Wasiu L. Adeyemo

University of Lagos

Publishing since 1986, latest 2026

Genetics
Surgery
Oral Surgery
Molecular Biology
Rheumatology
Periodontics

Publications: 2121986–2026
Citations: 4,975to those papers
h-index: 38i10-index 107
Field-weighted impact: 1.371.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 12%26 of 211 scored papers
Open access: 57%120 papers free to read

23 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

212 in all

The prevalence, penetrance, and expressivity of etiologic IRF 6variants in orofacial clefts patients from sub‐Saharan Africa
2017Molecular Genetics & Genomic MedicineJournalOpen access14 citations10.1002/mgg3.273
Genetics and genomics etiology of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts
2017Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Genetics8741%
Surgery7133%
Oral Surgery6631%
Molecular Biology199%
Rheumatology199%
Periodontics178%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine157%
Genetics147%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health147%
Oncology136%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Cleft Lip and Palate Research80
Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments46
Dental Radiography and Imaging34
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology28
Facial Trauma and Fracture Management18
Congenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies12
Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques12
Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques11
dental development and anomalies10
Dental Health and Care Utilization10
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology10
Oral and Craniofacial Lesions10

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

38% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written234581627Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States73
United Kingdom31
Ethiopia27
Ghana27
South Africa16
Puerto Rico15
Philippines8
Denmark4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG92 papers
University of IowaUS66 papers
University of PittsburghUS29 papers
University of DundeeGB28 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH27 papers
Addis Ababa UniversityET27 papers
National Human Genome Research InstituteUS21 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG21 papers
University of Port HarcourtNG18 papers
University of Puerto Rico SystemPR14 papers

Where they publish

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal19
PubMed14
Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine9
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery8
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal8
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery7

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being104
1No poverty6
2Zero hunger6
4Quality education5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions5
17Partnerships for the goals4
5Gender equality3
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Most cited

Odontogenic tumors: A review of 319 cases in a Nigerian teaching hospital
Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology3
2005234 citationsWorld top 10%
A multi-ethnic genome-wide association study identifies novel loci for non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on 2p24.2, 17q23 and 19q13
Human Molecular Genetics
2016231 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Trends and characteristics of oral and maxillofacial injuries in Nigeria: a review of the literature

Clinicopathologic audit of salivary gland lesions

2017Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences.JournalSenior author2 citations10.4103/njbcs.njbcs_12_17

Maxillomandibular syngnathia in an adult Nigerian patient

2016Journal of Clinical SciencesJournalOpen access4 citations10.4103/1595-9587.175479

Van der Woude syndrome: A review of 11 cases seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital

2014African Journal of Paediatric SurgeryJournalOpen accessFirst author12 citations10.4103/0189-6725.129235

Prevalence of Orofacial Clefts in Nigeria

2013The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial JournalJournalOpen access111 citations10.1597/12-135

Prevalence and Bacteriology of Bacteremia Associated With Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery

2013Journal of Craniofacial SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1097/scs.0b013e31828016e8

Management of frontal sinus fractures: A review of the literature

2013Nigerian Journal of Experimental and Clinical BiosciencesJournalSenior author1 citation10.4103/2348-0149.123939

2012Contemporary Clinical DentistryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding55 citations10.4103/0976-237x.107433

Acceptance and Perception of Nigerian Patients to Medical Photography

2012Developing World BioethicsJournalFirst authorCorresponding28 citations10.1111/j.1471-8847.2012.00328.x

Distal cervical caries in second molars associated with impacted mandibular third molars: a case-control study

2012Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology and Oral RadiologyJournalCorresponding22 citations10.1016/j.oooo.2012.03.039

An overview of biological basis of pathologic scarring

2012Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen access15 citations10.4103/1117-1936.170327

Pattern of presentation and management of lip injuries in a Nigerian hospital

2012Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author12 citations10.4103/1119-3077.104520

Foreign Body Impaction Aided by Thumb-sucking in the Palate of an Infant

2012Journal of Craniofacial SurgeryJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1097/scs.0b013e31824dfb66

A systematic review of the diagnostic role of ultrasonography in maxillofacial fractures

2011International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryJournalFirst author87 citations10.1016/j.ijom.2011.02.001

Submental / Transmylohyoid intubation in maxillofacial surgery: Report of two cases

2011Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.4103/1119-3077.79266

Experience of wrong-site tooth extraction among Nigerian dentists

2011The Saudi Dental JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.1016/j.sdentj.2011.02.001

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery7

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine6

How it can be read

57% free to read

Diamond 26 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 43 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 11 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 11 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 29 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 92 · 43%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

59 of 212 papers name a funder

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research51
National Institutes of Health31
National Institute of General Medical Sciences14
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities13
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation10
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention8
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute8
Fogarty International Center7

Reduced inequalities

6Clean water and sanitation1

11Sustainable cities and communities1

Head & Face Medicine5

2005194 citationsOpen access · Gold

A Genome-wide Association Study of Nonsyndromic Cleft Palate Identifies an Etiologic Missense Variant in GRHL3

The American Journal of Human Genetics3

2016181 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze