Richard Vander Burg

University of Lagos

Also at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, National Heart Institute and Smile Trainfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2015, latest 2021

Genetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medical Services
History
Neurology
Oncology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 52015–2021
Citations: 102to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 1.111.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 20%1 of 5 scored papers
Open access: 40%2 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

5 in all

Impact of COVID-19 on Elective Cleft Surgery in Low- and Middle-income Countries
2021Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1097/gox.0000000000003656
Cleft-Related Infanticide and Abandonment: A Systematic Review of the Academic and Lay Literature
2017

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics480%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health480%
Emergency Medical Services120%
History120%
Neurology120%
Oncology120%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health120%
Sociology and Political Science120%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Cleft Lip and Palate Research4
Global Health and Surgery4
Child Abuse and Related Trauma1
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts1
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues1
Global Health Workforce Issues1
History of Medical Practice1
Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse1
Medical History and Innovations1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

80% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
Ghana3
Kenya2
South Africa2
India1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
University of WashingtonUS2 papers
Brigham and Women's HospitalUS2 papers
Kenyatta National HospitalKE2 papers
Stellenbosch UniversityZA2 papers
Harvard UniversityUS1 paper
Massachusetts General HospitalUS1 paper
National Heart InstituteIN1 paper
Smile TrainUS1 paper
Virginia Department of Game and Inland FisheriesUS1 paper

Where they publish

JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery1
JAMA Surgery1
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open1
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal1
World Journal of Surgery1

How it can be read

40% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty2

Most cited

Inequitable Access to Timely Cleft Palate Surgery in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries
World Journal of Surgery1
201545 citations
Estimate of Unmet Need for Cleft Lip and/or Palate Surgery in India
JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery1
201624 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Cleft-Related Infanticide and Abandonment: A Systematic Review of the Academic and Lay Literature