Stella Babalola

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Stella Babalola is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stella Babalola has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in General Health Professions, 31 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Stella Babalola's work include Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (32 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (30 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 papers). Stella Babalola is often cited by papers focused on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (32 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (30 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 papers). Stella Babalola collaborates with scholars based in United States, Nigeria and Tanzania. Stella Babalola's co-authors include Adesegun Fatusi, Hannah Koenker, B. Oleko Tambashe, Ilene S. Speizer, Akinsewa Akiode, Bolanle Olapeju, Neetu A. John, Emily Ricotta, D. Lawrence Kincaid and Jennifer Anyanti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stella Babalola

78 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Determinants of use of maternal health services in Nigeri... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Determinants of use of maternal health services in Nigeria - looking beyond individual and household factors
    2009 618 citations Stella Babalola, Adesegun Fatusi profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stella Babalola United States 28 1.3k 1.1k 507 471 356 82 2.5k
Rachel Tolhurst United Kingdom 29 1.2k 0.9× 887 0.8× 740 1.5× 498 1.1× 254 0.7× 97 3.0k
Sohail Agha United States 26 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 246 0.5× 504 1.1× 175 0.5× 72 2.1k
Jolene Skordis United Kingdom 28 920 0.7× 673 0.6× 309 0.6× 268 0.6× 131 0.4× 108 2.2k
John Koku Awoonor‐Williams Ghana 28 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 451 0.9× 210 0.4× 227 0.6× 116 2.8k
Ian Askew Kenya 27 1.0k 0.8× 903 0.8× 593 1.2× 359 0.8× 120 0.3× 79 1.8k
Monica Magadi United Kingdom 22 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 169 0.3× 424 0.9× 105 0.3× 71 1.9k
Mohsin Sidat Mozambique 30 776 0.6× 963 0.9× 273 0.5× 842 1.8× 141 0.4× 114 2.6k
Loveday Penn‐Kekana United Kingdom 25 916 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 259 0.5× 355 0.8× 983 2.8× 80 2.9k
Joseph Mumba Zulu Zambia 25 972 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 419 0.8× 429 0.9× 119 0.3× 133 1.9k
Susan B. Rifkin United Kingdom 24 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.5× 260 0.5× 174 0.4× 240 0.7× 64 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Stella Babalola

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stella Babalola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stella Babalola

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

All Works

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Collis, Avinash, Kiran Garimella, Alex Moehring, et al.. (2022). Global survey on COVID-19 beliefs, behaviours and norms. Nature Human Behaviour. 6(9). 1310–1317. 36 indexed citations
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Olapeju, Bolanle, Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson, Joseph G. Rosen, et al.. (2021). Trends in handwashing behaviours for COVID-19 prevention: Longitudinal evidence from online surveys in 10 sub-Saharan African countries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(11). e0000049–e0000049. 17 indexed citations
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Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji, Clifford Odimegwu, Sunday A. Adedini, et al.. (2020). Death registration in Nigeria: a systematic literature review of its performance and challenges. Global Health Action. 13(1). 1811476–1811476. 17 indexed citations
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Hildon, Zoe Jane‐Lara, et al.. (2019). Gender-Based Violence in Senegal: its Catalysts and Connections from a Community Perspective. Journal of Family Violence. 34(8). 769–780. 7 indexed citations
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Hendrickson, Zoé Mistrale, et al.. (2019). Men’s perceptions of HIV care engagement at the facility- and provider-levels: Experiences in Cote d’Ivoire. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0211385–e0211385. 14 indexed citations
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Babalola, Stella, et al.. (2018). Factors associated with caregivers’ consistency of use of bed nets in Nigeria: a multilevel multinomial analysis of survey data. Malaria Journal. 17(1). 280–280. 20 indexed citations
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Adedini, Sunday A., et al.. (2018). Role of Religious Leaders in Promoting Contraceptive Use in Nigeria: Evidence From the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative. Global Health Science and Practice. 6(3). 500–514. 67 indexed citations
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Storey, J. Douglas, et al.. (2018). Associations between ideational variables and bed net use in Madagascar, Mali, and Nigeria. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 484–484. 40 indexed citations
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Babalola, Stella, et al.. (2017). Factors affecting the achievement of fertility intentions in urban Nigeria: analysis of longitudinal data. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 942–942. 34 indexed citations
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Babalola, Stella, et al.. (2016). Correlates of Intra-Household ITN Use in Liberia: A Multilevel Analysis of Household Survey Data. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0158331–e0158331. 35 indexed citations
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Babalola, Stella. (2014). Factors associated with use of maternal health services in Haiti: a multilevel analysis.. PubMed. 36(1). 1–9. 36 indexed citations
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Cox, Carie Muntifering, Stella Babalola, Caitlin E. Kennedy, et al.. (2014). Determinants of concurrent sexual partnerships within stable relationships: a qualitative study in Tanzania. BMJ Open. 4(2). e003680–e003680. 21 indexed citations
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Limaye, Rupali J., Stella Babalola, Caitlin E. Kennedy, & Deanna Kerrigan. (2013). Descriptive and injunctive norms related to concurrent sexual partnerships in Malawi: implications for HIV prevention research and programming. Health Education Research. 28(4). 563–573. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Christina J., et al.. (2012). Predictors of parent–child communication among a nationally representative sample in Nigeria. SAHARA-J Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS. 9(2). 95–103. 11 indexed citations
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Babalola, Stella, Adesegun Fatusi, & Jennifer Anyanti. (2009). Media saturation, communication exposure and HIV stigma in Nigeria. Social Science & Medicine. 68(8). 1513–1520. 45 indexed citations
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Babalola, Stella, et al.. (2007). Motivation for Late Sexual Debut in Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. 7(2). 65–87. 15 indexed citations
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Babalola, Stella, et al.. (2002). The correlates of safe sex practices among Rwandan youth: a positive deviance approach. African Journal of AIDS Research. 1(1). 11–21. 52 indexed citations

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