Hafsat R Ahmad

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Genetics
Hematology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Health Information Management
Oncology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Publications: 222012–2026
Citations: 59to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.321.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%1 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 64%14 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

22 in all

Awareness, acceptability and factors associated with newborn screening for sickle cell disease among pregnant women in a Northern Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
2026Frontiers in HematologyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.3389/frhem.2025.1717662
Awareness and Acceptability of Prenatal Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease among Mothers of Affected Children in a Northern Nigerian Teaching Hospital

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics1359%
Hematology732%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health732%
Health Information Management314%
Oncology314%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health314%
Genetics29%
Physiology29%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine29%
Sensory Systems29%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders13
Iron Metabolism and Disorders7
Global Maternal and Child Health4
Blood groups and transfusion3
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research2
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life2
Global Health and Epidemiology2
Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics2
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare1
Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments1
Bone and Joint Diseases1
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

27% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5
United States3
Italy2
Denmark1
Japan1
Tanzania1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG20 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Evelina London Children's HealthcareGB3 papers
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustGB3 papers
King's College LondonGB2 papers
Fondazione per la Ricerca Farmacologica Gianni Benzi OnlusIT2 papers
Bayero University KanoNG2 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB1 paper
National Institute for Health and Care ResearchGB1 paper
NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research CentreGB1 paper

Where they publish

Hemato3
Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine3
Annals of Tropical Pathology2
Sahel Medical Journal2
Annals of African Medical Research1
Annals of African Medicine1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being9
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

The genetic dissection of fetal haemoglobin persistence in sickle cell disease in Nigeria
Human Molecular Genetics3
202414 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Pattern and outcomes of childhood malignancies at Ahmadu bello university teaching hospital, Zaria
Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine3
201613 citations
Hematological parameters of children with sickle cell anemia in steady and crisis states in Zaria, Nigeria

Open Research Europe

Childhood leukemia outcomes in a low-resource tertiary care setting

2021The Egyptian Journal of HaematologyJournalSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.4103/ejh.ejh_53_20

The use of Virtual Media in Postgraduate Medical Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021Nigerian Journal of General PracticeJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.4103/njgp.njgp_19_20

The use of hydroxycarbamide in children with sickle cell anemia

2018Sahel Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4103/smj.smj_29_18

Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma in an Adolescent with Sickle Cell Anaemia

2017Case Reports in Oncological MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1155/2017/2129450

Pattern and outcomes of childhood malignancies at Ahmadu bello university teaching hospital, Zaria

2016Sub-Saharan African Journal of MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.4103/2384-5147.190836

Assessment of tuberculin reactivity of BCG-vaccinated infants in Zaria, Nigeria

2014Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.JournalSenior author4 citations10.4103/0331-8540.140360

Familial congenital glaucoma and epilepsy: a case series.

2012Nigerian Journal of PaediatricsJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/njp.v39i4.10

Case Reports in Oncological Medicine

Frontiers in Hematology1

How it can be read

64% free to read

Diamond 4 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 9%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 36%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 22 papers name a funder

European Commission3
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council1
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme1
King's College London1
King’s College Hospital Charity1
Medical Research Council1
Musculoskeletal Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis1
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute1

Annals of Tropical Pathology3

Assessment of tuberculin reactivity of BCG-vaccinated infants in Zaria, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.2

20144 citations