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Wilson Imongan · Peerford

University of Benin / Scholars

WI

Wilson Imongan

University of Benin

Publishing since 2017, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Health Information Management
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Education

ORCID 0000-0001-7734-0626
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 192017–2026
Citations: 510to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 4.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 53%10 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 100%19 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

Citations received each year

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Career

On their papers

Social Action7 works
University of Benin1 work

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

19 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

Search their publications by title

Emergency obstetric referrals in public primary health care centres in Benin City, Nigeria: a qualitative study
2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12913-026-15316-1
Texting for life: a mobile phone application to connect pregnant women with emergency transport and obstetric care in rural Nigeria
2023

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What they work on

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Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health19100%
Obstetrics and Gynecology1158%
Health Information Management526%
General Health Professions316%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health316%
Education211%
Economics and Econometrics15%
Emergency Medicine15%
Finance15%
Health15%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health19
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions7
Global Health and Epidemiology5
Maternal and fetal healthcare5
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction2
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum2
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies2
Social Development and Education Research2
Child and Adolescent Health1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Emergency and Acute Care Studies1
Global Health and Surgery1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

84% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345789Home

Most frequent partner countries

Canada10
United States7
United Kingdom5
Burkina Faso2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Federal University Oye EkitiNG18 papers
University of OttawaCA10 papers
University of Benin Teaching HospitalNG9 papers
Social ActionNG7 papers
University of Port HarcourtNG6 papers
Fayetteville State UniversityUS5 papers
The George Institute for Global HealthGB5 papers
University of Medical Sciences, OndoNG5 papers
Bayero University KanoNG5 papers
Federal Ministry of HealthNG4 papers

Where they publish

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth5
PLoS ONE2
BMC Health Services Research1
BMJ Global Health1
BMJ Open1
Family Medicine and Community Health1
Global Health Action1
Global Health Research and Policy1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Diamond 1 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 15 · 79%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 5%A copy in a repository

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being10
1No poverty4
5Gender equality1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Predictors of women’s utilization of primary health care for skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
2018110 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Why rural women do not use primary health centres for pregnancy care: evidence from a qualitative study in Nigeria
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3
201970 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Maternal death review and outcomes: An assessment in Lagos State, Nigeria
PLoS ONE3
201762 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Why women utilize traditional rather than skilled birth attendants for maternity care in rural Nigeria: Implications for policies and programs
Midwifery3
202157 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Increasing women’s access to skilled pregnancy care to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in rural Edo State, Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial
Global Health Research and Policy3
201840 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Journal

Open access

18 citations

10.1186/s12884-023-05424-9

Outcomes of a multifaceted intervention to prevent eclampsia and eclampsia-related deaths in Nigerian referral facilities

2023International HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihad044

Outcome of interventions to improve the quality of intrapartum care in Nigeria’s referral hospitals: a quasi-experimental research design

2023BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1186/s12884-023-05893-y

Effect of a multifaceted intervention on the utilisation of primary health for maternal and child health care in rural Nigeria: a quasi-experimental study

2022BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author28 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049499

Assessment of Interventions in Primary Health Care for Improved Maternal, New-born and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

2022SAGE OpenJournalOpen access14 citations10.1177/21582440221134222

Effects of multifaceted interventions to prevent and manage primary postpartum haemorrhage in referral hospitals: a quasi-experimental study in Nigeria

2022BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen access11 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007779

Why women utilize traditional rather than skilled birth attendants for maternity care in rural Nigeria: Implications for policies and programs

2021MidwiferyJournalOpen access57 citations10.1016/j.midw.2021.103158

Perspectives of policymakers and health providers on barriers and facilitators to skilled pregnancy care: findings from a qualitative study in rural Nigeria

2021BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access34 citations10.1186/s12884-020-03493-8

“We have either obsolete knowledge, obsolete equipment or obsolete skills”: policy-makers and clinical managers’ views on maternal health delivery in rural Nigeria

2021Family Medicine and Community HealthJournalOpen access6 citations10.1136/fmch-2021-000994

Assessment of service readiness for maternity care in primary health centres in rural Nigeria: implications for service improvement.

2021PubMedJournalOpen access1 citation10.11604/pamj.2021.40.151.25976

Outcome of multifaceted interventions for improving the quality of antenatal care in Nigerian referral hospitals

2020Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12978-020-00997-6

Outcomes of a multifaceted intervention to improve maternal satisfaction with care in secondary hospitals in Nigeria

2020Global Health ActionJournalOpen access6 citations10.1080/16549716.2020.1856470

Assessment of the Quality of Antenatal and Postnatal Care Services in Primary Health Centres in Rural Nigeria

2020The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen access3 citations10.36108/njsa/0202/81(0210)

Why rural women do not use primary health centres for pregnancy care: evidence from a qualitative study in Nigeria

2019BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access70 citations10.1186/s12884-019-2433-1

Maternal death review and surveillance: The case of Central Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria

2019PLoS ONEJournalOpen access36 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0226075

Predictors of women’s utilization of primary health care for skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria

2018BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access110 citations10.1186/s12884-018-1730-4

Increasing women’s access to skilled pregnancy care to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in rural Edo State, Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial

2018Global Health Research and PolicyJournalOpen access40 citations10.1186/s41256-018-0066-y

Maternal death review and outcomes: An assessment in Lagos State, Nigeria

2017PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author62 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0188392

Who funds it

15 of 19 papers name a funder

International Development Research Centre8
Global Affairs Canada5
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research4
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit3
Canadian Institutes of Health Research3
World Health Organization2
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation1
United Nations Population Fund1