nigeria: a 12 years institutional experience

2016Cardiovascular Diagnosis and TherapyJournalOpen accessSenior author16 citations10.21037/cdt.2016.09.05

QT Dispersion in Healthy Adult Nigerians.

2016PubMedJournal0 citations

Epidemiological African day for evaluation of patients at risk of venous thrombosis in acute hospital care settings : cardiovascular topic

2014Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access27 citations10.5830/cvja-2014-025

The cost of open heart surgery in Nigeria

2013Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author44 citations10.11604/pamj.2013.14.61.2162

Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery in a Nigerian teaching hospital

2013Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.11604/pamj.2013.14.122.2255

Echocardiographic patterns in treatment-naïve HIV-positive patients in Lagos, south-west Nigeria : cardiovascular topic - online article

2012Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access28 citations10.5830/cvja-2012-048

Marfan Syndrome: A Study of a Nigerian Family and Review of Current Cardiovascular Management

2009West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4314/wajm.v28i1.48427

ICPC-2 defined pattern of illnesses in a practice-based research network in an urban city in West Africa

2009African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineJournalOpen access4 citations10.4102/phcfm.v1i1.3

ICPC-2-defined pattern of illnesses in a practice-based research network in an urban region in West Africa : original research

2009African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations

Electrocardiographic And Echocardiographic Findings Of Nigerian Athletes. A Lagos Study

2005Nigerian Medical PractitionerJournalSenior author0 citations

Misconceptions of hypertension.

2004PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author42 citations

Factory floor injury in a Lagos sawmill.

2002PubMedJournalSenior author6 citations

Medical admission into the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital

2001Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding26 citations10.4103/1117-1936.170927

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal

How it can be read

55% free to read

Diamond 6 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Green 6 · 15%A copy in a repository
Closed 18 · 45%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 40 papers name a funder

Agence Française de Développement1

200442 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Pattern of dyslipidaemia among Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

PubMed3

200836 citations

Echocardiographic patterns in treatment-naïve HIV-positive patients in Lagos, south-west Nigeria : cardiovascular topic - online article

Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa3

201228 citationsOpen access · Green