Rafael Adetokunbo Adebola

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital and Federal University of Health Sciences Azarefrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Genetics
Surgery
Oral Surgery
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Periodontics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 92013–2026
Citations: 41to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.351.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 78%7 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

9 in all

The effectiveness of art therapy in improving psychosocial outcomes in children with cleft lip and/or palate: A study from a tertiary centre in Northwest Nigeria
2026Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial AnomaliesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/jclpca.jclpca_42_25
Maternal and child psychological flexibility, catastrophizing, and their associations with health-related quality of life and clinical management outcomes in children with cleft lip and/or palate at a tertiary cleft service, Northwest Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics667%
Surgery333%
Oral Surgery222%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health222%
Periodontics222%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health222%
Clinical Psychology111%
Conservation111%
Epidemiology111%
Genetics111%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Cleft Lip and Palate Research5
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations2
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology2
Art Therapy and Mental Health1
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research1
Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies1
Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments1
Dental Health and Care Utilization1
Facial Trauma and Fracture Management1
Family and Disability Support Research1
Folate and B Vitamins Research1
Genital Health and Disease1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Sa'adu Zungur UniversityNG4 papers
Federal University of Health Sciences AzareNG4 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Bayero University KanoNG4 papers
University of JosNG3 papers
Jos University Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
University of LagosNG1 paper
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG1 paper
University Of Calabar Teaching HospitalNG1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies3
Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery1
African Cleft-Palate Craniofacial Journal1
Journal of Advanced Oral Research1
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery1
Journal of Oral Oncology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
4Quality education1

Most cited

Maxillomandibular Distraction Osteogenesis
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery3
201417 citations
Awareness of Oral Cancer in a Northwestern Nigerian State: Assessing the Knowledge, Opinion, and Practice of Traditional Healers and Herbalists
Journal of Oral Oncology4
201313 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Congenital Heart Disease in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients: How Common Is the Association?

2026Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial AnomaliesJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/jclpca.jclpca_9_26

Clinicopathologic features of forehead prayer marks in Kano, Northwest Nigeria

2021Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.adoms.2021.100048

Maxillomandibular Distraction Osteogenesis

2014Journal of Craniofacial SurgeryJournal17 citations10.1097/scs.0000000000000907

Pan African Medical Journal1

How it can be read

78% free to read

Diamond 3 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 22%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 22%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 2 · 22%Behind a paywall

Journal of Advanced Oral Research