Henrietta U. Okafor

University of Nigeria

Also at Universidade Federal da Bahiafrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2004, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nephrology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Epidemiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Infectious Diseases

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 572004–2026
Citations: 967to those papers
h-index: 18i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 1.451.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%8 of 57 scored papers
Open access: 77%44 papers free to read

5 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

57 in all

Occurrence, causative pathogens, and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of urinary tract infections in children with cerebral palsy in Enugu, Nigeria
2026Journal of Tropical PediatricsJournal0 citations10.1093/tropej/fmag033
Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function in children with severe malaria attending two tertiary hospitals in southeast Nigeria
2026

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2646%
Nephrology1628%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1221%
Epidemiology712%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine712%
Infectious Diseases611%
Genetics59%
Surgery59%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine47%
General Health Professions47%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control17
Dialysis and Renal Disease Management8
Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies7
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes6
Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies6
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders5
Acute Kidney Injury Research4
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies4
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting4
Urinary Tract Infections Management4
Mosquito-borne diseases and control3
Organ Donation and Transplantation3

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

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Most frequent partner countries

United States9
United Kingdom4
Uganda3
Kenya2
Gambia2
Zambia2
Ghana2
Canada2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG42 papers
University of IbadanNG8 papers
University of LagosNG8 papers
Federal Ministry of HealthNG8 papers
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG8 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG8 papers
University of IlorinNG7 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG6 papers
Redeemer's UniversityNG6 papers
Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchNG5 papers

Where they publish

Malaria Journal6
African Health Sciences2
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2
BMC Nephrology2
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews2
Infectious Diseases of Poverty2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being33
1No poverty4
2Zero hunger4
4Quality education2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
15Life on land1

Most cited

Epidemiology of congenital malaria in Nigeria: a multi‐centre study
Tropical Medicine & International Health3
2007133 citationsWorld top 10%
An in-depth study of patent medicine sellers' perspectives on malaria in a rural Nigerian community
Malaria Journal
200692 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
A systematic review of the safety and efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria during pregnancy

European Journal of Pediatrics

Design, Implementation, and Coordination of Malaria Therapeutic Efficacy Studies in Nigeria in 2018

2023American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access4 citations10.4269/ajtmh.21-1261

Tuberculin Conversion Rate after BCG Vaccination of Apparently Healthy Infants in a Resource-Poor Setting

2022International Journal of Medicine and Health DevelopmentJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_9_21

Pyrexia of Unknown Origin in a 1-year-old Child

2021International Journal of Medicine and Health DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_62_20

Clinical and laboratory features of congenital malaria in Nigeria

2015Journal of Pediatric Infectious DiseasesJournal27 citations10.1055/s-0035-1556988

Posterior urethral valves: Determinants of outcome in a developing country

2013Journal of Paediatrics and Child HealthJournalFirst author26 citations10.1111/jpc.12091

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development

International Journal of Nephrology2

How it can be read

77% free to read

Diamond 9 · 16%Free to read and to publish
Gold 25 · 44%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 7%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 13 · 23%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

16 of 57 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health5
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria4
United States Agency for International Development3
World Health Organization3
Canada Research Chairs2
Canadian Institutes of Health Research2
National Human Genome Research Institute2
World Bank Group2

201262 citationsOpen access · Gold

Efficacy of Artemisinin-Based Combination Treatments of Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria in Under-Five-Year-Old Nigerian Children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene3

201447 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green