Folake Barakat Lawal

University of Ibadan

Also at University College Hospital, Ibadan and African Population and Health Research Centerfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Periodontics
General Dentistry
Clinical Psychology
General Health Professions
Emergency Medical Services
Oral Surgery

Publications: 902012–2026
Citations: 949to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 32
Field-weighted impact: 1.541.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%13 of 90 scored papers
Open access: 82%74 papers free to read

10 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

90 in all

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Oral Hygiene Practices and Willingness to utilize Dental Services among Patient Attendees of a Primary Oral Health Care Clinic in Ibadan, Nigeria
2021Nigerian Dental JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.61172/ndj.v29i1.73
Associations between sexual orientation, financial security and relationships with family and peers during the COVID-19 pandemic 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

Periodontics5966%
General Dentistry2629%
Clinical Psychology2224%
General Health Professions2022%
Emergency Medical Services1517%
Oral Surgery1011%
Physiology78%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health67%
Economics and Econometrics56%
Nutrition and Dietetics56%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Dental Health and Care Utilization53
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research30
Dental Research and COVID-1926
COVID-19 and Mental Health19
Pediatric health and respiratory diseases10
Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques8
Dental Education, Practice, Research8
Smoking Behavior and Cessation6
Child Nutrition and Water Access5
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts5
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations4
Global Health Workforce Issues4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

52% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written461112131823Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States35
United Kingdom27
Saudi Arabia23
Egypt20
Pakistan18
Finland15
Hungary13
Ghana12

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University College Hospital, IbadanNG68 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG21 papers
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversitySA20 papers
Alexandria UniversityEG20 papers
University of Southern CaliforniaUS18 papers
Regent's University LondonGB16 papers
University of the PunjabPK15 papers
Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchNG15 papers
University of TurkuFI14 papers
Jazan UniversitySA14 papers

Where they publish

PubMed15
BMC Oral Health5
International Quarterly of Community Health Education5
BMC Public Health4
Frontiers in Oral Health3
Frontiers in Public Health3
Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being20
1No poverty13
4Quality education13
17Partnerships for the goals7
8Decent work and economic growth2
2Zero hunger1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
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Most cited

Dental implant as an option for tooth replacement: The awareness of patients at a tertiary hospital in a developing country
Contemporary Clinical Dentistry17
201464 citationsOpen access · Gold
Why Patients Visit Dentists – A Study in all World Health Organization Regions
Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice
202060 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Factors Associated with Financial Security, Food Security and Quality of Daily Lives of Residents in Nigeria during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Open Research Africa

Why Patients Visit Dentists – A Study in all World Health Organization Regions

2020Journal of Evidence Based Dental PracticeJournalOpen access60 citations10.1016/j.jebdp.2020.101459

Effectiveness of an Oral Health Education Program to Improve Mothers’ Awareness of Natal Teeth: A Randomized Controlled Study

2020Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica IntegradaJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1590/pboci.2020.093

Knowledge of School-Going Adolescents About the Oral Effects of Tobacco Usage in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria

2019International Quarterly of Community Health EducationJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1177/0272684x19896730

Sources and Factors Related to Oral Health-Care Information Among Dental Patients of a Teaching Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria

2019International Quarterly of Community Health EducationJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1177/0272684x19833847

Non-clinical factors and predictors of self-ratings of oral health among young adolescents in a rural Nigerian population

2018Brazilian journal of oral sciences/Brazilian Journal of Oral SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.20396/bjos.v17i0.8651895

Dental caries experience and treatment needs of an adult female population in Nigeria

2017African Health SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.4314/ahs.v17i3.34

Teething

2017International Quarterly of Community Health EducationJournalSenior author14 citations10.1177/0272684x17701262

Dentine hypersensitivity: Real or imagined

2016Nigerian Journal of MedicineJournalOpen access0 citations10.4103/1115-2613.278274

Global self-rating of oral health as summary tool for oral health evaluation in low-resource settings

2015Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community DentistryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding32 citations10.4103/2231-0762.156516

Impact of Oral Health on The Quality of Life of Elementary School Teachers

2015Ethiopian Journal of Health SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.4314/ejhs.v25i3.4

An audit of school oral health education program in a developing country

2014Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community DentistryJournalOpen accessFirst author22 citations10.4103/2231-0762.144600

Quality of records keeping by undergraduate dental students in ibadan, Nigeria.

2012PubMedJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations

Nigerian Dental Journal3

How it can be read

82% free to read

Diamond 11 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 42 · 47%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 17 · 19%A copy in a repository
Closed 16 · 18%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

36 of 90 papers name a funder

National Institute on Aging14
National Institutes of Health14
World Health Organization9
Wellcome Trust8
African Population and Health Research Center6
Carnegie Corporation of New York6
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete6
Government of the United Kingdom4

Reduced inequalities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1

202153 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Differences in COVID-19 Preventive Behavior and Food Insecurity by HIV Status in Nigeria

AIDS and Behavior2

202153 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green