Casmir Amadi

University of Lagos

Also at Lagos University Teaching Hospital and Lagos State University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health Information Management
Nephrology

Publications: 382013–2026
Citations: 474to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 1.301.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 11%4 of 38 scored papers
Open access: 71%27 papers free to read

5 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

38 in all

Unmasking the contemporary burden of hypertension in Lagos, Nigeria: insights from an opportunistic screening
2026BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s12889-026-26310-x
The intersection of infectious diseases and cardiovascular disease in Africa: A narrative review
2026

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1950%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism1334%
Epidemiology1334%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health616%
Health Information Management411%
Nephrology411%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology38%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine38%
Economics and Econometrics25%
Geriatrics and Gerontology25%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins12
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies6
Heart Failure Treatment and Management6
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases3
Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies3
Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes3
Global Health and Epidemiology3
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment3
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors2
Congenital Heart Disease Studies2
Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes2
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

34% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States6
United Kingdom6
Mozambique2
Botswana2
South Africa2
Uganda1
Malaysia1
Sri Lanka1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG21 papers
Lagos State Health Service CommissionNG6 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
King's College HospitalGB3 papers
University of IbadanNG3 papers
University of AbujaNG3 papers
Delta State UniversityNG3 papers
University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
University of Abuja Teaching HospitalNG3 papers

Where they publish

Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa4
PubMed3
BMC Public Health2
European Journal of Heart Failure2
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy2
International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being19
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger3
4Quality education1
10Reduced inequalities1
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

The role of cytokines as inflammatory mediators in preeclampsia.
PubMed3
201574 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Cooking Fuels in Lagos, Nigeria: Factors Associated with Household Choice of Kerosene or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
201869 citationsOpen access · Gold
Depression in Patients with Heart Failure: Is Enough Being Done?

Journal of the National Medical Association

Trends and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in Lagos, Nigeria: a 16-year review

2023Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen access13 citations10.5830/cvja-2022-037

Low prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health metrics in Nigerians: A cross-sectional study

2023Nigerian Journal of CardiologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4103/njc.njc_15_23

Relationship between P-wave dispersion, left ventricular mass index and function in Nigerian hypertensive patients

2021Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.5830/cvja-2021-003

Congenital heart disease in school children in Lagos, Nigeria: Prevalence and the diagnostic gap

2020American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical GeneticsJournal19 citations10.1002/ajmg.c.31779

Echocardiographic screening of 4107 Nigerian school children for rheumatic heart disease

2019Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access24 citations10.1111/tmi.13235

Clinical and echocardiographic correlates of pulmonary hypertension among heart failure patients in Lagos, south-western Nigeria

2019Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalSenior author5 citations10.5830/cvja-2018-053

Markers of insulin resistance and their performance in adult Nigerians with metabolic syndrome

2019International Journal of Noncommunicable DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.4103/jncd.jncd_53_18

Cooking Fuels in Lagos, Nigeria: Factors Associated with Household Choice of Kerosene or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

2018International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access69 citations10.3390/ijerph15040641

Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors among professional male long-distance bus drivers in Lagos, south-west Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

2018Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern AfricaJournalOpen accessFirst author33 citations10.5830/cvja-2018-006

Fake drugs: A survey of healthcare providers in Lagos State, Nigeria

2017Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.Journal8 citations10.4103/njbcs.njbcs_4_17

Depression in Patients with Heart Failure: Is Enough Being Done?

2016Cardiac failure reviewJournalOpen accessSenior author51 citations10.15420/cfr.2016:21:1

The role of inflammation in the metabolic syndrome

2016Journal of Clinical SciencesJournalOpen access1 citation10.4103/1595-9587.175484

PLOS Global Public Health

African Health Sciences1

How it can be read

71% free to read

Diamond 8 · 21%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 24%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 38 papers name a funder

Medical Research Council1
National Institute for Health and Care Research1
National Institutes of Health1
North Carolina Central University1
Pan African Thoracic Society1
Servier1
Utah Department of Health1

Cardiac failure review3

201651 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors among professional male long-distance bus drivers in Lagos, south-west Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa3

201833 citationsOpen access · Green