Richard Uwakwe

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 1999, latest 2025

Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology
General Health Professions
Health
Sociology and Political Science

Publications: 1011999–2025
Citations: 5,982to those papers
h-index: 27i10-index 47
Field-weighted impact: 2.661.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%18 of 100 scored papers
Open access: 60%61 papers free to read

8 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

101 in all

Quality of Consultation-liaison Referrals to the Psychiatry Department in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital: A Retrospective Study
2025Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4103/npmj.npmj_56_25
The effectiveness of mental health education on secondary school students’ attitudes toward mental disorder in two schools in Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Psychiatry and Mental health3636%
Clinical Psychology3434%
Social Psychology2828%
General Health Professions1616%
Health1616%
Sociology and Political Science1616%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1010%
Philosophy99%
Physiology99%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism66%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Mental Health Treatment and Access24
Schizophrenia research and treatment20
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research13
Health disparities and outcomes12
Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving11
Family Caregiving in Mental Illness10
Mental Health and Psychiatry9
Health and Well-being Studies8
Suicide and Self-Harm Studies6
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum5
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes5
Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written356781012Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom18
China12
Mexico12
United States10
India10
Peru8
Venezuela7
Germany7

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG73 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching HospitalNG50 papers
King's College LondonGB16 papers
Peking UniversityCN12 papers
Federal Neuro Psychiatric HospitalNG12 papers
University of NigeriaNG12 papers
Instituto Nacional de Neurología y NeurocirugíaMX11 papers
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMX9 papers
University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG9 papers
Voluntary Health Services HospitalIN7 papers

Where they publish

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica6
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry6
African Health Sciences5
Alzheimer s & Dementia3
Mental Health Religion & Culture3
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being32
1No poverty19
10Reduced inequalities5
17Partnerships for the goals5
4Quality education4
5Gender equality4
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
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Most cited

Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care
World Psychiatry3
20112,530 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. II. Barriers to care, monitoring and treatment guidelines, plus recommendations at the system and individual level
World Psychiatry
2011878 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Odisha Journal of Psychiatry

Prevalence and Pattern of Mental Ill Health Among Divorced Women in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria

2025Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.65843/sex3z234

Does Contact-Based Learning Influence Medical Students' Attitude to Mental Illness in a Developing Country? A Pre-and Post-Design.

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.5281/zenodo.7111338

Pattern of psychopathology and neurological soft signs among first episode psychotic patients in Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Sokoto

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.7260174

Determining the Psychiatric Morbidity among Subjects with Vesicovaginal Fistula in Abakaliki, South East Nigeria

2021Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International)Book chapterSenior author0 citations10.9734/bpi/hmms/v18/2487e

Medical and Nonmedical Fainting

2021Nigerian Journal of General PracticeJournalSenior author0 citations10.4103/njgp.njgp_11_21

Sociodemographic profile of psychoactive substance use among selected secondary school students in rural Nigeria

2020International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1515/ijamh-2020-0086

Access to Mental Health

2017Book chapterFirst author5 citations10.1007/978-3-319-59123-0_3

Psychiatric Morbidity among Subjects with Vesicovaginal Fistula in Abakaliki, South East Nigeria

2017Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.9734/bjmmr/2017/25832

Dementia in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and opportunities.

2017HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)Report74 citations

How it can be read

60% free to read

Diamond 13 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 21 · 21%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 9 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 11 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 40 · 40%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

25 of 101 papers name a funder

Wellcome Trust11
Alzheimer's Association8
World Health Organization8
National Institute of Mental Health6
Fogarty International Center5
National Institute on Drug Abuse5
Economic and Social Research Council4
Rockefeller Foundation4

Sustainable cities and communities

2007360 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold