IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 1984, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics

Publications: 1701984–2026
Citations: 3,923to those papers
h-index: 34i10-index 95
Field-weighted impact: 1.661.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 19%32 of 169 scored papers
Open access: 81%138 papers free to read

24 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

Publications

170 in all

Knowledge of diabetes and prevention practices among adults in two selected local government areas in Oyo State, Nigeria
2026Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.37432/jieph-d-25-00135
Gender disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness and healthcare seeking behaviour among young adults in Nigeria

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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 Health9355%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4225%
Infectious Diseases3822%
Epidemiology2314%
General Health Professions1710%
Nutrition and Dietetics1710%
Parasitology159%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism127%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine116%
Health Information Management116%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Malaria Research and Control71
Global Maternal and Child Health36
Mosquito-borne diseases and control24
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting18
Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment16
Parasites and Host Interactions14
Child Nutrition and Water Access12
Global Health and Epidemiology11
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins10
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies9
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research9
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research9

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-written123491422Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States41
Uganda30
Switzerland22
United Kingdom17
Sweden14
South Africa11
Tanzania9
Netherlands8

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University College Hospital, IbadanNG34 papers
Institute for Advanced Medical Research and TrainingNG32 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkNG32 papers
Federal Ministry of HealthNG29 papers
World Health OrganizationCH21 papers
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG18 papers
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases17 papers
World BankUS14 papers
Makerere UniversityUG14 papers
Harvard UniversityUS10 papers

Where they publish

PubMed22
Malaria Journal13
Pan African Medical Journal11
Clinical Infectious Diseases10
PLoS ONE8
BMC Public Health7
International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being90
1No poverty22
17Partnerships for the goals11
2Zero hunger9
11Sustainable cities and communities6
4Quality education3
5Gender equality1
8

Most cited

The burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a four-country cross sectional study
BMC Public Health11
2015267 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Prevalence of papillomavirus infection in women in Ibadan, Nigeria: a population-based study
British Journal of Cancer3
2004223 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Every institution they have given on a paper.

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Disease prevention: childcare practices of caregivers in day-cares/pre-schools in Ibadan, Nigeria

2021International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214975

Healthcare Service Payment Methods and Coping Strategies of Nomads and Labor Migrants in Oyo State, Nigeria

2020American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen accessSenior author11 citations10.4269/ajtmh.18-0615

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine4

How it can be read

81% free to read

Diamond 23 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 75 · 44%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 12 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 8 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 20 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 32 · 19%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

74 of 170 papers name a funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention22
World Health Organization20
Fogarty International Center10
National Institutes of Health7
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services7
Karolinska Institutet6
European Commission5
UNICEF5

Decent work and economic growth

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1