Ochuwa A Babah

University of Lagos

Also at Lagos University Teaching Hospital and Karolinska Institutetfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

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

Publications: 362013–2026
Citations: 460to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 2.791.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%8 of 36 scored papers
Open access: 89%32 papers free to read

3 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

36 in all

Download CV:PDFWord

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Obstetrics and Gynecology2261%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1644%
Hematology1336%
Genetics1131%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health514%
Oncology38%
Reproductive Medicine38%
Immunology26%
Rheumatology26%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine13%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies14
Iron Metabolism and Disorders12
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders11
Global Maternal and Child Health9
Maternal and fetal healthcare8
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction5
Gestational Diabetes Research and Management4
Endometriosis Research and Treatment3
Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment3
Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics3
Birth, Development, and Health2
Folate and B Vitamins Research2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

58% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written123451112Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States13
United Kingdom12
Sweden11
Belgium10
South Africa4
Guinea3
Tanzania3
Uganda3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG28 papers
Karolinska InstitutetSE11 papers
Instituut voor Tropische GeneeskundeBE10 papers
Harvard UniversityUS9 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB6 papers
University of GreenwichGB4 papers
Institute of Human VirologyNG4 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA4 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Bayero University KanoNG4 papers

Where they publish

BMJ Open4
The Lancet Global Health3
BMJ Global Health2
Cureus2
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal2
Pan African Medical Journal2
PLoS ONE

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being21
1No poverty3
2Zero hunger1

Most cited

‘We are not going to shut down, because we cannot postpone pregnancy’: a mixed-methods study of the provision of maternal healthcare in six referral maternity wards in four sub-Saharan African countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
BMJ Global Health3
202260 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A mixed-methods study of maternal health care utilisation in six referral hospitals in four sub-Saharan African countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
BMJ Global Health3
202259 citationsWorld top 10%

The Lancet Global Health

Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy – An update on Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

2020European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive BiologyJournalOpen access49 citations10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.10.002

Postpartum sequelae of the hypertensive diseases of pregnancy: A pilot study

2018Nigerian Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.4103/nmj.nmj_101_18

Foeto-placental parameters in normal pregnancy and factors affecting them

2018Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4103/npmj.npmj_97_18

Platelet indices in healthy pregnant and nonpregnant Nigerian women

2018Sub-Saharan African Journal of MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4103/ssajm.ssajm_16_18

PREDICTIVE VALUE OF PLASMA FIBRINOGEN AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN LEVELS IN DETERMINING THE SEVERITY OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA

2013FACULTY of OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGYJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine2

How it can be read

89% free to read

Diamond 3 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Gold 24 · 67%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 11%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

18 of 36 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation9
Belgisch Ontwikkelingsagentschap3
Karolinska Institutet3
Fogarty International Center2
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek2
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde2
National Institutes of Health2
Tertiary Education Trust Fund2

Sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy – An update on Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

202049 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid