L.A. Salako

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 1970, latest 2013

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Genetics
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 1131970–2013
Citations: 3,098to those papers
h-index: 33i10-index 65
Field-weighted impact: 2.361.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%36 of 113 scored papers
Open access: 16%18 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

113 in all

Knowledge Of Hypertension And Other Risk Factors For Heart Disease Among Yoruba Rural Southwestern Nigerian Population
2013Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.7933
Target-organ damage and cardiovascular complications in hypertensive Nigerian Yoruba adults : a cross-sectional study : cardiovascular topics

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5347%
Pharmacology1917%
Molecular Biology1312%
Pharmacology1110%
Genetics109%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine98%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health76%
Economics and Econometrics65%
General Health Professions65%
Infectious Diseases65%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control53
Mosquito-borne diseases and control27
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection15
Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies10
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies7
Diverse Scientific Research Studies6
Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity6
Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals5
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy5
Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes5
Epilepsy research and treatment4
Ion channel regulation and function4

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

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom7
United States6
Switzerland4
Japan2
Sudan1
Ghana1
Indonesia1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University College Hospital, IbadanNG22 papers
Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchNG13 papers
Federal Ministry of HealthNG7 papers
Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchUS4 papers
University of OxfordGB3 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB3 papers
University of SheffieldGB3 papers
Bayero University KanoNG3 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
John Radcliffe HospitalGB2 papers

Where they publish

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene24
PubMed20
British Journal of Pharmacology8
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology6
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology6
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being80
2Zero hunger4
6Clean water and sanitation3
17Partnerships for the goals3
14Life below water2
1No poverty1
4Quality education1
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Most cited

A prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors among a rural Yoruba south-western Nigerian population: a population-based survey.
PubMed3
2010193 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Treatment of Childhood Fevers and Other Illnesses in Three Rural Nigerian Communities
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics3
2001151 citations
Randomised Controlled Double-Blind Non-Inferiority Trial of Two Antivenoms for Saw-Scaled or Carpet Viper (Echis ocellatus) Envenoming in Nigeria

Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa

Treatment of Childhood Fevers and Other Illnesses in Three Rural Nigerian Communities

2001Journal of Tropical PediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding151 citations10.1093/tropej/47.4.230

Malaria in the first 6 months of life in urban African infants with anemia.

2001American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal49 citations10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.822

Cardiac effects of halofantrine in children suffering from acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria

1998Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author33 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(98)91086-0

Enhanced efficacy of chloroquine-chlorpheniramine combination in acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children

1997Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author76 citations10.1016/s0035-9203(97)90399-0

Effect of dose size on the pharmacokinetics of orally administered quinine

1996European Journal of Clinical PharmacologyJournalSenior author17 citations10.1007/bf00203782

Acute psychosis after mefloquine. Report of six cases.

1995PubMedJournalSenior author23 citations

Artemether treatment of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children

1995Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author7 citations10.1016/0035-9203(95)90044-6

Artemether in moderately severe and cerebral malaria in Nigerian children

1994Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author19 citations10.1016/0035-9203(94)90463-4

Biochemical changes during amlodipine treatment in hypertensive patients

1994European Journal of Clinical PharmacologyJournalSenior author1 citation10.1007/bf00192557

Reversal of mefloquine resistance with penfluridol in isolates of Plasmodium falciparum from south-west Nigeria

1993Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author55 citations10.1016/0035-9203(93)90434-r

Neuropsychiatric side effects of mefloquine in Africans

1993Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal29 citations10.1016/0035-9203(93)90037-q

Intramuscular sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in uncomplicated chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria during pregnancy

1993Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author15 citations10.1016/0035-9203(93)90043-p

Prognostic risk factors and post mortem findings in cerebral malaria in children

1992Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal77 citations10.1016/0035-9203(92)90082-n

Innate resistance to new antimalarial drugs in Plasmodium falciparum from Nigeria

1992Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author53 citations10.1016/0035-9203(92)90533-i

European Journal of Pharmacology

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3

How it can be read

16% free to read

Gold 3 · 3%In an open-access journal
Bronze 5 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 10 · 9%A copy in a repository
Closed 95 · 84%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

11 of 113 papers name a funder

Bundesministerium für Gesundheit2
Fogarty International Center2
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research1
Novartis Pharma1
Pfizer1
Rockefeller Foundation1
Sanofi1
United States Agency for International Development1

Reduced inequalities

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

PLoS neglected tropical diseases3

2010147 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Malaria in Nigeria: a revisit

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology3

1990117 citationsWorld top 10%

Abnormal cation composition and transport in erythrocytes from hypertensive patients

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

1979115 citationsWorld top 10%