Barbara Edewele Otaigbe

University of Port Harcourt

Also at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2006, latest 2025

Epidemiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Surgery
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Health Information Management

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 212006–2025
Citations: 216to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 0.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%1 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 67%14 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

21 in all

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Epidemiology943%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine943%
Surgery838%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine419%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health314%
Health Information Management210%
Infectious Diseases210%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging210%
Clinical Biochemistry15%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Congenital Heart Disease Studies8
Coronary Artery Anomalies4
Tracheal and airway disorders3
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery2
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics2
Trauma Management and Diagnosis2
Abdominal Surgery and Complications1
Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments1
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy1
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies1
Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

14% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalNG15 papers
University of Benin Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
Rivers State UniversityNG2 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG2 papers
University of JosNG2 papers
University of BeninNG2 papers
University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
University of LagosNG2 papers
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUS1 paper

Where they publish

Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa3
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research3
PubMed3
Cardiology and Angiology An International Journal2
Nigerian Journal of Cardiology2
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being8
5Gender equality3
1No poverty2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
15Life on land1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Congenital heart disease in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria : a four-year prospective echocardiographic analysis : cardiovascular topic
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa3
201438 citationsOpen access · Green
Prevalence and pattern of birth defects in a tertiary health facility in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria
International Journal of Women s Health
201735 citationsOpen access · Gold
Congenital Heart Defects in Nigerian Children: Preliminary Data From the National Pediatric Cardiac Registry

Nigerian Journal of Medicine

Birth prevalence of congenital heart disease among newborns in a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria

2021Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access7 citations10.5830/cvja-2021-028

Predictors of Transannular Patch Enlargement in Tetralogy of Fallot Repair; a Single Center Experience

2021Cardiology and Angiology An International JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.9734/ca/2021/v10i130153

An analysis of Atrioventricular Canal Defect (AVCD) in Children in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, West Africa

2020Cardiology and Angiology An International JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/ca/2020/v9i330142

Electrocardiographic Findings in Apparently Healthy Adolescents in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, West Africa

2018Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/jammr/2018/38432

Audit of availability and distribution of paediatric cardiology services and facilities in Nigeria

2017Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access22 citations10.5830/cvja-2016-057

Congenital heart disease in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria : a four-year prospective echocardiographic analysis : cardiovascular topic

2014Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessFirst author38 citations10.5830/cvja-2014-055

Foreign body in the ear, nose and throat in children: A five year review in Niger delta

2012African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author29 citations10.4103/0189-6725.93293

Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome: a case report.

2007PubMedJournalSenior author4 citations

Spontaneous enterocutaneous fistula--A rare presentation of enteric fever.

2006PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations

Clinical Case Reports1

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How it can be read

67% free to read

Diamond 5 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 24%In an open-access journal
Green 4 · 19%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 33%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 21 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center1
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia1
National Institutes of Health1

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery1

Foreign body in the ear, nose and throat in children: A five year review in Niger delta

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery17

201229 citationsOpen access · Gold

Audit of availability and distribution of paediatric cardiology services and facilities in Nigeria

Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa9

201722 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green