Rotimi Felix Afolabi

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Infectious Diseases
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Clinical Psychology
Health

Publications: 712012–2026
Citations: 1,306to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 25
Field-weighted impact: 21.991.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 23%16 of 71 scored papers
Open access: 96%68 papers free to read

20 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

71 in all

An Extension of Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition on Investigating the Correlation of Maternal Education and Childhood Malaria Infection in Nigeria
2021International Journal of Innovative Research and DevelopmentJournalOpen access1 citation10.24940/ijird/2021/v10/i3/mar21037
What do malaria program officers want to learn? A survey of perspectives on a proposed malaria short course in Nigeria

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2738%
Infectious Diseases2535%
General Health Professions1724%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1623%
Clinical Psychology1217%
Health1014%
Obstetrics and Gynecology1014%
Modeling and Simulation913%
Gender Studies46%
Nutrition and Dietetics46%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health27
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research14
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health9
COVID-19 epidemiological studies9
COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction6
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy6
Health and Well-being Studies4
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions4
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research4
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3
COVID-19 and Mental Health3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

61% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written45678912Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa27
United States13
Uganda12
Senegal9
Congo (DRC)9
India7
Australia5
Sweden5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

North-West UniversityZA20 papers
Makerere UniversityUG12 papers
Cheikh Anta Diop UniversitySN9 papers
Ecole de santé publique de KinshasaCD8 papers
Ministry of Public HealthCD7 papers
University of NigeriaNG6 papers
UNSW SydneyAU5 papers
Bayero University KanoNG5 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG5 papers
Applied Science Private UniversityJO4 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE5
BMC Health Services Research4
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3
BMC Public Health3
Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology3
BMC Infectious Diseases2
BMC Research Notes

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being24
1No poverty8
5Gender equality8
8Decent work and economic growth3
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
17Partnerships for the goals2
7

Most cited

Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
The Lancet
2025520 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Patterns and determinants of dropout from maternity care continuum in Nigeria
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1
201690 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Every institution they have given on a paper.

PARATHYROID STATUS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

2021EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)JournalOpen access0 citations10.36713/epra6232

Multilevel modelling of the predictors of post stroke depression in South-west Nigeria

2020African Journal of Biomedical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations

Trend analysis of teenage pregnancy in Nigeria (1961-2013): how effective is the contraceptive use campaign

2019International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)JournalOpen access11 citations10.11591/ijphs.v8i2.16429

Modelling Excess Zeros in Count Data with Application to Antenatal Care Utilisation

2018International Journal of Statistics and ProbabilityJournalOpen access9 citations10.5539/ijsp.v7n3p22

The Effect of Age, Gender and Haemoglobin Variants on Glycated Haemoglobin

2018International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/ijtdh/2018/45165

Non-parametric change-point approach for monitoring shifts in process location and variability

2015International Journal of Quality Engineering and TechnologyJournalFirst author4 citations10.1504/ijqet.2015.069234

Pattern Recognition of Process Mean Shift using Combined ANN Recognizer

2012International Journal of Computer ApplicationsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5120/8789-2774

How it can be read

96% free to read

Diamond 14 · 20%Free to read and to publish
Gold 42 · 59%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 6 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 4%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

33 of 71 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation14
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention4
Fogarty International Center3
Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg3
Tertiary Education Trust Fund3
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico2
Department of Health and Social Care2
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control2

Affordable and clean energy

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

10Reduced inequalities1

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

201976 citationsOpen access · Gold