Kabir Sabitu

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 1997, latest 2025

General Health Professions
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Economics and Econometrics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Epidemiology

Publications: 551997–2025
Citations: 808to those papers
h-index: 15i10-index 22
Field-weighted impact: 1.041.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%9 of 55 scored papers
Open access: 65%36 papers free to read

3 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

55 in all

Knowledge, perception, and level of school disaster preparedness among teachers in secondary schools in Kaduna North Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria
2025Science World JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/swj.v20i3.10
Prevalence of Boko Haram crisis related depression and post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology among internally displaced persons in Yobe state, North East, Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Health Professions1527%
Infectious Diseases1527%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1222%
Economics and Econometrics1018%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1018%
Epidemiology713%
Health Information Management713%
Emergency Medical Services47%
Health47%
Nutrition and Dietetics47%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health12
Global Maternal and Child Health12
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions8
Global Health and Epidemiology6
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses6
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Disaster Response and Management4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy4
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research4
Malaria Research and Control3
Maternal and fetal healthcare3

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 States7
Malaysia3
Uganda2
Ethiopia1
India1
Qatar1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

African Field Epidemiology NetworkNG12 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG11 papers
Federal Ministry of HealthNG9 papers
Bingham UniversityNG4 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG4 papers
Kaduna State UniversityNG4 papers
Universiti Putra MalaysiaMY3 papers
Public Health SolutionsUS3 papers
National Primary Health Care Development AgencyNG3 papers
University of IbadanNG3 papers

Where they publish

International Journal of Infectious Diseases5
Pan African Medical Journal5
PubMed5
Annals of African Medicine4
Annals of Nigerian Medicine3
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being25
1No poverty6
17Partnerships for the goals4
5Gender equality3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions2
2Zero hunger1
4Quality education1
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Most cited

Knowledge and practice of breast-self examination among female undergraduate students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Northwestern Nigeria
Annals of African Medicine1
2009125 citations
Awareness of occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures among welders in kaduna metropolis, Northern Nigeria
Annals of African Medicine8
200991 citationsOpen access · Green
Community loan funds and transport services for obstetric emergencies in northern Nigeria

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Journal of Affective Disorders Reports

Response to Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Nigeria, West Africa: The Zaria experience

2018Online Journal of Public Health InformaticsJournalOpen access2 citations10.5210/ojphi.v10i1.8959

Performance of an HRP-2 Rapid Diagnostic Test in Nigerian Children Less Than 5 Years of Age

2015American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneJournalOpen access39 citations10.4269/ajtmh.13-0558

2014International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access1 citation10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.651

Evaluation of Cholera and Other Diarrheal Disease Surveillance System, Niger State, Nigeria-2012

2013Online Journal of Public Health InformaticsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4495

Mortality and cause of death in Abuth, Zaria: 1999-2005

2011Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate MedicineJournalOpen access5 citations10.4314/aipm.v8i1.63956

Contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practice among married women in Samaru Community, Zaria, Nigeria

2011East African Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author15 citations10.4314/eajph.v7i4.64757

Status equipment in primary health centres of Tafa Lga, North Central Nigeria

2006Sahel Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/smj2.v8i4.12907

Journal of Medicine in the Tropics

Sahel Medical Journal3

How it can be read

65% free to read

Diamond 10 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Gold 16 · 29%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 7 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 19 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

8 of 55 papers name a funder

Carnegie Corporation of New York3
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention2
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief2
U.S. Public Health Service2
World Health Organization2
Johns Hopkins University1
United States Agency for International Development1
University of California, San Francisco1

Decent work and economic growth

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Improving the quality of obstetric care at the teaching hospital, Zaria, Nigeria

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics3

199741 citationsWorld top 10%