Chiemezie S. Atama

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2014, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
General Health Professions
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Health
Clinical Psychology

Publications: 312014–2025
Citations: 2,818to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 15.061.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 42%13 of 31 scored papers
Open access: 74%23 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

Publications

31 in all

The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis
2025Evolution and Human BehaviorJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106672
A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1239%
General Health Professions929%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology826%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health723%
Health619%
Clinical Psychology516%
Gender Studies516%
Social Psychology516%
Applied Psychology26%
Cognitive Neuroscience26%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior7
Global Maternal and Child Health7
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health5
Health disparities and outcomes4
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics3
Cultural Differences and Values3
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences3
Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation3
COVID-19 epidemiological studies2
Gender Roles and Identity Studies2
Global Health Care Issues2
Healthcare Systems and Reforms2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

55% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written10111213141516Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States13
Russia12
Uganda12
Australia12
Poland12
Pakistan12
Turkey12
Algeria12

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of WrocławPL12 papers
Australian National UniversityAU12 papers
Gulu UniversityUG12 papers
University of TartuEE11 papers
University of the PunjabPK11 papers
Istanbul UniversityTR11 papers
Stockholm UniversitySE11 papers
University Ferhat Abbas of SetifDZ11 papers
Institute of Anthropology and EthnographyRU10 papers
Comenius University BratislavaSK10 papers

Where they publish

African Journal of Reproductive Health2
Evolution and Human Behavior2
Scientific Reports2
Archives of Business Research1
Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies1
BMC Health Services Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality7
3Good health and well-being6
1No poverty3
8Decent work and economic growth2
10Reduced inequalities2
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries
Scientific Reports
20191,774 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Sex Differences in Mate Preferences Across 45 Countries: A Large-Scale Replication
Psychological Science5
2020343 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Conservatism Negatively Predicts Creativity: A Study Across 28 Countries

2024Journal of Cross-Cultural PsychologyJournalOpen access3 citations10.1177/00220221241238321

Job crafting and boredom as mediators of the relationship between occupational self-efficacy and work engagement

2023IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African StudiesJournalOpen access3 citations10.53836/ijia/2023/24/1/001

DETERMINANTS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG WOWEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN AJAOKUTA VILLAGE, KOGI STATE

2023International Journal of Applied Research in Social SciencesJournalOpen access2 citations10.51594/ijarss.v5i8.574

Affective Interpersonal Touch in Close Relationships: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

2021Personality and Social Psychology BulletinJournalOpen access130 citations10.1177/0146167220988373

Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios

2021Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesJournalOpen access45 citations10.1098/rspb.2021.1115

Reasons for Facebook Usage: Data From 46 Countries

2020Frontiers in PsychologyJournalOpen access34 citations10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711

Issues in Population Management in Nigerian Development

2014Asian Journal of Humanities and Social StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations

Community Health Equity Research & Policy1

How it can be read

74% free to read

Diamond 5 · 16%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 23%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 23%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 26%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

12 of 31 papers name a funder

National Foundation for Science and Technology Development5
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund4
National Natural Science Foundation of China4
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki3
National Science Foundation3
Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej2
International Development Research Centre2
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS2

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin5

2021130 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) for adolescents in Enugu state, Nigeria: a mixed methods approach

BMC Health Services Research3

2018114 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold