Wasiu A. Olowu

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Wasiu A. Olowu is a scholar working on Nephrology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wasiu A. Olowu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Nephrology, 11 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wasiu A. Olowu's work include Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (7 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (7 papers). Wasiu A. Olowu is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (7 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (7 papers). Wasiu A. Olowu collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, United States and South Africa. Wasiu A. Olowu's co-authors include Ian H. de Boer, Christoph Wanner, Juliana C.N. Chan, Clint Hurst, Sophia Zoungas, Kamlesh Khunti, Katy G. Wilkens, Peter Rossing, Katherine R. Tuttle and Adrian Liew and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Kidney International and Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

Wasiu A. Olowu

36 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease

2022 631 citations Peter Rossing, M. L. Caramori et al. Kidney International profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wasiu A. Olowu Nigeria	12	659	389	166	151	142	38	1.3k
David C. Wheeler United Kingdom	18	730 1.1×	234 0.6×	299 1.8×	263 1.7×	178 1.3×	40	1.5k
Geetha Maddukuri United States	11	522 0.8×	272 0.7×	155 0.9×	246 1.6×	200 1.4×	14	1.5k
Arnold Alper United States	18	609 0.9×	271 0.7×	422 2.5×	172 1.1×	119 0.8×	27	1.3k
Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor Malaysia	23	721 1.1×	240 0.6×	138 0.8×	231 1.5×	162 1.1×	116	1.6k
Adrian Liew Singapore	15	676 1.0×	461 1.2×	177 1.1×	215 1.4×	155 1.1×	61	1.3k
James P. Lash United States	8	724 1.1×	193 0.5×	263 1.6×	134 0.9×	158 1.1×	12	1.2k
Arnaud D. Kazé United States	21	390 0.6×	314 0.8×	313 1.9×	284 1.9×	125 0.9×	62	1.6k
Allison Dart Canada	20	398 0.6×	324 0.8×	221 1.3×	290 1.9×	81 0.6×	59	1.3k
Anita Lloyd Canada	16	627 1.0×	266 0.7×	375 2.3×	314 2.1×	191 1.3×	37	1.4k
Ea Wha Kang South Korea	19	621 0.9×	137 0.4×	184 1.1×	116 0.8×	142 1.0×	59	1.2k

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Desai, Nihar R., et al.. (2025). Empagliflozin Reduces Risk of Hospitalization in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease in the EMPA-KIDNEY Trial. Clinical Therapeutics. 47(12). 1091–1096.

Ibrahim, Olayinka Rasheed, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of eGFR methods in a sub-Saharan African community-based pediatric population. Pediatric Nephrology. 39(8). 2435–2449.

Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2023). Predictive ability of 2-h serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for perinatal asphyxia-induced acute kidney injury. Pediatric Nephrology. 39(1). 283–289. 1 indexed citations

Ademola, Adebowale, et al.. (2022). Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome in Africa: Epidemiology, Treatment Trends, and Outcomes. Seminars in Nephrology. 42(5). 151311–151311. 5 indexed citations

Rossing, Peter, M. L. Caramori, Juliana C.N. Chan, et al.. (2022). KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease. Kidney International. 102(5). S1–S127. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

Heuvel, Lambertus P. van den, et al.. (2021). Sickle cell nephropathy: insights into the pediatric population. Pediatric Nephrology. 37(6). 1231–1243. 11 indexed citations

Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2017). Childhood nephrotic syndrome in tropical Africa: then and now. Paediatrics and International Child Health. 37(4). 259–268. 21 indexed citations

Ashuntantang, Gloria, Charlotte Osafo, Wasiu A. Olowu, et al.. (2017). Outcomes in adults and children with end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. The Lancet Global Health. 5(4). e408–e417. 148 indexed citations

Olowu, Wasiu A., Abdou Niang, Charlotte Osafo, et al.. (2016). Outcomes of acute kidney injury in children and adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. The Lancet Global Health. 4(4). e242–e250. 139 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2012). Hospital-acquired acute kidney injury in critically ill children and adolescents.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(1). 68–77. 17 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2011). Pericarditis as initial clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a girl. South African Journal of Child Health. 5(4). 123–125. 1 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2009). Quartan malaria-associated childhood nephrotic syndrome: now a rare clinical entity in malaria endemic Nigeria. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 25(3). 794–801. 22 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2008). Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and nephrotic syndrome in a child with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 12(2). 144–148. 2 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2007). Stage 2 hypertension in a child with a rapidly enlarging kidney: question. Pediatric Nephrology. 23(5). 727–728. 1 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A.. (2006). Nephropathy, polyneuropathy, and gastroenteritis in a child with Churg–Strauss syndrome. Clinical Rheumatology. 26(5). 831–835. 3 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A.. (2006). Lupus nephropathy and cardiopulmonary and hepatic dysfunctions in a child. Pediatric Nephrology. 21(9). 1318–1322. 2 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (2004). Pediatric acute renal failure in southwestern Nigeria. Kidney International. 66(4). 1541–1548. 83 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A.. (2003). Renal failure in Nigerian children: factors limiting access to dialysis. Pediatric Nephrology. 18(12). 1249–1254. 37 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A.. (2002). Systemic complications of acute glomerulonephritis in Nigerian children. Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal. 9(2). 83–83. 11 indexed citations

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Olowu, Wasiu A., et al.. (1993). The prevalence and classification of epileptic seizures in Nigerians with sickle-cell anaemia.. PubMed. 96(5). 288–90. 8 indexed citations

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