Osita Uchenna Ezenwosu

University of Nigeria

Also at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospitalfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 1970, latest 2025

Genetics
Hematology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Physiology
Nutrition and Dietetics
Oncology

Publications: 371970–2025
Citations: 523to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 0.891.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%3 of 37 scored papers
Open access: 70%26 papers free to read

4 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

37 in all

Screening for psychosocial distress and depression among cancer patients in a regional cancer centre in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
2025Rwanda medical journalJournalOpen access4 citations10.4314/rmj.v81i4.3
Serum Vitamin A Levels in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia: Relationship with Clinical Disease Severity
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics2362%
Hematology1541%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1027%
Physiology719%
Nutrition and Dietetics616%
Oncology616%
Rheumatology514%
Emergency Medicine38%
General Health Professions38%
Infectious Diseases38%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders23
Iron Metabolism and Disorders12
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control4
Folate and B Vitamins Research4
Global Maternal and Child Health3
HIV-related health complications and treatments3
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
Blood groups and transfusion2
Cancer Research and Treatment2
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life2
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

27% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2334455Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom6
United States2
Japan2
Kuwait2
Gambia2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG30 papers
Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG4 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
University of AbujaNG3 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG3 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG3 papers
Medical Research CouncilGB2 papers
Imperial College LondonGB2 papers
Kuwait UniversityKW2 papers
University of Benin Teaching HospitalNG2 papers

Where they publish

African Health Sciences5
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology4
BMC Pediatrics3
Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases2
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being14
2Zero hunger6
1No poverty4
4Quality education3
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease: current paradigm on pain management
Journal of Pain Research3
201894 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
HemoTypeSC, a low-cost point-of-care testing device for sickle cell disease: Promises and challenges
Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases1
201977 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development

World Health Organization’s Recommendation on Breastfeeding

2022International Journal of Medicine and Health DevelopmentJournalOpen access1 citation10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_25_21

Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia: a rare bleeding disorder in a Nigerian girl

2020African Health SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.4314/ahs.v20i2.27

Persistent hematuria among children with sickle cell anemia in steady state

2019Hematology Transfusion and Cell TherapyJournalOpen access8 citations10.1016/j.htct.2019.07.007

Nocturnal Enuresis in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia

2019IntechOpen eBooksBook chapterOpen access1 citation10.5772/intechopen.81578

Vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease: current paradigm on pain management

2018Journal of Pain ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author94 citations10.2147/jpr.s185582

Out-of-pocket cost of managing sick newborns in Enugu, southeast Nigeria

2014ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes ResearchJournalOpen access29 citations10.2147/ceor.s54674

Determinants of academic performance in children with sickle cell anaemia

2013BMC PediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding30 citations10.1186/1471-2431-13-189

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development

Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics1

How it can be read

70% free to read

Diamond 10 · 27%Free to read and to publish
Gold 11 · 30%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 11 · 30%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 37 papers name a funder

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2
National Institutes of Health2
Association of Public Health Laboratories1
Imperial College London1
Medical Research Council1
Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts1
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief1
Wellcome Trust1

Diagnostic Delay in Pediatric Cancer in Enugu, Nigeria: A Prospective Study

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

201460 citationsWorld top 10%

Determinants of academic performance in children with sickle cell anaemia

BMC Pediatrics

201330 citationsOpen access · Gold

Out-of-pocket cost of managing sick newborns in Enugu, southeast Nigeria

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research1

201429 citationsOpen access · Gold