Maria Garba

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 2018, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Sociology and Political Science
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Publications: 142018–2026
Citations: 88to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.331.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 21%3 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 71%10 papers free to read

3 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

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

Career

On their papers

Publications

14 in all

Age distribution of respiratory syncytial virus disease in children younger than 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
2026The Lancet Child & Adolescent HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/s2352-4642(25)00349-9
Prevalence, treatment rates and control of dyslipidemia among diabetes patients in northern Nigeria: A cross-sectional, multicenter study

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology964%
Infectious Diseases429%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health321%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine321%
Sociology and Political Science321%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism214%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health214%
Animal Science and Zoology17%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology17%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine17%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Respiratory viral infections research6
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections3
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases2
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies2
Delphi Technique in Research2
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins2
Tracheal and airway disorders2
Animal Virus Infections Studies1
Antibiotic Use and Resistance1
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus1
Child Abuse and Related Trauma1
Child Abuse and Trauma1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

43% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom4
Netherlands4
Argentina3
Nepal3
United States3
Bangladesh2
Canada2
Spain2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG7 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG5 papers
University Medical Center UtrechtNL4 papers
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa UniversityNG4 papers
Bayero University KanoNG4 papers
Hospital General de Niños Ricardo GutierrezAR3 papers
McMaster UniversityCA2 papers
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchBD2 papers
University of EdinburghGB2 papers
Colorado School of Public HealthUS2 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases2
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal2
BMC Infectious Diseases1
BMJ Open1
Frontiers in Pediatrics1
Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.1
Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics1
PLoS ONE1

How it can be read

71% free to read

Diamond 2 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 50%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 4 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 14 papers name a funder

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty4
3Good health and well-being4
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
5Gender equality1

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Performance of school health programme in Nigeria: A situation analysis

2023Nigerian Journal of PaediatricsJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/njp.v50i1.2

Impacted corncob in the anus: An unusual presentation of child sexual abuse

2020Sahel Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4103/smj.smj_36_18

Severe necrotising pneumonia in a toddler: A rare presentation with dual bacterial aetiology

2019Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.4103/npmj.npmj_1_19

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Ahmadu Bello University1

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev1

Cidara Therapeutics1

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary1

Dalhousie University1

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University1