S.O. Ike

University of Nigeria

Also at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2003, latest 2025

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Health Information Management
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Genetics
General Health Professions
Epidemiology

Publications: 572003–2025
Citations: 629to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 0.541.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 4%2 of 57 scored papers
Open access: 58%33 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

57 in all

Synopsis and Pregnancy Outcome of Decompensated Heart Failure in Pregnancy at a Tertiary Health Care Centre in South-Eastern Nigeria: A Retrospective Study
2025Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_415_24
Prehypertension, Hypertension, and Lifestyle Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Clergymen and Wives in a Rural Nigerian Community: An Opportunity for Early Intervention

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2646%
Health Information Management916%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine916%
Genetics814%
General Health Professions712%
Epidemiology611%
Hematology611%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health611%
Surgery611%
Physiology59%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies17
Global Health and Epidemiology9
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders8
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors5
Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control5
Congenital Heart Disease Studies5
Iron Metabolism and Disorders5
Medical Case Reports and Studies5
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins4
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments3
Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications3
Global Health Care Issues3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG47 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG3 papers
University of Uyo Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG2 papers
Federal Medical Centre KeffiNG1 paper
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeNG1 paper
University of BeninNG1 paper
University of IlorinNG1 paper
Imo State UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

PubMed13
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice5
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa4
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene4
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)3
Nigerian Journal of Medicine

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being34
1No poverty3
17Partnerships for the goals3
4Quality education2
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
6Clean water and sanitation1
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Most cited

Comparison of haematological parameters determined by the Sysmex KX - 2IN automated haematology analyzer and the manual counts
BMC Clinical Pathology4
201048 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Knowledge, perceptions and practices of lifestyle-modification measures among adult hypertensives in Nigeria
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene1
200948 citations
Prevalence of hypertension and its complications among medical admissions at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu (Study 2).

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development

Clinical and echocardiographic findings in a crosssectional study of HIV-infected adults in Enugu, Nigeria

2021Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access3 citations10.5830/cvja-2020-065

Cardiovascular diseases in Nigeria: What has happened in the past 20 years?

2020Nigerian Journal of CardiologyJournalSenior author19 citations10.4103/njc.njc_33_19

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS STUDY OF COMBINED ANTIHYPERTENSIVES FOR NIGERIAN PATIENTS

2020Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i6.37399

Electrocardiographic findings in a cross-sectional study of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Enugu, south-east Nigeria

2016Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access27 citations10.5830/cvja-2016-007

Programing the rewinding of a three-phase induction motor stator using interactive computer-aided design technique

2015International Journal of Engineering & TechnologyJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.14419/ijet.v4i2.3946

Medical causes of death in a teaching hospital in South-Eastern Nigeria: A 16 year review

2014Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author22 citations10.4103/1119-3077.144383

An evaluation of ankle-brachial blood pressure index in adult Nigerians with sickle cell anaemia

2012Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access3 citations10.5830/cvja-2011-013

Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in a Predialysis Patient Population

2011West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.4314/wajm.v29i4.68231

P-wave dispersion : relationship to left ventricular function in sickle cell anaemia

2011Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access2 citations10.5830/cvja-2010-047

Knowledge, perceptions and practices of lifestyle-modification measures among adult hypertensives in Nigeria

2009Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst author48 citations10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.07.029

One year echocardiographic study of rheumatic heart disease at Enugu, Nigeria

2008Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalSenior author14 citations10.4103/1117-1936.181049

Echocardiographic analysis of valvular heart diseases over one decade in Nigeria

2008Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.008

The prevalence and correlates of hypertension in a theological college in Africa

2008Nigerian Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.4314/njm.v17i1.37364

Work attitudes and perceptions of South Eastern Nigerian health workers.

2008PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

The health workforce crisis: the brain drain scourge.

2007PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding27 citations

Misuse and abuse of topical steroids: implications

2007Expert Review of DermatologyJournalSenior author7 citations10.1586/17469872.2.1.31

The prevalence of diastolic dysfunction in adult hypertensive Nigerians

2006Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.4314/gmj.v40i2.36018

Echocardiography in Nigeria: experience from University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu

2006West African journal of radiologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.4314/wajr.v10i1.34197

Orient Journal of Medicine3

Nigerian Journal of Cardiology2

How it can be read

58% free to read

Diamond 13 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 11 · 19%A copy in a repository
Closed 24 · 42%Behind a paywall

Affordable and clean energy

The pattern of admissions into the medical wards of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu (2).

PubMed3

200842 citationsWorld top 10%

Arterial blood pressure in adult Nigerians with sickle cell anemia

Journal of Cardiology3

201034 citationsOpen access · Bronze