Alani Akanmu

University of Lagos

Also at Lagos University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Virology
Hematology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Genetics

Publications: 1591970–2026
Citations: 2,595to those papers
h-index: 26i10-index 69
Field-weighted impact: 1.051.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%16 of 159 scored papers
Open access: 79%126 papers free to read

24 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

159 in all

Lower Allele Frequency of TERT -rs2242652 in Sub-Saharan African Populations Compared With American Populations and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk
2026JCO Global OncologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1200/go-25-00446
Association between infant post-natal prophylaxis regimens and pretreatment HIV drug resistance in infected infants
2026

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases7547%
Epidemiology4428%
Virology3321%
Hematology2516%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2314%
Genetics1811%
Molecular Biology1811%
Emergency Medicine1610%
Obstetrics and Gynecology128%
General Health Professions106%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions44
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment40
HIV Research and Treatment33
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders16
HIV-related health complications and treatments16
Blood groups and transfusion13
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research11
Biological Research and Disease Studies9
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment9
Hepatitis B Virus Studies8
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations8
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies8

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

47% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States50
Netherlands21
United Kingdom20
Uganda14
South Africa14
Ethiopia8
Ghana4
Spain3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG76 papers
Northwestern UniversityUS23 papers
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and DevelopmentNL21 papers
University of AmsterdamNL19 papers
University of JosNG18 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG17 papers
AIDS Prevention Initiative in NigeriaNG16 papers
Harvard UniversityUS14 papers
Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchNG14 papers
University of IbadanNG13 papers

Where they publish

PubMed14
PLoS ONE11
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal7
AIDS6
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy4
Infectious Agents and Cancer3
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being129
17Partnerships for the goals6
2Zero hunger3
1No poverty2
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1
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Most cited

Development of trigger sensitive hyaluronic acid/palm oil-based organogel for in vitro release of HIV/AIDS microbicides using artificial neural networks
Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences3
2020196 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa and Asia: a comparative analysis of two regional cohorts
Journal of the International AIDS Society3
2017105 citationsWorld top 10%

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Frontiers in Epidemiology

Impact of Genital Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection in Women Presenting with Infertility in Lagos, Nigeria

2025Asian Journal of Research in Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.9734/ajrid/2025/v16i2422

Hepatitis B and C Virus Co-Infection and Their Association With Liver Disease in Persons With HIV in Nigeria

2024Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC)JournalOpen access5 citations10.1177/23259582241292511

Elevated homocysteine and crises state in patients with sickle cell anemia

2022Journal of Clinical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4103/jcls.jcls_33_22

Frequency of beta S globin gene haplotypes among sickle cell patients in Nigeria

2021Journal of International Medical ResearchJournalOpen access7 citations10.1177/03000605211019918

Development and evaluation of mucoadhesive bigel containing tenofovir and maraviroc for HIV prophylaxis

2020Future Journal of Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author34 citations10.1186/s43094-020-00093-3

The Journal of Infectious Diseases3

How it can be read

79% free to read

Diamond 27 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 57 · 36%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 14 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Green 19 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 33 · 21%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

74 of 159 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center36
National Institutes of Health30
Heineken Africa Foundation12
National Cancer Institute11
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek11
Aids Fonds10
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention9
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research7

Decent work and economic growth

Accumulation of HIV-1 drug resistance after continued virological failure on first-line ART in adults and children in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy3

2016101 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis as a cause of smear-negative TB and/or TB treatment failure in Nigerians

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease3

201789 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green