Francis Ibe Ojini

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at University of Lagos and Lagos University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2002, latest 2025

Epidemiology
Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Physiology
Surgery
Virology

Publications: 382002–2025
Citations: 966to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 20
Field-weighted impact: 1.351.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%3 of 38 scored papers
Open access: 47%18 papers free to read

4 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

38 in all

Large-scale genetic characterization of Parkinson’s disease in the African and African admixed populations
2025BrainJournalOpen access3 citations10.1093/brain/awaf379
Relationship of serum Vitamin D levels to the severity of tension-type headache
2025Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology1642%
Neurology1129%
Psychiatry and Mental health616%
Physiology513%
Surgery513%
Virology513%
Pathology and Forensic Medicine411%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine411%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience38%
Emergency Medicine38%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management12
HIV Research and Treatment5
Medical Case Reports and Studies5
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments5
Epilepsy research and treatment3
Global Health and Epidemiology3
Migraine and Headache Studies3
Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research3
Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies3
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery3
Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders2
Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

24% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom9
United States4
Germany2
Armenia1
Brazil1
Canada1
Chile1
Japan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of LagosNG32 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG19 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG9 papers
University of IlorinNG8 papers
University of CalabarNG8 papers
University Of Calabar Teaching HospitalNG8 papers
University of Ilorin Teaching HospitalNG7 papers
Irrua Specialist Teaching HospitalNG7 papers
University College LondonGB6 papers
UCL Queen Square Institute of NeurologyGB6 papers

Where they publish

PubMed6
Neurology3
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3
Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine3
AIDS Research and Treatment2
Journal of the Neurological Sciences2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being25
1No poverty1
4Quality education1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Identification of genetic risk loci and causal insights associated with Parkinson's disease in African and African admixed populations: a genome-wide association study
The Lancet Neurology
2023164 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Stroke in South West Nigeria
Stroke3
2005131 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Headache in Medical Students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria

Relationship of Serum Vitamin D Levels to the Severity of Migraine

2024Nigerian Journal of MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/njm.njm_45_24

Renal dysfunction and 30-day mortality risk in patients with acute stroke

2019African Journal of NephrologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.21804/22-1-3291

Management of Ischaemic Stroke: The Role of the Neurosurgeon

2011West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.4314/wajm.v29i3.68210

Stroke in young adults: report of three cases and review of literature

2006Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalFirst author2 citations10.4103/1117-1936.180510

Stroke in South West Nigeria

2005StrokeJournalOpen access131 citations10.1161/01.str.0000166182.50840.31

Recent developments in neurology

2002BMJJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1136/bmj.325.7360.366/b

African Journal of AIDS Research

African Journal of Nephrology1

How it can be read

47% free to read

Diamond 4 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 16%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 20 · 53%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 38 papers name a funder

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research4
National Human Genome Research Institute3
National Institutes of Health3
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s2
Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg2
Medical Research Council2
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke2
National Institute on Aging2

Post-stroke depression: Prevalence, associated factors and impact on quality of life among outpatients in a Nigerian hospital

South African Journal of Psychiatry1

201852 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold