Vitalis U. Ukoji

University of Ibadan

Also at Federal University Lokojafrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2014, latest 2024

Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Demography
Education
Epidemiology

Publications: 72014–2024
Citations: 51to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%2 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 71%5 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

7 in all

Lethal intimate partner violence and gendered dimensions of the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria: evidence from a descriptive analysis of secondary data
2024BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1136/bmjph-2023-000633
Trends and patterns of violence-related mortality in Nigeria: evidence from a 16-year analysis of secondary data

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Health343%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health343%
General Health Professions229%
Demography114%
Education114%
Epidemiology114%
Nutrition and Dietetics114%
Obstetrics and Gynecology114%
Oncology114%
Political Science and International Relations114%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health3
Intimate Partner and Family Violence3
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Breastfeeding Practices and Influences1
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Elder Abuse and Neglect1
Gender, Education, and Development Issues1
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening1
Gun Ownership and Violence Research1
Health and Conflict Studies1
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

29% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Nigeria Police AcademyNG5 papers
Nigerian Defence AcademyNG3 papers
Adekunle Ajasin UniversityNG3 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA2 papers
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeNG1 paper
Federal University LokojaNG1 paper
Abia State UniversityNG1 paper
French Institute for Research in AfricaNG1 paper
University of NigeriaNG1 paper

Where they publish

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
BMC Public Health1
BMJ Public Health1
Child Care in Practice1
IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES1
Injury Prevention1
PubMed

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

5Gender equality2
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1

Most cited

Assessing the relationship between knowledge and the actual use of contraceptives among childbearing women in South-South Nigeria: evidence from the 2018 Nigeria demographic and health survey
BMC Public Health3
202215 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Trends and patterns of violence-related mortality in Nigeria: evidence from a 16-year analysis of secondary data
Injury Prevention
202311 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid