Sani A Abubakar

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 2001, latest 2025

Epidemiology
Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Molecular Biology
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Publications: 542001–2025
Citations: 751to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 23
Field-weighted impact: 1.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%5 of 54 scored papers
Open access: 63%34 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

54 in all

Large-scale genetic characterization of Parkinson’s disease in the African and African admixed populations
2025BrainJournalOpen access3 citations10.1093/brain/awaf379
May Measurement Month 2022: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Nigeria
2025European Heart Journal Supplements

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology1324%
Neurology917%
Psychiatry and Mental health611%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism59%
Molecular Biology59%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health59%
Surgery59%
Agronomy and Crop Science47%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine47%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience47%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management8
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins5
Epilepsy research and treatment5
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments5
Global Health and Epidemiology3
Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies3
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery3
Biological Research and Disease Studies2
Dysphagia Assessment and Management2
Folate and B Vitamins Research2
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life2
Medical Case Reports and Studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

22% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom8
United States5
South Africa3
Korea2
Kenya2
Ghana2
Lebanon2
Japan1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG30 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, SokotoNG12 papers
Lagos University Teaching HospitalNG12 papers
University of IlorinNG10 papers
University College Hospital, IbadanNG10 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityNG9 papers
University of IbadanNG9 papers
University of Ilorin Teaching HospitalNG9 papers
Jos University Teaching HospitalNG8 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG8 papers

Where they publish

PubMed5
Annals of African Medicine4
Nigerian Journal of Animal Production3
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice3
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3
Archives of International Surgery2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being27
1No poverty3
4Quality education2
10Reduced inequalities2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
17Partnerships for the goals2
2Zero hunger1
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Most cited

Epidemiologic profile of peripartum cardiomyopathy in a tertiary care hospital.
PubMed4
2007127 citations
Incidence of dog bite injuries and clinical rabies in a tertiary health care institution: A 10-year retrospective study
Annals of African Medicine3
201260 citations
Low admission serum albumin as prognostic determinant of 30-day case fatality and adverse functional outcome following acute ischemic stroke
Pan African Medical Journal1

Every institution they have given on a paper.

EFFECTS OF GROUNDNUT FOARAGE ON THE ENSILING QUALITY OF GAMBA GRASS

2024Nigerian Journal of Animal ProductionJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.51791/njap.vi.7214

Dysphagia following acute stroke and its effect on short-term outcome

2017Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding44 citations10.4103/npmj.npmj_96_17

Oxidative stress among subjects with metabolic syndrome in Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria

2016Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations10.4103/1119-3077.173705

Blood pressure control in long-term stroke survivors evaluated one year post stroke

2015Nigerian Postgraduate Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.4103/1117-1936.163368

Depression in Long-term Stroke Survivors

2014Sub-Saharan African Journal of MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4103/2384-5147.138935

Recent Advances in Telepathology in the Developing World

2011InTech eBooksBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.5772/13617

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology2

How it can be read

63% free to read

Diamond 15 · 28%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 17%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 20 · 37%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 54 papers name a funder

National Human Genome Research Institute4
National Institutes of Health4
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research3
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke3
Fogarty International Center2
Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg2
Tertiary Education Trust Fund2
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s1

Clean water and sanitation

8Decent work and economic growth1

201355 citationsOpen access · Gold

Dysphagia following acute stroke and its effect on short-term outcome

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal3

201744 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold