A. K. Bradley

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 1977, latest 2017

Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Microbiology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Infectious Diseases

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 371977–2017
Citations: 2,008to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 30
Field-weighted impact: 2.731.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%12 of 37 scored papers
Open access: 8%3 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

37 in all

Guinea worm infection in northern Nigeria: reflections on a disease approaching eradication
2017Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.1111/tmi.12855
Evaluation of a primary health care programme in The Gambia. I. The impact of trained traditional birth attendants on the outcome of pregnancy.

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology1335%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1335%
Microbiology1027%
Nutrition and Dietetics616%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health514%
Infectious Diseases411%
Parasitology411%
Health Information Management38%
Genetics25%
Pharmacology25%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines10
Malaria Research and Control10
Mosquito-borne diseases and control9
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections7
Virology and Viral Diseases7
Child Nutrition and Water Access6
Global Maternal and Child Health4
Parasites and Host Interactions4
Influenza Virus Research Studies3
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection2
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

92% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written161015202529Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom34
Gambia15
France2
Bangladesh1
Singapore1
Zimbabwe1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB18 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB17 papers
MRC Unit the GambiaGM15 papers
Medical Research CouncilGB14 papers
University of LiverpoolGB4 papers
Zoological Society of LondonGB2 papers
National Medical Research CouncilSG1 paper
Bangladesh Medical Research CouncilBD1 paper
University of SouthamptonGB1 paper
Wellcome TrustGB1 paper

Where they publish

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology14
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene12
The Lancet3
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics2
PubMed2
British Journal Of Nutrition1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
2Zero hunger6
17Partnerships for the goals2
1No poverty1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Mortality and morbidity from malaria among children in a rural area of The Gambia, West Africa
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3
1987631 citationsWorld top 10%
MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE AND SEASON IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
The Lancet3
1984150 citations
BED-NETS (MOSQUITO-NETS) AND MORBIDITY FROM MALARIA

Sequelae of epidemic meningococcal meningitis in Africa

1988Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal46 citations10.1016/0035-9203(88)90459-2

Mortality and morbidity from malaria among children in a rural area of The Gambia, West Africa

1987Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal631 citations10.1016/0035-9203(87)90170-2

Does woodsmoke protect against malaria?

1987Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournal34 citations10.1080/00034983.1987.11812143

Mortality from meningococcal disease during an epidemic in The Gambia, West Africa

1987Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal36 citations10.1016/0035-9203(87)90397-x

A record system for drug administration by illiterate village health workers

1987Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal11 citations10.1016/0035-9203(87)90396-8

Malumfashi Endemic Diseases Research Project XXI

1986Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournalFirst author1 citation10.1080/00034983.1986.11812079

Seasonal variations in the nutritional status of urban Gambian children

1986British Journal Of NutritionJournalOpen accessSenior author55 citations10.1079/bjn19860134

Malaria chemoprophylaxis with chloroquine in young Nigerian children

1985Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournal86 citations10.1080/00034983.1985.11811962

A comparison of chloroquine and pyrimethamine as malaria chemoprophylactics in young Nigerian children

1985Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal7 citations10.1016/0035-9203(85)90203-2

Malaria and haemoglobin genotype in young northern Nigerian children

1985Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournal13 citations10.1080/00034983.1985.11811882

Tuberculin sensitivity in rural Gambian children

1985Annals of Tropical PaediatricsJournal13 citations10.1080/02724936.1985.11748389

The Malumfashi Project—an epidemiological, clinical and laboratory study

1983Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal24 citations10.1016/0035-9203(83)90005-6

Malumfashi Endemic Diseases Research Project, XX

1982Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournalFirst author11 citations10.1080/00034983.1982.11687562

Malumfashi Endemic Diseases Research Project, XIX

1982Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournalFirst author5 citations10.1080/00034983.1982.11687561

Sickle cell trait and the immune response to meningococcal vaccines

1981Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal2 citations10.1016/0035-9203(81)90447-8

Studies with combined meningococcal vaccines

1981Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournal2 citations10.1080/00034983.1981.11687431

Local perceptions of onchocerciasis in the Hawal Valley, Nigeria

1981GeoJournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/bf00191149

The immune response to a meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine in an African village

1980Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal58 citations10.1016/0035-9203(80)90095-4

Malumfashi Endemic Diseases Research Project, XI

1980Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournalSenior author54 citations10.1080/00034983.1980.11687351

The duration of the antibody response to meningococcal vaccination in an African village

1980Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal30 citations10.1016/0035-9203(80)90195-9

An epidemic of meningococcal infection at Zaria, Northern Nigeria. 1. General epidemiological features

1979Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal88 citations10.1016/0035-9203(79)90052-x

Water supply and nutritional status in rural northern Nigeria

1978Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal56 citations10.1016/0035-9203(78)90201-8

Malumfashi Endemic Diseases Research Project, I

1977Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournalFirst author20 citations10.1080/00034983.1977.11687210

How it can be read

8% free to read

Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 34 · 92%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

7 of 37 papers name a funder

Medical Research Council7
Medical Research Council Canada1
Wellcome Trust1

198698 citationsWorld top 10%

Evaluation of a primary health care programme in The Gambia. I. The impact of trained traditional birth attendants on the outcome of pregnancy.

PubMed3

199089 citationsWorld top 10%

An epidemic of meningococcal infection at Zaria, Northern Nigeria. 1. General epidemiological features

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3

197988 citationsWorld top 10%