Oyinkansola O. Sofola

University of Ibadan

Also at University of Lagos, University College Hospital, Ibadan and Lagos University Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2003, latest 2025

General Dentistry
Periodontics
Infectious Diseases
General Health Professions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medical Services

Publications: 212003–2025
Citations: 291to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 6
Field-weighted impact: 1.521.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%3 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 76%16 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

21 in all

Integrating oral health into primary healthcare: lessons from project OHE-NCHeW (oral health education for nurses and community health workers) in Nigeria
2025Frontiers in Oral HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.3389/froh.2025.1597243
Evaluation of the Oral Health Education for Nurses and Community Health Workers (Project OHE-NCHeW) in Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Dentistry1257%
Periodontics1152%
Infectious Diseases524%
General Health Professions419%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health419%
Emergency Medical Services314%
Oral Surgery210%
Physiology210%
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine15%
Economics and Econometrics15%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Dental Research and COVID-1912
Dental Health and Care Utilization9
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research6
Infection Control in Healthcare3
Dental Education, Practice, Research2
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations2
Pediatric health and respiratory diseases2
Smoking Behavior and Cessation2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques1
Dental materials and restorations1
Diabetes and associated disorders1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

24% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
Brazil1
Rwanda1
Zimbabwe1
Congo1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of LagosNG16 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG9 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG6 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG4 papers
Bayero University KanoNG4 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
University of IowaUS3 papers
University of Nevada, RenoUS2 papers
A.T. Still UniversityUS2 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG2 papers

Where they publish

International Dental Journal2
Journal of Dental Education2
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica1
African Health Sciences1
African Journal of Oral Health1
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being8
4Quality education2
1No poverty1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens and Management of Exposure Incidents in Nigerian Dental Schools
Journal of Dental Education
200798 citationsWorld top 10%
Smoking Cessation Counseling in Dentistry: Attitudes of Nigerian Dentists and Dental Students
Journal of Dental Education3
201149 citationsWorld top 10%
Assessment of the Compliance of Nigerian Dentists With Infection Control: A Preliminary Study

International Dental Journal

Knowledge, Myths and Practices of Teething among Nigerian Mothers in a Rural Area

2024Journal of Pediatric Dentals Research and PracticeJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/jpdrp.v5i1.6

Pattern of smoking and nicotine dependence in Lagos State Nigeria

2018Tobacco Induced DiseasesJournalOpen access0 citations10.18332/tid/84644

Preventing HIV/AIDS through education: the role of primary and secondary school teachers in Nigeria

2014Nigerian Dental JournalJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.61172/ndj.v21i2.55

Assessment of the Compliance of Nigerian Dentists With Infection Control: A Preliminary Study

2003Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding40 citations10.1086/502122

Frontiers in Oral Health

Frontiers in Public Health1

How it can be read

76% free to read

Diamond 8 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 33%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 5 · 24%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 21 papers name a funder

World Health Organization3
Colgate-Palmolive Company2
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development1
National Dental Association Foundation1
Unilever1
University of Ibadan1
University of Pennsylvania1

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Impact of an educational intervention on smoking counseling practice among Nigerian dentists and dental students

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice3

201514 citationsOpen access · Diamond