Veronica Chinyere Ezeaka

University of Lagos

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Epidemiology
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 1232003–2026
Citations: 1,785to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 60
Field-weighted impact: 2.821.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%27 of 123 scored papers
Open access: 76%93 papers free to read

13 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

123 in all

Correlation of cardiac troponin T level, clinical parameters and myocardial ischaemia in perinatal asphyxia
2013Nigerian Journal of PaediatricsJournalOpen access3 citations10.4314/njp.v40i2.11
Paediatricians’ perspectives on global health priorities for newborn care in a developing country: a national survey from Nigeria
2012

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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 Health7359%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3327%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2823%
General Health Professions2319%
Epidemiology2218%
Nutrition and Dietetics1613%
Emergency Medicine1411%
Infectious Diseases1411%
Obstetrics and Gynecology1311%
Physiology1311%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health39
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research29
Infant Development and Preterm Care18
Child Nutrition and Water Access12
Neonatal and Maternal Infections11
Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare10
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology9
Neonatal Health and Biochemistry9
Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare9
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction8
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences7
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders7

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-written123451934Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States52
United Kingdom41
Kenya34
Tanzania21
Malawi19
South Africa7
India4
Uganda3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG65 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB22 papers
Rice UniversityUS20 papers
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesTZ20 papers
University of IbadanNG17 papers
Kenya Medical Research InstituteKE17 papers
Ifakara Health InstituteTZ16 papers
Kamuzu University of Health SciencesMW15 papers
Aga Khan University NairobiKE14 papers
AIDS Prevention Initiative in NigeriaNG13 papers

Where they publish

BMC Pediatrics9
PubMed6
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal5
Pan African Medical Journal5
PEDIATRICS5
PLoS ONE5
BMJ Open

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being44
1No poverty10
2Zero hunger10
17Partnerships for the goals10
8Decent work and economic growth6
4Quality education2
5Gender equality1
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Most cited

Small and sick newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic: global survey and thematic analysis of healthcare providers’ voices and experiences
BMJ Global Health
2021131 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Preterm care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative risk analysis of neonatal deaths averted by kangaroo mother care versus mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection
EClinicalMedicine
202195 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Ending Preventable Neonatal Deaths: Multicountry Evidence to Inform Accelerated Progress to the Sustainable Development Goal by 2030

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Kidney function of HIV‐infected children in Lagos, Nigeria: using Filler's serum cystatin C‐based formula

2010Journal of the International AIDS SocietyJournalOpen accessSenior author23 citations10.1186/1758-2652-13-17

The Impact of Recycled Neonatal Incubators in Nigeria: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study

2010International Journal of PediatricsJournalOpen access15 citations10.1155/2010/269293

T-Lymphocyte Subsets in Apparently Healthy Nigerian Children

2010International Journal of PediatricsJournalOpen access10 citations10.1155/2010/474380

Plasma magnesium and calcium levels in children with epilepsy in Lagos

2007Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.4103/1117-1936.177164

Why our children die: a review of paediatric mortality in a tertiary centre in Lagos, Nigeria

2005Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital MedicineJournalFirst author13 citations10.4314/nqjhm.v13i1.12502

Maternal socio-biological factors associated with low birth weight in Lagos, Nigeria

2005Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital MedicineJournalFirst author3 citations10.4314/nqjhm.v13i1.12506

Anthropometric measurements in the detection of low birth weight infants in Lagos

2003Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author27 citations10.4103/1117-1936.174143

How it can be read

76% free to read

Diamond 18 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 55 · 45%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 14 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 30 · 24%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

39 of 123 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation18
Medical Research Council17
Children's Investment Fund Foundation14
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation14
Lemelson Foundation14
Rice University14
Sall Family Foundation12
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Family Foundation12

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

202386 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Characteristics and risk factors of preterm births in a tertiary center in Lagos, Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal3

201676 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold