Ezi A Akaji

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2010, latest 2025

Periodontics
Emergency Medical Services
General Dentistry
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Finance

Publications: 212010–2025
Citations: 221to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 0.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 86%18 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

21 in all

Antimicrobial stewardship competencies in undergraduate dental education: a multicentre cross-sectional study of clinical dental students in Southern Nigeria
2025BMC Medical EducationJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1186/s12909-025-08182-8
Oral health status of outpatients with mental disorders in a specialist tertiary hospital in Enugu State, Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Periodontics1571%
Emergency Medical Services524%
General Dentistry314%
General Health Professions314%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health314%
Finance210%
Oral Surgery210%
Pharmacy210%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology15%
Clinical Psychology15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Dental Health and Care Utilization12
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research9
Dental Research and COVID-193
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations3
Pediatric health and respiratory diseases3
Dental Education, Practice, Research2
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout2
Healthcare Systems and Reforms2
Oral and gingival health research2
Oral Health Pathology and Treatment2
Antibiotic Use and Resistance1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

5% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom1
Russia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG10 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
University of LagosNG2 papers
Belgorod National Research UniversityRU1 paper
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGB1 paper
Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG1 paper
National Open University of NigeriaNG1 paper
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG1 paper
Irrua Specialist Teaching HospitalNG1 paper
University Of Calabar Teaching HospitalNG1 paper

Where they publish

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice4
BMC Oral Health3
PubMed3
Nigerian Journal of Dental Research2
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research1
Annals of Medicine and Surgery1
BMC Medical Education

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being6
1No poverty3
4Quality education2
6Clean water and sanitation2
8Decent work and economic growth1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Halitosis: a review of the literature on its prevalence, impact and control.
PubMed
201459 citations
Access to health services and health inequalities in remote and rural areas
Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Science1
202223 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Oral health status of a sample of prisoners in Enugu: A disadvantaged population
Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research

Geriatric oral health neglect: calculus on the attached gingiva: a case report

2024Annals of Medicine and SurgeryJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1097/ms9.0000000000002230

Access to health services and health inequalities in remote and rural areas

2022Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical ScienceJournalOpen access23 citations10.3126/jmcjms.v10i2.47868

Knowledge and Sociodemographic Predictors of Shisha Smoking Among Students in a Nigerian University

2022Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author14 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_1424_21

Knowledge and practice of health workers to tooth avulsion in a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria

2021Nigerian Journal of Dental ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/njdr.v6i2.7

Assessing dental caries and related factors in 12-year-old Nigerian school children: Report from a Southeastern State

2020European Journal of General DentistryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.4103/ejgd.ejgd_89_19

2020International Journal of Medicine and Health DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_43_19

Women’s Experience and Practice of Oral Health Care During Pregnancy

2016Journal of Dentistry and Oral CareJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.15436/2379-1705.16.035

Oral health status of a sample of prisoners in Enugu: A disadvantaged population

2014Annals of Medical and Health Sciences ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.4103/2141-9248.139365

Tobacco use and oral health of inmates in a Nigerian prison

2013Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author16 citations10.4103/1119-3077.116892

European Journal of General Dentistry1

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 7 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 33%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 10%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 14%Behind a paywall

Open access · Green

Tobacco use and oral health of inmates in a Nigerian prison

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice3

201316 citationsOpen access · Diamond