Chukwuma Okereke

653 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 63 citations indexed

About

Chukwuma Okereke is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chukwuma Okereke has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 63 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Surgery, 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Chukwuma Okereke's work include Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (2 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (1 paper) and Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders (1 paper). Chukwuma Okereke is often cited by papers focused on Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (2 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (1 paper) and Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders (1 paper). Chukwuma Okereke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Nigeria and Canada. Chukwuma Okereke's co-authors include Luísa Sório Flor, Emmanuela Gakidou, Joanna L Whisnant, Jason A Anderson, Reed J D Sorensen, Erin M O’Connell, Gabriela Gil, Sinclair Carr, Erin C Mullany and Aleksandr Y. Aravkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and World Journal of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Chukwuma Okereke

5 papers receiving 63 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Health effects associated with exposure to secondhand smoke: a Burden of Proof study

2024 46 citations Luísa Sório Flor, Jason A Anderson et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chukwuma Okereke United States	3	25	18	14	12	10	6	63
Paul Brennan France	2	25 1.0×	10 0.6×	7 0.5×	11 0.9×	9 0.9×	2	64
Noah Ahmad United States	2	25 1.0×	17 0.9×	11 0.8×	5 0.4×	10 1.0×	3	49
Olatz Mokoroa Spain	4	16 0.6×	19 1.1×	9 0.6×	18 1.5×	27 2.7×	7	86
Priya Upadhyay United States	4	11 0.4×	19 1.1×	34 2.4×	3 0.3×	3 0.3×	8	83
Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher United States	6	47 1.9×	8 0.4×	15 1.1×		6 0.6×	7	85
Qifeng Ying China	6	25 1.0×	5 0.3×	2 0.1×	13 1.1×	7 0.7×	11	73
Esra Akyüz Özkan Türkiye	6	10 0.4×	5 0.3×	11 0.8×	6 0.5×	2 0.2×	21	65
Teri-Louise North United Kingdom	5	13 0.5×	6 0.3×	7 0.5×	2 0.2×	2 0.2×	5	57
Pedro Alfonso Aguilar Chile	4	41 1.6×	11 0.6×	20 1.4×		5 0.5×	7	63
Nancy McBride United Kingdom	7	14 0.6×	12 0.7×	12 0.9×		14 1.4×	13	180

Countries citing papers authored by Chukwuma Okereke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chukwuma Okereke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chukwuma Okereke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chukwuma Okereke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chukwuma Okereke based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chukwuma Okereke. Chukwuma Okereke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Gil, Gabriela, Jason A Anderson, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, et al.. (2024). Health effects associated with chewing tobacco: a Burden of Proof study. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1082–1082. 11 indexed citations

2.

Picciochi, Maria, Philip Alexander, Theophilus Teddy Kojo Anyomih, et al.. (2024). Provision of inguinal hernia surgery in first‐referral hospitals across low‐ and middle‐income countries: Secondary analysis of an international cohort study. World Journal of Surgery. 49(2). 374–384. 1 indexed citations

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Olasehinde, Olalekan, Kathleen Lynch, Debra A. Goldman, et al.. (2024). Translation and psychometric assessment of the mastectomy module of the BREAST-Q questionnaire for use in Nigeria. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 8(1). 17–17.

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Flor, Luísa Sório, Jason A Anderson, Noah Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Health effects associated with exposure to secondhand smoke: a Burden of Proof study. Nature Medicine. 30(1). 149–167. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dare, Anna, Samuel Olatoke, Chukwuma Okereke, et al.. (2023). The African Research Group for Oncology: A decade fostering colorectal cancer research in Nigeria. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 128(6). 1011–1020. 3 indexed citations

6.

Etonyeaku, Amarachukwu, et al.. (2020). Early Experience with Laparoscopic Surgical Practice in Ondo State, South Western Nigeria.. PubMed. 37(2). 183–188. 2 indexed citations

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