Chioma Odimegwu

University of Nigeria

Also at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2016, latest 2025

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Molecular Biology
Nephrology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 182016–2025
Citations: 136to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.031.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%1 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 94%17 papers free to read

4 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.

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

18 in all

Norwegian scabies seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State: a case report
2025BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12879-025-11053-8
Targeting the Epigenetic Marks in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Will Epigenetic Therapy Be a Valuable Adjunct to Pharmacotherapy?

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health633%
Epidemiology528%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health528%
Infectious Diseases422%
Molecular Biology422%
Nephrology317%
Clinical Psychology211%
Nutrition and Dietetics211%
Obstetrics and Gynecology211%
Physiology211%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences2
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes2
COVID-19 and Mental Health2
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction2
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation2
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum2
Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies2
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies2
Asthma and respiratory diseases1
Birth, Development, and Health1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

28% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

Switzerland3
Qatar1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG14 papers
Federal Medical CentreNG6 papers
University of JosNG5 papers
Federal Medical CentreNG5 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
University of IbadanNG4 papers
Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteCH3 papers
University of BaselCH3 papers
University of IlorinNG3 papers
Federal Medical CentreNG3 papers

Where they publish

BMC Infectious Diseases2
Nigerian Journal of Medicine2
Pan African Medical Journal2
Biomedical Reports1
BMC Nephrology1
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being7
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2

Most cited

Postnatal probiotic supplementation can prevent and optimize treatment of childhood asthma and atopic disorders: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Frontiers in Pediatrics3
202225 citationsOpen access · Gold
Use of Global initiative for asthma (GINA) guidelines in asthma management among paediatric residents in a Sub Saharan African country: a cross-sectional descriptive study
Pan African Medical Journal1
201720 citationsOpen access · Gold
Targeting the Epigenetic Marks in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Will Epigenetic Therapy Be a Valuable Adjunct to Pharmacotherapy?