K.A. Harrison

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1966, latest 2010

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Genetics
Hematology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 261966–2010
Citations: 783to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 2.311.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%7 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 19%5 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

26 in all

La lutte pour réduire la mortalité maternelle élevée au Nigéria
2010TSpace (University of Toronto)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations
The struggle to reduce high maternal mortality in Nigeria.
2009PubMedJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding36 citations

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1662%
Genetics519%
Hematology519%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health415%
General Health Professions312%
Obstetrics and Gynecology312%
Health Information Management28%
Physiology28%
Clinical Biochemistry14%
Clinical Psychology14%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health11
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders5
Iron Metabolism and Disorders5
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Malaria Research and Control2
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions2
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics2
Thermoregulation and physiological responses2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy1
Birth, Development, and Health1
Blood groups and transfusion1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

27% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
United States2
Finland1
France1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Port HarcourtNG14 papers
University of IbadanNG7 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
Helsinki University HospitalFI1 paper
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS1 paper
Conception de Systèmes Mécaniques et RobotiquesFR1 paper
NewYork–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist HospitalUS1 paper
Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsGB1 paper
University of HelsinkiFI1 paper

Where they publish

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology9
The Lancet8
African Journal of Reproductive Health2
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology2
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics1
PubMed1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being13
1No poverty2
4Quality education2
5Gender equality1

Most cited

The prevention of anaemia in pregnancy in primigravidae in the guinea savanna of Nigeria
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology3
1986149 citations
Maternal Mortality in Nigeria: The Real Issues
African Journal of Reproductive Health
1997121 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Maternal mortality in developing countries
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The struggle to reduce high maternal mortality in Nigeria : : commentary

2009African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Maternal Mortality in Nigeria: The Real Issues

1997African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding121 citations10.2307/3583270

The importance of the educated healthy woman in Africa

1997The LancetJournalFirst authorCorresponding64 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(97)02192-2

Women and market forces

1997The LancetJournalFirst author2 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(97)90049-0

Author's reply

1990BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1111/j.1471-0528.1990.tb01725.x

Maternal mortality in developing countries

1989BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding79 citations10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb01567.x

Tropical obstetrics and gynaecology. 2. Maternal mortality

1989Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1016/0035-9203(89)90243-5

Author's reply

1989BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb03399.x

Obstetric fistula: one social calamity too many

1983BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding57 citations10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb08932.x

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS

1980The LancetJournalFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(80)92929-3

NIGERIA

1979The LancetJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(79)92344-4

Sickle Cell Disease in Pregnancy

1976Tropical DoctorJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1177/004947557600600212

MATERNAL ANAEMIA AND FETAL BIRTHWEIGHT

1973BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalFirst author69 citations10.1111/j.1471-0528.1973.tb11221.x

PREGNANCY IN HOMOZYGOUS SICKLE‐CELL ANAEMIA

1972BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournal66 citations10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb14177.x

PREGNANCY IN ABNORMAL HAEMOGLOBINS CC, S‐THALASSAEMIA, SF, CF, DOUBLE HETEROZYGOTES

1972BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournal5 citations10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb14178.x

Observations on Major Circulatory Problems in Severe Anaemia in Pregnancy

1970International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1002/j.1879-3479.1970.tb00157.x

THE HAEMATOCRIT RATIO IN SEVERE ANAEMIA IN PREGNANCY

1968BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1111/j.1471-0528.1968.tb02021.x

SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY IN A PATIENT WITH ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME

1966BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & GynaecologyJournalFirst author5 citations10.1111/j.1471-0528.1966.tb05198.x

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

How it can be read

19% free to read

Diamond 1 · 4%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 21 · 81%Behind a paywall

198979 citationsWorld top 10%

MATERNAL ANAEMIA AND FETAL BIRTHWEIGHT

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology3

197369 citations

PREGNANCY IN HOMOZYGOUS SICKLE‐CELL ANAEMIA

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology3

197266 citations