Alero A. Roberts

University of Lagos

Publishing since 2004, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Infectious Diseases
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Clinical Psychology
General Health Professions
Health Information Management

Publications: 402004–2026
Citations: 556to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 1.441.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%7 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 78%31 papers free to read

17 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

40 in all

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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.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1025%
Infectious Diseases820%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology615%
Clinical Psychology513%
General Health Professions513%
Health Information Management513%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health513%
Epidemiology410%
Nutrition and Dietetics410%
Economics and Econometrics38%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health7
Antibiotic Use and Resistance6
Global Health and Epidemiology5
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
Neonatal and Maternal Infections3
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research3
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy2
BRCA gene mutations in cancer2
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research2
COVID-19 and Mental Health2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234456Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom7
United States7
Belgium1
Estonia1
France1
Uganda1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG17 papers
Lagos State University Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Harvard UniversityUS3 papers
Federal Ministry of HealthNG3 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG3 papers
Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchNG3 papers
Nigeria Centre for Disease ControlNG3 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkNG3 papers
Great Ormond Street HospitalGB2 papers
University of OxfordGB2 papers

Where they publish

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3
Pan African Medical Journal3
Annals of Global Health2
BMC Pediatrics2
PubMed2
African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being9
1No poverty5
4Quality education3
5Gender equality3
2Zero hunger2
17Partnerships for the goals2
8Decent work and economic growth1

Most cited

Improving exclusive breastfeeding in low and middle‐income countries: A systematic review
Maternal and Child Nutrition
201992 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Public Knowledge, Perception and Source of Information on Ebola Virus Disease – Lagos, Nigeria; September, 2014
PLoS Currents4
201563 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

COVID-19: a narrative review of the national COVID-19 guidelines in Africa

2024Journal of Public Health and EmergencyJournalOpen access0 citations10.21037/jphe-23-113

Hepatitis B and C Seroprevalence among Residents in Lagos State, Nigeria

2022Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen access10 citations10.4103/npmj.npmj_776_21

Emergency medicine as a career: Knowledge, attitudes and predictors in Nigerian medical students

2021African Journal of Emergency MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1016/j.afjem.2021.09.003

Hunger in the midst of plenty: A survey of household food security among urban families in Lagos State, Nigeria

2019Journal of Public Health in AfricaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.4081/jphia.2019.885

Innovative Breast Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Campaign

2016Journal of Global OncologyJournalOpen access18 citations10.1200/jgo.2016.003509

Physician education on infant hearing loss in a developing country

2006Developmental NeurorehabilitationJournalSenior author21 citations10.1080/02640410500521615

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine1

How it can be read

78% free to read

Diamond 6 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 22 · 55%In an open-access journal
Bronze 2 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 9 · 23%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

9 of 40 papers name a funder

Fogarty International Center2
National Institutes of Health2
World Health Organization2
Australian Government1
Department of Health and Social Care1
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research1

202145 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold