H.C. Whittle

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 1971, latest 2012

Epidemiology
Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 511971–2012
Citations: 3,264to those papers
h-index: 28i10-index 38
Field-weighted impact: 2.441.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 27%14 of 51 scored papers
Open access: 31%16 papers free to read

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

51 in all

Placental malaria is associated with attenuated CD4 T-cell responses to tuberculin PPD 12 months after BCG vaccination
2012BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access21 citations10.1186/1471-2334-12-6
Immunological impact of an additional early measles vaccine in Gambian children: Responses to a boost at 3 years
2012

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology3161%
Microbiology2345%
Infectious Diseases1325%
Immunology1224%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health714%
Health612%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging48%
Hematology36%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine36%
Ecology24%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Bacterial Infections and Vaccines23
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections16
Virology and Viral Diseases11
Immune responses and vaccinations7
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy6
Amoebic Infections and Treatments4
Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications4
Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders3
Respiratory viral infections research3
Trypanosoma species research and implications3
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions2
Dermatological diseases and infestations2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

41% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom17
Denmark7
Gambia7
Senegal4
France3
Guinea-Bissau3
Netherlands2
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Statens Serum InstitutDK7 papers
MRC Unit the GambiaGM7 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG7 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB6 papers
Medical Research CouncilGB5 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB4 papers
Cheikh Anta Diop UniversitySN3 papers
Bandim Health ProjectGW3 papers
National Institute for Public Health and the EnvironmentNL2 papers
University of OxfordGB2 papers

Where they publish

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene16
BMJ7
The Lancet7
Journal of Clinical Pathology4
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology3
American Journal of Epidemiology2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being39
2Zero hunger3
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

HIV-specific cytotoxic T-cells in HIV-exposed but uninfected Gambian women
Nature Medicine3
1995745 citationsWorld top 10%
Non-specific beneficial effect of measles immunisation: analysis of mortality studies from developing countries
BMJ
1995350 citationsOpen access · Green
Non-specific effects of standard measles vaccine at 4.5 and 9 months of age on childhood mortality: randomised controlled trial
BMJ

Waning of Vaccine-induced Immunity: Is It a Problem in Africa?

1999American Journal of EpidemiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009813

Hepatitis-B virus infection in children and adults in Northern Nigeria: a preliminary survey

1981Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author27 citations10.1016/0035-9203(81)90133-4

Sickle cell trait and the immune response to meningococcal vaccines

1981Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal2 citations10.1016/0035-9203(81)90447-8

The pathogenesis of sleeping sickness

1980Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author108 citations10.1016/0035-9203(80)90184-4

The immune response to a meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine in an African village

1980Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal58 citations10.1016/0035-9203(80)90095-4

The duration of the antibody response to meningococcal vaccination in an African village

1980Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal30 citations10.1016/0035-9203(80)90195-9

Immune complexes in Gambian sleeping sickness

1980Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author7 citations10.1016/0035-9203(80)90228-x

Polymorphonuclear leucocyte function in measles

1980Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author3 citations10.1016/0035-9203(80)90118-2

An epidemic of meningococcal infection at Zaria, Northern Nigeria. 1. General epidemiological features

1979Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal88 citations10.1016/0035-9203(79)90052-x

Single injection treatment of meningococcal meningitis 2. Long-acting chloramphenicol

1979Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal43 citations10.1016/0035-9203(79)90024-5

An epidemic of meningococcal infection at Zaria, Northern Nigeria. 3. Meningococcal carriage

1979Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal38 citations10.1016/0035-9203(79)90054-3

An epidemic of meningococcal infection at Zaria, Northern Nigeria. 2. The changing clinical pattern

1979Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalSenior author22 citations10.1016/0035-9203(79)90053-1

Single injection treatment of meningococcal meningitis 1. Long-acting penicillin

1979Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal34 citations10.1016/0035-9203(79)90023-3

Meningococcal infection and proteolytic control.

1978Journal of Clinical PathologyJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1136/jcp.31.12.1177

Comparative study of group A and group C meningococcal infection.

1977Archives of Disease in ChildhoodJournalOpen access36 citations10.1136/adc.52.4.320

Cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulins and complement in meningococcal meningitis.

1977Journal of Clinical PathologyJournalOpen accessFirst author25 citations10.1136/jcp.30.8.720

IgM deficiency in Nigerians

1977Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal0 citations10.1016/0035-9203(77)90061-x

The bacteriological diagnosis of pyogenic meningitis from cerebrospinal fluid dried on filter paper

1976Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author7 citations10.1016/0035-9203(76)90042-0

Antigen-Negative Meningitis due to Group A Neisseria meningitidis

1974The Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalSenior author21 citations10.1093/infdis/129.2.201

MICROBIAL-ANTIGEN DETECTION

1974The LancetJournalSenior author0 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(74)91925-4

Immunosuppression in Gambian trypanosomiasis

1973Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal116 citations10.1016/0035-9203(73)90013-8

Scabies, pyoderma and nephritis in Zaria, Nigeria. A clinical and epidemiological study

1973Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author39 citations10.1016/0035-9203(73)90112-0

The febrile response to treatment in Gambian sleeping sickness

1972Annals of Tropical Medicine and ParasitologyJournalFirst author19 citations10.1080/00034983.1972.11686792

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

How it can be read

31% free to read

Gold 1 · 2%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 11 · 22%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 35 · 69%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

14 of 51 papers name a funder

Medical Research Council12
Foreign and Commonwealth Office2
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
Danish International Development Agency1
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond1
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases1
National Institutes of Health1
Rockefeller Foundation1

2010287 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

MORTALITY FROM PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

The Lancet3

1976120 citationsWorld top 10%