Patricia Akintan

University of Lagos

Publishing since 2016, latest 2025

Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Publications: 342016–2025
Citations: 257to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 0.941.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 15%5 of 34 scored papers
Open access: 91%31 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

34 in all

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Infectious Diseases1132%
Epidemiology721%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine721%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health618%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health618%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology412%
Genetics412%
Surgery412%
General Health Professions39%
Hematology39%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research5
Antibiotic Use and Resistance4
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies4
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders4
Neonatal and Maternal Infections4
Antifungal resistance and susceptibility3
Global Maternal and Child Health3
Iron Metabolism and Disorders3
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy2
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies2
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

26% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States6
Switzerland1
Congo1
South Africa1
United Kingdom1
Belgium1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG26 papers
Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchNG4 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG4 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG4 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
Lagos State University Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo UniversityNG3 papers
University of IbadanNG3 papers
Northwestern UniversityUS2 papers
University of WashingtonUS2 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Clinical Sciences3
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3
BMC Pediatrics2
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)2
Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics2
PLoS ONE2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being19
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
17Partnerships for the goals2

Most cited

Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis B and C viral co-infections in HIV infected children in Lagos, Nigeria
PLoS ONE3
202030 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Wasting and stunting are still prevalent in children with sickle cell anaemia in Lagos, Nigeria
The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics17
201629 citationsOpen access · Gold

Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child

2022Medical Mycology Case ReportsJournalOpen access9 citations10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.07.001

Histoplasmosis in African children: clinical features, diagnosis and treatment

2022Therapeutic Advances in Infectious DiseaseJournalOpen access23 citations10.1177/20499361211068592

Predictors and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with hypoxemia in Lagos, Nigeria

2021Journal of the Pan African Thoracic SocietyJournalOpen access5 citations10.25259/jpats_25_2021

Pattern and Outcome of Newborn Emergencies in a Tertiary Center, Lagos, Nigeria

2019DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.22038/ijn.2019.38272.1612

Survival of Extremely Preterm Neonates in a Resource-limited Setting

2019DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access3 citations10.22038/ijn.2019.38772.1611

Invasive candidiasis in a neonatal intensive care unit in Lagos, Nigeria

2017Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen access15 citations10.4103/npmj.npmj_104_17

Wasting and stunting are still prevalent in children with sickle cell anaemia in Lagos, Nigeria

2016The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatricsJournalOpen access29 citations10.1186/s13052-016-0257-4

African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology

How it can be read

91% free to read

Diamond 11 · 32%Free to read and to publish
Gold 14 · 41%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Green 3 · 9%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 9%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 34 papers name a funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1
Gilead Sciences1
National Institutes of Health1
Rotary Foundation1
Seattle Children's Research Institute1
Universiteit Antwerpen1

202223 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in six geopolitical zones in Nigeria: a cross sectional survey

Pan African Medical Journal3

202217 citationsOpen access · Gold