O C Okafor

University of Nigeria

Also at Nnamdi Azikiwe University and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1970, latest 2023

Surgery
Oncology
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Publications: 391970–2023
Citations: 291to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 0.561.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%2 of 39 scored papers
Open access: 67%26 papers free to read

2 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

39 in all

Intra-operative Diagnosis of Lower Segment Scar Dehiscence in a Second Gravida After One Previous Lower Segment Cesarean Section: Should We Advocate for Routine Antenatal Uterine Scar Thickness Testing?
2023Clinical Medicine Insights Case ReportsJournalOpen access8 citations10.1177/11795476231164379
Immunohistochemical Patterns of Pituitary Adenomas in Southeastern Nigeria, a 10-year Histopathologic Review

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery1026%
Oncology821%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine821%
Epidemiology718%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health718%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine615%
Molecular Biology410%
Reproductive Medicine410%
Cancer Research38%
Obstetrics and Gynecology38%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Renal and related cancers3
Tumors and Oncological Cases3
Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies3
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research2
Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors2
Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes2
Breast Cancer Treatment Studies2
Breast Lesions and Carcinomas2
Cancer Cells and Metastasis2
Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment2
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis2
Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments2

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

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States2
Australia1
United Kingdom1
India1
New Zealand1
Sweden1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG28 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG4 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG3 papers
Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG2 papers
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeNG2 papers
Annamalai UniversityIN1 paper
Deakin UniversityAU1 paper
East Tennessee State UniversityUS1 paper
The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science CenterUS1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed3
Rare Tumors3
Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas2
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research2
Clinics and Practice2
European Journal of Cancer Care2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger2
17Partnerships for the goals2
14Life below water1

Most cited

Chronic toxicity of low dose monosodium glutamate in albino Wistar rats
BMC Research Notes3
201964 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Incidence, pattern and management of ovarian cancer at a tertiary medical center in Enugu, South East Nigeria
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research3
201327 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Comparative Analysis of Umbilical Nodules in Male and Female Patients: A 20-Year Retrospective Study

2022Actas Dermo-SifiliográficasJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1016/j.ad.2022.03.001

Sudden Unexpected Natural Deaths of Adults in Southeastern Nigeria: A 12 Years Autopsy Review

2022Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i2031515

Primary cutaneous malignancies in nonalbino and albino Africans

2020International Journal of DermatologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1111/ijd.15312

Thoracic endometriosis syndrome in Nigeria: a single-centre experience

2020Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access7 citations10.1093/icvts/ivaa249

Continuing barriers to care of Wilms tumor in a low‐income country

2018Pediatric Blood & CancerJournalSenior author25 citations10.1002/pbc.27416

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour

2018Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1016/j.epsc.2018.10.007

The Continued Burden of Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Developing Country. Lessons Learnt or Not Learnt?

2017Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/jammr/2017/34941

Incidence, pattern and management of ovarian cancer at a tertiary medical center in Enugu, South East Nigeria

2013Annals of Medical and Health Sciences ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author27 citations10.4103/2141-9248.117947

High degree of duodenal inflammation in Nigerians with functional dyspepsia

2013Clinical and Experimental GastroenterologyJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.2147/ceg.s54170

Unusual Facial Mutilation Due to Rhinoentomophthoromycosis

2012Infectious Diseases in Clinical PracticeJournal0 citations10.1097/ipc.0b013e318245d3a8

Breast Disease in Children and Adolescents in Eastern Nigeria—a Five-Year Study

2009Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent GynecologyJournalSenior author11 citations10.1016/j.jpag.2008.10.007

Solitary hepatic lymphangioma in an infant

2007Journal of Perinatal MedicineJournal12 citations10.1515/jpm.2007.022

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research

Pediatric Blood & Cancer2

How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 5 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 16 · 41%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 33%Behind a paywall

Usefulness of oral corticosteroid in Rosai?Dorfman disease

European Journal of Cancer Care3

200619 citations