Iorhen E. Akase

University of Lagos

Also at Lagos University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Infectious Diseases
Neurology
Epidemiology
Emergency Medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Publications: 412015–2026
Citations: 471to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 1.131.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 15%6 of 41 scored papers
Open access: 78%32 papers free to read

9 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

Citations received each year

Career

On their papers

Publications

41 in all

A cross-continental comparative analysis of the neurological manifestations of Long COVID
2026Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceJournalOpen access2 citations10.3389/fnhum.2025.1760173
P-274. An Assessment of the Agreement between Qualitative and Quantitative Measures of CD4 Counts Amongst Persons Screened for an Advanced HIV Clinical Trial in Nigeria

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases2561%
Neurology1127%
Epidemiology1024%
Emergency Medicine615%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health512%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine410%
General Health Professions410%
Obstetrics and Gynecology410%
Oncology410%
Virology410%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies14
Long-Term Effects of COVID-1911
HIV-related health complications and treatments5
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions5
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction4
Fungal Infections and Studies4
HIV Research and Treatment4
Antifungal resistance and susceptibility3
Diverse Scientific Research Studies3
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders3
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research3
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

34% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States11
United Kingdom3
South Africa3
India2
Austria1
Brazil1
Colombia1
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG32 papers
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG9 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG8 papers
Lagos State University Teaching HospitalNG7 papers
Lagos State Ministry of HealthNG5 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG5 papers
University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS3 papers
Northwestern UniversityUS3 papers

Where they publish

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3
PubMed3
African Health Sciences2
PLoS ONE2
Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine2
African Journal of AIDS Research1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being26
1No poverty4
2Zero hunger2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Ivermectin shows clinical benefits in mild to moderate COVID19: a randomized controlled double-blind, dose-response study in Lagos
QJM3
202180 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Presenting Symptoms and Predictors of Poor Outcomes Among 2,184 Patients with COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria
International Journal of Infectious Diseases1
202058 citationsOpen access · Gold

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Iron nutrition and COVID-19 among Nigerian healthcare workers

2024Evolution Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/emph/eoae034

Clinical Predictors of Covid-19 Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria: A Retrospective Cohort Study

2023Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_454_22

Long COVID-19: A Call for Action

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.5281/zenodo.7008149

Predictors and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with hypoxemia in Lagos, Nigeria

2021Journal of the Pan African Thoracic SocietyJournalOpen access5 citations10.25259/jpats_25_2021

Malnutrition in HIV: Are patients in early stages of disease and with high CD4 counts spared?

2019Sub-Saharan African Journal of MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4103/ssajm.ssajm_24_18

Cryptococcal meningitis after ART: Need for proper baseline evaluation in the era of ‘Test & Treat’

2019Medical Mycology Case ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.003

Occurrence of hypocortisolism in HIV patients: Is the picture changing?

2018Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.4314/gmj.v52i3.7

Immune Dysfunction in HIV: A Possible Role for Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines in HIV Staging

2017Journal of Immunology ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1155/2017/4128398

Pattern and outcome of tetanus in a tertiary health facility in Northwest Nigeria

2017Journal of Medicine in the TropicsJournalSenior author2 citations10.4103/jomt.jomt_46_16

African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology

Annals of African Medicine1

How it can be read

78% free to read

Diamond 9 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 19 · 46%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 9 · 22%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

7 of 41 papers name a funder

World Health Organization2
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit1
Center for African Studies1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation1
Fogarty International Center1
Harvard University1
Medical Research Council1

202149 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Prevalence of Histoplasmosis among Persons with Advanced HIV Disease, Nigeria

Emerging infectious diseases3

202245 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond