Ikechukwu Andrew Nwafor

University of Nigeria

Also at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2012, latest 2025

Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Epidemiology
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Biochemistry

Publications: 322012–2025
Citations: 137to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.391.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 3%1 of 32 scored papers
Open access: 69%22 papers free to read

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

32 in all

Management of Extra-cranial Arteriovenous Malformations of the Scalp: A case report
2025Ibom Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.61386/imj.v18i2.681
General and Emergency Presentations of Children with Congenital Heart Defect and Factors Affecting it as Seen in A Tertiary Health Institution in Enugu.
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery2475%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1547%
Epidemiology928%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine413%
Emergency Medicine413%
Biochemistry39%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health39%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine26%
Gastroenterology26%
Health Information Management26%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Congenital Heart Disease Studies9
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies7
Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases5
Trauma Management and Diagnosis4
Blood transfusion and management3
Global Health and Surgery3
Vascular Procedures and Complications3
Aortic aneurysm repair treatments2
Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques2
Coronary Artery Anomalies2
Esophageal and GI Pathology2
Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

6% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG29 papers
Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG2 papers
Citizens Specialty Hospitals1 paper
Great Ormond Street HospitalGB1 paper
University College HospitalGB1 paper

Where they publish

Ibom Medical Journal7
Cardiology in the Young5
Nigerian Journal of Medicine4
Journal of Vascular Medicine & Surgery3
PubMed3
International Journal of Vascular Surgery and Medicine2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being10
1No poverty8
17Partnerships for the goals5
2Zero hunger1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Colon Interposition Graft for Corrosive Esophageal Stricture: Midterm Functional Outcome
World Journal of Surgery2
201430 citationsWorld top 10%
Surgical ‘Safari’ vs. Educational Program: Experience with International Cardiac Surgery Missions in Nigeria
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery13
202014 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Management of complex CHD at the National Cardiothoracic Center of Excellence, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu: the role of foreign cardiac missions in 3.5 years

Management of traumatic recurrent arteriovenous fistula of the lower extremity: Open versus endoscopic repair

2024International Journal of Vascular Surgery and MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.17352/2455-5452.000046

Establishing Sustainable Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects

2022IntechOpen eBooksBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.5772/intechopen.102737

The Scope of Clinical Thoracic Surgery Practice in Nigeria: 13-Year Single Center Review

2020International Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.11648/j.ijcts.20200606.14

Status of Congenital Heart Defects in Nigeria: The Role of Cardiac Surgery

2019World Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.4236/wjcs.2019.97008

Management of Varicose Veins of the Lower Extremities: A 10-year Institutional Experience

2017Journal of Vascular Medicine & SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.4172/2329-6925.1000309

Open Heart Surgery: Management of Nonsurgical Bleeding in the Peri-Operative Period; 31/2-Years Institutional Experienc

2017International Journal of Vascular Surgery and MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.17352/2455-5452.000019

The Pattern and Outcome of Civilian Vascular Injury in a Teaching Hospital over a 7-Year Period

2016World Journal of Cardiovascular DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.4236/wjcd.2016.62006

Repair of Truncus Arteriosus, Type 1 in Nigeria: A Case Report

2016Journal of Vascular Medicine & SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.4172/2329-6925.1000264

Giant pseudoaneurysm of a splanchnic artery; A Case Report

2015Nigerian Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.4103/1115-2613.278938

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

How it can be read

69% free to read

Diamond 13 · 41%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 10 · 31%Behind a paywall

Cardiology in the Young3

The Pattern and Outcome of Civilian Vascular Injury in a Teaching Hospital over a 7-Year Period

World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases3

201610 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Right colon interposition in corrosive esophageal long segment stricture: Our local experience

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice3

20149 citationsOpen access · Diamond