Chika N. Onwasigwe

University of Nigeria

Also at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2000, latest 2026

General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Economics and Econometrics
Health Information Management

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 502000–2026
Citations: 501to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 0.611.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 2%1 of 50 scored papers
Open access: 86%43 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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

50 in all

Exploring barriers to and opportunities for improving mental healthcare access for women caregivers living with HIV in Nigeria: A qualitative study
2026PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0005834
Examining demand and supply factors associated with women’s preferences for where to deliver their babies in rural and urban communities of Enugu State, Nigeria

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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

General Health Professions1530%
Infectious Diseases1530%
Epidemiology1326%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health714%
Economics and Econometrics612%
Health Information Management510%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health510%
Health48%
Physiology48%
Sociology and Political Science48%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health11
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions9
Global Health and Epidemiology5
Global Maternal and Child Health5
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses5
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk3
Sex work and related issues3
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology3
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy3
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research2
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

16% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
United Kingdom2
India1
Tanzania1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG33 papers
Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG10 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG7 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching HospitalNG7 papers
Ebonyi State UniversityNG6 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG5 papers
King's College LondonGB2 papers
Saint Louis UniversityUS2 papers
University of RochesterUS2 papers
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeNG2 papers

Where they publish

International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health6
PubMed5
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)3
Orient Journal of Medicine2
Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology2
Advances in Sexual Medicine1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being18
1No poverty6
5Gender equality5
17Partnerships for the goals3
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
8Decent work and economic growth1
16

Most cited

Biopsychosocial factors associated with chronic low back pain disability in rural Nigeria: a population-based cross-sectional study
BMJ Global Health
201794 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Awareness and knowledge of disease surveillance and notification by health-care workers and availability of facility records in Anambra state, Nigeria
Nigerian Medical Journal16
201251 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Predictors of current tobacco smoking by adolescents in Nigeria: Interaction between school location and socioeconomic status

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Workplace Burnout and Psychological Health of Military Personnel in a Nigerian Barrack

2022Nigerian Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4103/njm.njm_31_22

Practices toward Presumptive Tuberculosis Clients among Patent Medicine Vendors in Ebonyi State Nigeria

2021International Journal of MycobacteriologyJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_2_21

Knowledge and Practice of Childhood Immunization among Men with Infants in Enugu Metropolis

2021Journal of Pharmaceutical Research InternationalJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i39b32174

Control Measures for Nosocomial Infections: Knowledge and Practice of Medical Students in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

2018Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/jammr/2018/44903

Factors Influencing Sexual Behavior among Female Adolescents in Onitsha, Nigeria

2014Open Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyJournalOpen accessSenior author24 citations10.4236/ojog.2014.416139

Prevalence of presbyopia in a rural African community

2014Rural and Remote HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author28 citations10.22605/rrh2731

Challenges of data collection and disease notification in Anambra State, Nigeria

2014Tropical Journal of Medical ResearchJournalOpen access15 citations10.4103/1119-0388.130173

Attitude of antenatal patients in Enugu toward HIV screening

2006Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4314/tjog.v22i2.14517

Teachers' Attitude is Not an Impediment to Adolescent Sexuality Education in Enugu, Nigeria

2006African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.2307/30032447

Risk factors for acute otitis media in Nigerian infants

2005Orient Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4314/ojm.v17i1.29087

Childhood malignancy in Abakaliki: A growing concern

2005DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations

Domestic Violence Against Pregnant Nigerian Women

2004Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and GynaecologyJournalOpen accessSenior author22 citations10.4314/tjog.v20i2.14414

Towards Malaria Control In Nigeria: Review Of Multiple Aetiological Factor

2004Orient Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/ojm.v16i2.29074

Knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Malaria preventive measures amongst pregnant women in Enugu

2002DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access1 citation

Cataract intervention surgery: A community approach

2000Nigerian Journal of OphthalmologyJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/njo.v8i1.11924

african journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

African Journal of Reproductive Health1

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 29 · 58%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 16%In an open-access journal
Green 6 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 50 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center2
Health Resources and Services Administration2
National Human Genome Research Institute2
National Institutes of Health2
Office of AIDS Research2
Schlumberger Foundation2
King's College London1
Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London, University of London1

Peace, justice and strong institutions

Tobacco Induced Diseases3

202031 citationsOpen access · Gold

Prevalence of presbyopia in a rural African community

Rural and Remote Health4

201428 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Community-based self-management of chronic low back pain in a rural African primary care setting: a feasibility study

Primary Health Care Research & Development

201927 citationsOpen access · Gold