Isa Abdulkadir

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Genetics
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 501970–2026
Citations: 312to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 9
Field-weighted impact: 1.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 12%6 of 50 scored papers
Open access: 54%27 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

50 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 access0 citations10.3389/frhem.2025.1717662
Congenital neuroblastoma with in-utero metastases: A report of a rare case
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2550%
Epidemiology1020%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1020%
Genetics714%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine714%
Nutrition and Dietetics612%
Surgery612%
General Health Professions48%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging48%
Health36%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Neonatal Health and Biochemistry11
Global Maternal and Child Health7
Neonatal and Maternal Infections7
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders6
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology4
Infant Nutrition and Health3
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research3
Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments3
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment3
Birth, Development, and Health2
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

38% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written13467910Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States12
United Kingdom9
Kenya6
India1
China1
Gambia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG35 papers
University of MinnesotaUS9 papers
Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineGB7 papers
Alder Hey Children's HospitalGB6 papers
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation TrustGB6 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG6 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG6 papers
Bayero University KanoNG6 papers
University of LagosNG5 papers
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa UniversityNG5 papers

Where they publish

PubMed5
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection3
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics3
Journal of African Neonatology2
Journal of Clinical Neonatology2
Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being18
2Zero hunger6
1No poverty3
17Partnerships for the goals3
5Gender equality2
4Quality education1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya
PLoS ONE3
202146 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Patterns of acute bilirubin encephalopathy in Nigeria: a multicenter pre-intervention study
Journal of Perinatology3
201844 citationsWorld top 10%

Journal of African Neonatology

Neonatal sepsis-a peek into our findings in Northwest Nigeria: a prospective study

2024Egyptian Pediatric Association GazetteJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1186/s43054-024-00294-y

The Role of Procalcitonin in Neonatal Sepsis-examining Facts and Misconceptions

2024Journal of Clinical NeonatologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4103/jcn.jcn_7_24

Glomerular Filtration Rate in Sick Neonates: A Focus on Cystatin C

2024Journal of Clinical NeonatologyJournalOpen access1 citation10.4103/jcn.jcn_33_24

Marked variability in institutional deliveries and neonatal outcomes during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria

2023Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournal0 citations10.1093/trstmh/trad030

Phototherapy in a Low-Resource Setting

2022Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-030-99955-1_5

Neonatal Eye Shielding during Phototherapy: What Protects the Eye Better?

2021Journal of Tropical PediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1093/tropej/fmab101

Impact of Climate Change on Rheological Properties of Bitumen

2020Open Journal of Civil EngineeringJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.4236/ojce.2020.102009

Making Locally Fabricated Phototherapy Devices Work Better

2019Journal of Tropical PediatricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1093/tropej/fmz026

Influence of maternal educational instruction on mothers' knowledge about neonatal jaundice

2018Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.JournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4103/njbcs.njbcs_41_17

Common Neonatal Emergencies in Zaria

2017Sub-Saharan African Journal of MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4103/ssajm.ssajm_14_17

Malaria rapid diagnostic test in children: The Zamfara, Nigeria experience

2015Nigerian Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.4103/0300-1652.169744

Disease progress ofJatrophadieback caused byFusariumsp. in Samaru, Zaria

2014Archives of Phytopathology and Plant ProtectionJournalSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/03235408.2014.880572

The incidence and severity ofJatrophadieback disease in Zaria, Nigeria

2013Archives of Phytopathology and Plant ProtectionJournalSenior authorCorresponding8 citations10.1080/03235408.2012.755760

The incidence and severity of Jatropha dieback disease in Zaria, Nigeria.

2013Agricultural JournalJournalSenior author2 citations

Identification and host range of causal agent of dieback disease onJatropha curcas

2012Archives of Phytopathology and Plant ProtectionJournalSenior author4 citations10.1080/03235408.2012.657892

Child Sexual Abuse in Minna, Niger State Nigeria

2011Nigerian Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations

The mantoux test: should we change the site?

2006Tropical DoctorJournalSenior author2 citations10.1258/004947506775598860

Short Communication: Age at BCG administration during routine immunization

2005Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health CareJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4314/jcmphc.v16i1.32405

Accidental sulphuric acid poisoning in a newborn

1970Nigerian Journal of PaediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.4314/njp.v42i3.14

Nigerian Medical Journal

How it can be read

54% free to read

Diamond 10 · 20%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 16%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 10%A copy in a repository
Closed 23 · 46%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 50 papers name a funder

Medical Research Council6
Wellcome Trust5
Ahmadu Bello University3
Newcastle University3
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit1
Government of the United Kingdom1
Grand Challenges Canada1

Nigerian Medical Journal3

201523 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Maternal Instruction About Jaundice and the Incidence of Acute Bilirubin Encephalopathy in Nigeria

The Journal of Pediatrics3

202020 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze