A E Obiechina

University of Port Harcourt

Also at University of Nigeriafrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1990, latest 2019

Surgery
Oral Surgery
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Ophthalmology
Emergency Medicine
Periodontics

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 401990–2019
Citations: 783to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 22
Field-weighted impact: 0.531.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 28%11 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

40 in all

Clinical evaluation of postoperative fever in patients that had oral and maxillofacial surgery in university of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku–Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria
2019Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_467_18
Maxillofacial Fractures: Etiology, Pattern of Presentation, and Treatment in University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery2460%
Oral Surgery1538%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1025%
Ophthalmology820%
Emergency Medicine410%
Periodontics410%
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine38%
Infectious Diseases38%
Otorhinolaryngology38%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine38%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Facial Trauma and Fracture Management13
Dental Radiography and Imaging8
Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries8
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations7
Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques5
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology5
Head and Neck Anomalies3
Oral and gingival health research3
Oral Health Pathology and Treatment3
Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts3
Tumors and Oncological Cases3
Airway Management and Intubation Techniques2

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

University College Hospital, IbadanNG27 papers
University of IbadanNG10 papers
University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
University of NigeriaNG1 paper
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG1 paper
Ekiti State UniversityNG1 paper
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals ComplexNG1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed22
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery3
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice3
East African Medical Journal2
Oral Surgery2
West African Journal of Medicine2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being28
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1

Most cited

Odontogenic tumours: a 15-year review from Ibadan, Nigeria
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery3
1997139 citations
Incidence and pattern of maxillofacial fractures in the elderly
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery3
200390 citations
Third molar impaction: evaluation of the symptoms and pattern of impaction of mandibular third molar teeth in Nigerians.
PubMed3

Journal of Dental Surgery

Mandibular defect reconstruction with nonvascularized iliac crest bone graft

2012Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author27 citations10.4103/1119-3077.97334

AN UNUSUAL ECTOPIC OSSEOUS TONGUE MASS - A case report.

2012PubMedJournalOpen access0 citations

Epidermoid Cyst of the Tongue Causing Airway Obstruction

2011Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1007/s12663-010-0167-8

Oral manifestation of HIV/AIDS.

2006PubMedJournalSenior author7 citations

Mandibular segmental reconstruction with iliac crest

2004West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author20 citations10.4314/wajm.v22i1.27979

Incidence and pattern of maxillofacial fractures in the elderly

2003International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryJournal90 citations10.1054/ijom.2002.0323

Facial bone fractures in Nigerian children.

2003PubMedJournal8 citations

An Unusual Ocular Injury Following Facial Trauma: A Case Report

2003Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/njcp.v6i1.11149

Chronic Suppurative Osteomyelitis of the Jaws

2003Mary Slessor Journal of MedicineJournalFirst author0 citations10.4314/msjm.v3i1.10993

Necrotizing fasciitis of odontogenic origin in Ibadan, Nigeria

2001British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryJournalFirst author29 citations10.1054/bjom.2000.0585

Fractures of the mandible in children

2001East African Medical JournalJournalOpen access16 citations10.4314/eamj.v78i11.8954

Attitude to facial marks in South Western Nigeria.

2000PubMedJournalFirst author1 citation

Coexisting congenital sublingual dermoid and bronchogenic cyst

1999British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryJournalFirst author28 citations10.1054/bjom.1998.0320

Temporomandibular joint ankylosis in south western Nigeria.

1999PubMedJournalFirst author8 citations

Pattern of occurrence of odontogenic cysts in Nigerians.

1998PubMedJournalSenior author19 citations

Odontogenic tumours: a 15-year review from Ibadan, Nigeria

1997British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryJournalSenior author139 citations10.1016/s0266-4356(97)90411-3

Paraesthesia after mandibular third molar extractions in Nigerians.

1990PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations

African Journal of Biomedical Research

Dental Traumatology1

How it can be read

28% free to read

Diamond 5 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 29 · 73%Behind a paywall

Necrotizing fasciitis of odontogenic origin in Ibadan, Nigeria

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery3

200129 citations