Dike Ojji

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Dike Ojji is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dike Ojji has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 20 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Dike Ojji's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (44 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (23 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (17 papers). Dike Ojji is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (44 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (23 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (17 papers). Dike Ojji collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, United States and Australia. Dike Ojji's co-authors include Karen Sliwa, Okechukwu S. Ogah, Anastase Dzudié, Mahmoud U. Sani, Albertino Damasceno, Samuel Ajayi, Charles Mondo, Manmak Mamven, Bongani M. Mayosi and Beth A. Davison and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Dike Ojji

106 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Causes, Treatment, and Outcome of Acute Heart Failure... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The Causes, Treatment, and Outcome of Acute Heart Failure in 1006 Africans From 9 Countries
    2012 352 citations Albertino Damasceno, Bongani M. Mayosi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dike Ojji Nigeria 16 892 215 135 133 114 116 1.3k
Alain Ménanga Cameroon 14 508 0.6× 145 0.7× 167 1.2× 86 0.6× 67 0.6× 81 807
Mahmoud U. Sani Nigeria 18 777 0.9× 364 1.7× 262 1.9× 209 1.6× 153 1.3× 76 1.4k
Prafulla Kerkar India 15 736 0.8× 220 1.0× 108 0.8× 184 1.4× 261 2.3× 78 1.1k
Stacey E. Jolly United States 24 466 0.5× 217 1.0× 161 1.2× 288 2.2× 140 1.2× 50 1.6k
A O Falase Nigeria 16 617 0.7× 148 0.7× 104 0.8× 68 0.5× 92 0.8× 71 962
Ahmadou Musa Jingi Cameroon 17 353 0.4× 182 0.8× 209 1.5× 44 0.3× 58 0.5× 84 989
Matti Ketonen Finland 19 735 0.8× 157 0.7× 270 2.0× 43 0.3× 147 1.3× 30 1.3k
David E. Conwill United States 8 810 0.9× 183 0.9× 230 1.7× 101 0.8× 214 1.9× 10 1.5k
Kunal N. Karmali United States 17 659 0.7× 110 0.5× 158 1.2× 44 0.3× 226 2.0× 28 1.2k
S Harikrishnan India 24 1.1k 1.2× 467 2.2× 110 0.8× 564 4.2× 420 3.7× 159 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Dike Ojji

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dike Ojji

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dike Ojji

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dike Ojji. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dike Ojji 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 Dike Ojji. Dike Ojji is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Jobe, Modou, Pablo Perel, Alexander Perkins, et al.. (2025). Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Burden, Barriers and Priorities for Improving Treatment Outcomes. Circulation Research. 137(1). 106–118. 2 indexed citations
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Shedul, Gabriel, Grace Shedul, Boni Maxime Ale, et al.. (2025). Supportive supervision visits in a large community hypertension programme in Nigeria: implementation methods and outcomes. BMJ Open Quality. 14(1). e003163–e003163. 2 indexed citations
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Appel, Lawrence J., Kunihiro Matsushita, Dike Ojji, et al.. (2024). On-demand mobile hypertension training for primary health care workers in Nigeria: a pilot study. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 444–444. 1 indexed citations
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Marklund, Matti, Léopold Ndemnge Aminde, Mary Njeri Wanjau, et al.. (2024). Estimated health benefits, costs and cost-effectiveness of eliminating industrial trans-fatty acids in Nigeria: cost-effectiveness analysis. BMJ Global Health. 9(4). e014294–e014294. 1 indexed citations
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Thrift, Amanda G., Josefien van Olmen, Edwin Wouters, et al.. (2024). Strengthening policy engagement when scaling up interventions targeting non-communicable diseases: insights from a qualitative study across 20 countries. Health Policy and Planning. 39(Supplement_2). i39–i53. 3 indexed citations
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Abiodun, Olugbenga Olusola, et al.. (2024). Family History of Hypertension and Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Nigerians. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2024(1). 7858899–7858899. 1 indexed citations
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Iwelunmor, Juliet, Gabriel Shedul, Daniel Henry, et al.. (2024). Assets for integrating task-sharing strategies for hypertension within HIV clinics: Stakeholder’s perspectives using the PEN-3 cultural model. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0294595–e0294595. 4 indexed citations
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Adamu, Umar, et al.. (2023). The Pandemic of Coronary Artery Disease in the Sub-Saharan Africa: What Clinicians Need to Know. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 25(9). 571–578. 9 indexed citations
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Ojji, Dike, Amelia Sancilio, Gabriel Shedul, et al.. (2023). Nigeria healthcare worker SARS-CoV-2 serology study: Results from a prospective, longitudinal cohort. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e0000549–e0000549. 1 indexed citations
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Sanuade, Olutobi Adekunle, Xuejun Yin, Hueiming Liu, et al.. (2023). Stakeholder perspectives on Nigeria’s national sodium reduction program: Lessons for implementation and scale-up. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0280226–e0280226. 3 indexed citations
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Noubiap, Jean Jacques, Dominic Millenaar, Dike Ojji, et al.. (2023). Fifty Years of Global Cardiovascular Research in Africa: A Scientometric Analysis, 1971 to 2021. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(3). e027670–e027670. 8 indexed citations
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Huang, Liping, Judith Kimiywe, Boni Maxime Ale, et al.. (2023). Presence of trans-Fatty Acids Containing Ingredients in Pre-Packaged Foods and the Availability of Reported trans-Fat Levels in Kenya and Nigeria. Nutrients. 15(3). 761–761. 6 indexed citations
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Baldridge, Abigail S., Gabriel Shedul, Dike Ojji, et al.. (2023). Formative Evaluation and Adaptation of a Hypertension Extension for Community Health Outcomes Program for Healthcare Workers within the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. Global Heart. 18(1). 64–64. 4 indexed citations
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Shakil, Saate, Dike Ojji, Chris T. Longenecker, & Gregory A. Roth. (2022). Early Stage and Established Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results From Population Health Surveys in 17 Countries, 2010–2017. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 15(12). e009046–e009046. 10 indexed citations
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Nkoké, Clovis, Albertino Damasceno, Christopher Edwards, et al.. (2021). Differences in socio-demographic and risk factor profile, clinical presentation, and outcomes between patients with and without RHD heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 11(4). 980–990. 1 indexed citations
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Ajisegiri, Whenayon Simeon, Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá, Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema, et al.. (2021). Aligning policymaking in decentralized health systems: Evaluation of strategies to prevent and control non-communicable diseases in Nigeria. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(11). e0000050–e0000050. 11 indexed citations
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Sani, Mahmoud U., Beth A. Davison, Gad Cotter, et al.. (2014). Renal Dysfunction in African Patients With Acute Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 16(7). 718–728. 10 indexed citations
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Ojji, Dike, Simon Stewart, Samuel Ajayi, Manmak Mamven, & Karen Sliwa. (2013). A Predominance of Hypertensive Heart Failure in the Abuja Heart Study Cohort of Urban Nigerians: A Prospective Clinical Registry of 1515 de novo Cases. European Journal of Heart Failure. 15(8). 835–842. 59 indexed citations
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Adebiyi, A, Akinyemi Aje, Okechukwu S. Ogah, et al.. (2005). Correlates of left atrial size in Nigerian hypertensives.. PubMed. 16(3). 158–61. 15 indexed citations

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