Rita O. Oladele

University of Lagos

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Small Animals
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

Publications: 1152012–2026
Citations: 5,530to those papers
h-index: 28i10-index 58
Field-weighted impact: 4.271.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 33%38 of 115 scored papers
Open access: 87%100 papers free to read

5 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

115 in all

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Epidemiology8977%
Infectious Diseases8271%
Small Animals1513%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1311%
Cell Biology1110%
Molecular Biology98%
Molecular Medicine54%
Plant Science54%
Surgery54%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology43%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Antifungal resistance and susceptibility75
Fungal Infections and Studies75
Nail Diseases and Treatments30
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment16
Infectious Diseases and Mycology14
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases11
HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations6
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria5
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis5
Antibiotic Use and Resistance4
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology4
Dermatological diseases and infestations3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

66% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written561012141621Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom54
United States41
South Africa21
India16
France16
Brazil14
Germany14
Spain13

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of ManchesterGB33 papers
University of CalabarNG33 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG31 papers
University Of Calabar Teaching HospitalNG26 papers
University of BeninNG20 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA17 papers
National Institute for Communicable DiseasesZA16 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS15 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo UniversityNG14 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching HospitalNG14 papers

Where they publish

Medical Mycology12
Journal of Fungi6
Open Forum Infectious Diseases6
Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious Diseases4
Mycoses4
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal4

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being50
1No poverty8
2Zero hunger5
15Life on land4
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure3
5Gender equality2
6Clean water and sanitation2
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Most cited

Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
20191,842 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Defining and managing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: the 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus criteria for research and clinical guidance
The Lancet Infectious Diseases3
2020980 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Prevalence of Histoplasmosis among Persons with Advanced HIV Disease, Nigeria

2022Emerging infectious diseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding45 citations10.3201/eid2811.220542

Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child

2022Medical Mycology Case ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.07.001

Histoplasmosis in African children: clinical features, diagnosis and treatment

2022Therapeutic Advances in Infectious DiseaseJournalOpen accessSenior author23 citations10.1177/20499361211068592

Histoplasma capsulatum var duboisii Infection: A Global Review, 1950–2021

2022Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.21608/mid.2022.159351.1377

Opportunistic infections in patients with haematological malignancies in Nigeria

2022The Journal of Clinical and Scientific ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4103/jcsr.jcsr_76_21

Fatal Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Nigerian Woman: A Case Report

2022Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.21608/mid.2022.153027.1359

Cryptococcus laurentii Fungaemia in a Neonate from Nigeria: A Case Report

2022Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234873

S2.2a African histoplasmosis

2022Medical MycologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1093/mmy/myac072.s2.2a

Mycetoma in West Africa

2021Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding36 citations10.1093/trstmh/trab032

Disseminated Histoplasmosis; A Threat in Advanced HIV Disease Population in Sub-Saharan Africa?

2021Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author27 citations10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i330825

Establishing targets for advanced HIV disease: A call to action

2021Southern African Journal of HIV MedicineJournalOpen access25 citations10.4102/sajhivmed.v22i1.1266

Histoplasmosis in Children; HIV/AIDS Not a Major Driver

2021Journal of FungiJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding23 citations10.3390/jof7070530

Standardization of Aspergillus IgG diagnostic cutoff in Nigerians

2021Therapeutic Advances in Infectious DiseaseJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.1177/20499361211050158

Sphingomonas paucimobilis septicaemia in a tertiary care hospital in Nigeria: a case report

2021Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access1 citation10.21608/mid.2021.93734.1190

Chronic granulomatous invasive fungal rhinosinusitis in Nigeria: challenges of management

2020International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryJournalOpen access6 citations10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20203189

2019Current Fungal Infection ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s12281-019-00352-8

Histoplasmosis in Africa: An emerging or a neglected disease?

2018PLoS neglected tropical diseasesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding193 citations10.1371/journal.pntd.0006046

The Lancet Infectious Diseases4

How it can be read

87% free to read

Diamond 21 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 48 · 42%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 16 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 6 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Green 9 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 15 · 13%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

47 of 115 papers name a funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention13
Medical Research Council13
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases9
National Institutes of Health9
World Health Organization9
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation6
National Institute for Health and Care Research6
Pfizer6

Partnerships for the goals

10Reduced inequalities1

Diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: A review of current methods and novel approaches

Medical Mycology1

2020199 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green

Histoplasmosis in Africa: An emerging or a neglected disease?

PLoS neglected tropical diseases3

2018193 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold