Efetobo Victor Orikpete

University of Port Harcourt

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Oral Surgery
Rheumatology
Emergency Medical Services
Periodontics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions

Publications: 212014–2026
Citations: 384to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 2.341.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%3 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 100%21 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

21 in all

Apicoetomy Practice Patterns and Diagnostic Accuracy in Periapical Lesions: Insights from a Fifteen-Year Review at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
2026Journal of Biosciences and MedicinesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.4236/jbm.2026.143037
`This is our country and somehow, we have to make it work’: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of the enablers of non-migration and return migration in a cohort of Nigerian medical doctors and dentists

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Oral Surgery1048%
Rheumatology629%
Emergency Medical Services524%
Periodontics419%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health419%
General Health Professions314%
Surgery314%
Molecular Biology210%
Oncology210%
Otorhinolaryngology210%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology8
Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments5
Dental Health and Care Utilization4
Global Health Workforce Issues4
dental development and anomalies2
Dental Education, Practice, Research2
Dental Radiography and Imaging2
Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments2
Global Health and Surgery2
Migration and Labor Dynamics2
Oral and Craniofacial Lesions2
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

29% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5
United States4
Canada4
Gambia3
Switzerland2
Chile1
Brazil1
Saudi Arabia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalNG8 papers
University of Benin Teaching HospitalNG5 papers
University of NigeriaNG5 papers
Rivers State UniversityNG5 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB4 papers
University of BeninNG4 papers
Federal Medical CentreNG4 papers
Medical Research CouncilGB3 papers
Dartmouth CollegeUS3 papers
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical PracticeUS3 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Biosciences and Medicines5
BMC Oral Health2
Global Health Action2
Nigerian Journal of Medicine2
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research1
BMJ Global Health1
BMJ Open

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
10Reduced inequalities4
5Gender equality2
1No poverty1
4Quality education1

Most cited

Drivers of health workers’ migration, intention to migrate and non-migration from low/middle-income countries, 1970–2022: a systematic review
BMJ Global Health10
2023158 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Distribution and Frequency of Salivary Gland Tumours: An International Multicenter Study
Head and Neck Pathology3
2022158 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

2026Global Health ActionJournalOpen access0 citations10.1080/16549716.2026.2623345

Pattern of Tooth Wear Lesions and Associated Risk Factors among Adults in Port Harcourt

2025Journal of Biosciences and MedicinesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.4236/jbm.2025.134008

Audit of oral neoplasms in children and young adults in Nigeria

2024BMC Oral HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12903-024-04958-4

Radiographic assessment of postorthodontic complications in a Nigerian population

2023Nigerian Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4103/njm.njm_30_23

Histopathologic Analysis of Gingival Lesions: A 10-Year Retrospective Study

2021Oral Health & Dental ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.33425/2639-9490.1075

Calretinin Expression in Unicystic Ameloblastoma and Odontogenic Cysts

2020Journal of Biosciences and MedicinesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4236/jbm.2020.84010

Odontogenic Cysts in Port Harcourt, Nigeria: a 10-year retrospective Study

2020Nigerian Journal of Dental ResearchJournalOpen access1 citation

Analysis of tooth mortality among Nigerian children in a tertiary hospital setting

2014Annals of Medical and Health Sciences ResearchJournalOpen access18 citations10.4103/2141-9248.133457

Head and Neck Pathology1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 9 · 43%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 38%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 14%A copy in a repository

Who funds it

1 of 21 papers name a funder

King Saud University1

Analysis of tooth mortality among Nigerian children in a tertiary hospital setting

Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research3

201418 citationsOpen access · Green