A O Falase

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 1973, latest 2026

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Health Information Management
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Epidemiology

Publications: 671973–2026
Citations: 1,243to those papers
h-index: 19i10-index 36
Field-weighted impact: 1.051.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%4 of 67 scored papers
Open access: 39%26 papers free to read

5 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

67 in all

Risk factors for atrial fibrillation in Ibadan, Nigeria: A case-controlled study
2026Journal of the National Medical AssociationJournalSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.jnma.2026.03.013
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN WEST AFRICA: LESSONS GLEANED FROM THE IBADAN AF PROJECT.
2024PubMedJournal

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4364%
Surgery1218%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1116%
Health Information Management913%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism812%
Epidemiology710%
Rheumatology69%
Nutrition and Dietetics57%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health34%
Pharmacology34%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors22
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies20
Global Health and Epidemiology9
Heart Failure Treatment and Management7
Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes6
Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity5
Acute Myocardial Infarction Research4
Heart rate and cardiovascular health4
Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension4
Apelin-related biomedical research3
Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes3
Birth, Development, and Health3

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-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

Australia6
South Africa5
United Kingdom2
Mozambique2
India1
Jamaica1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University College Hospital, IbadanNG50 papers
Federal Medical CentreNG6 papers
National Health and Medical Research CouncilAU5 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA5 papers
University of Cape TownZA5 papers
Sacred Heart HospitalNG4 papers
Baker Heart and Diabetes InstituteAU3 papers
University of Abuja Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
World Health Organization - NigeriaNG2 papers
Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular MedicineZA2 papers

Where they publish

PubMed22
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa5
Heart3
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders2
Cardiology2
Heart and Vessels2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being45
1No poverty4
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education1
8Decent work and economic growth1
15Life on land1
17Partnerships for the goals1

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
Contemporary Profile of Acute Heart Failure in Southern Nigeria
JACC Heart Failure1
201472 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Hypertensive heart disease in Africa

2017SA HeartJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.24170/6-1-2010

Relationship between Plasma Aldosterone Levels and Left Ventricular Mass in Hypertensive Africans

2013International Journal of HypertensionJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1155/2013/762597

The Pan-African Society of Cardiology: A retrospection

2013Nigerian Journal of CardiologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4103/0189-7969.118579

Knowledge Of Hypertension And Other Risk Factors For Heart Disease Among Yoruba Rural Southwestern Nigerian Population

2013Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.7933

Target-organ damage and cardiovascular complications in hypertensive Nigerian Yoruba adults : a cross-sectional study : cardiovascular topics

2012Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author35 citations10.5830/cvja-2012-021

Cardiomyopathies and myocardial disorders in Africa : present status and the way forward : review article

2012Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessFirst author34 citations10.5830/cvja-2012-046

Early diastolic functional abnormalities in normotensive offspring of Nigerian hypertensives

2012Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.5830/cvja-2011-030

Prevalence of asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in hypertensive Nigerians : echocardiographic study of 832 subjects

2011Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.5830/cvja-2010-063

Uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot in a 25-Year Old Nigerian African

2011Clinical Medicine Insights Case ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.4137/ccrep.s6805

Plasma catecholamines in Nigerians with primary hypertension.

2011PubMedJournalSenior author11 citations

Pattern of heart failure in Abuja, Nigeria: an echocardiographic study.

2010PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author60 citations

Correlates of left atrial size in Nigerian hypertensives.

2006PubMedJournalSenior author23 citations

Left ventricular diastolic function parameters in hypertensives.

2005PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author15 citations

Aortic arch syndrome--Takayasu's arteritis in Nigeria.

1989PubMedJournalSenior author5 citations

International Journal of Cardiology

Journal of the National Medical Association2

How it can be read

39% free to read

Diamond 1 · 1%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 10%In an open-access journal
Bronze 7 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Green 11 · 16%A copy in a repository
Closed 41 · 61%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 67 papers name a funder

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2
Medical Research Council2
National Health and Medical Research Council2
University of Ibadan1

201462 citationsOpen access · Gold

Pattern of heart failure in Abuja, Nigeria: an echocardiographic study.

PubMed3

201060 citationsOpen access · Green

Laparoscopic evaluation of the tuboperitoneal factor in infertile Nigerian women

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

198755 citations