Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale

University of Ibadan

Publishing since 1969, latest 2024

Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Development
Economics and Econometrics
Education
Anthropology

Publications: 411969–2024
Citations: 426to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 2.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 39%16 of 41 scored papers
Open access: 37%15 papers free to read

10 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

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

41 in all

From Iya Ijebu’s shop to Igbo market: ethnicity and the transformation of Mushin leather market in Lagos, Nigeria
2024AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1017/s0001972024000251
UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE NAME ‘BIAFRA’ IN CONTEMPORARY IGBO SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN NIGERIA
2024

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science2459%
Political Science and International Relations1127%
Development717%
Economics and Econometrics615%
Education615%
Anthropology512%
Communication37%
Gender Studies37%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences37%
General Health Professions37%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

International Development and Aid7
African studies and sociopolitical issues5
African cultural and philosophical studies4
African history and culture studies4
Religion, Society, and Development3
World Systems and Global Transformations3
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development2
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice2
COVID-19 epidemiological studies2
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2
Critical Race Theory in Education2
Economic Growth and Development2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

10% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Burkina Faso1
United Kingdom1
Namibia1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Lead City UniversityNG4 papers
Federal University of Agriculture, AbeokutaNG4 papers
Bowen UniversityNG3 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo UniversityNG2 papers
University of LagosNG2 papers
Benue State UniversityNG2 papers
University of NottinghamGB1 paper
Université Ouaga IIBF1 paper
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG1 paper
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology6
International Sociology3
Comparative Sociology2
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy2
Journal of Labor and Society2
Africa1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities11
17Partnerships for the goals6
1No poverty5
16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
3Good health and well-being2
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth2
4

Most cited

Peripheral scholarship and the context of foreign paid publishing in Nigeria
Current Sociology
2013101 citations
Chief Lamidi Adedibu and patronage politics in Nigeria
The Journal of Modern African Studies1
200753 citationsWorld top 10%
Contextual reflections on COVID-19 and informal workers in Nigeria
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy1

Gusau Journal of Sociology

Patronage Process in Pre-colonial and Colonial Ibadan, Nigeria

2023Comparative SociologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1163/15691330-12341556

Contemporary Issues in Public Policy

2022Book chapterOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1007/978-3-030-99724-3_6

Social Science Foundations of Public Policy

2022Book chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/978-3-030-99724-3_3

Pentecostal Conceptions of Warfare Prayer among the Yoruba in Southwestern Nigeria

2022Journal of Religion in AfricaJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1163/15700666-12340243

BIAFRA RENAISSANCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT DILEMMA IN SOUTHEAST, NIGERIA

2022Ibom Journal of Social IssuesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.36108/ijsi/2202.11.0360

Contextual reflections on COVID-19 and informal workers in Nigeria

2020International Journal of Sociology and Social PolicyJournalFirst author27 citations10.1108/ijssp-05-2020-0150

Racial Politics and Hausa-Fulani Dominant Identity in Colonial and Post-colonial Northern Nigeria

2019The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen access4 citations10.36108/njsa/9102/71(0160)

The context of children in Yoruba popular culture

2018Global Studies of ChildhoodJournalFirst author23 citations10.1177/2043610618815381

The Social Symbolism of Biafra Protest Songs in South-Eastern Nigeria

2018The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.36108/njsa/8102/61(0110)

The roots of division, activism, and civil society in Nigeria

2018International SociologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1177/0268580918791968

A contextual assessment of the FADAMA III programme in Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria

2017African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/20421338.2017.1352122

Conceptualizing and Framing Realities of Africa’s Development

2017Social indicators research seriesBook chapterSenior author2 citations10.1007/978-3-319-66242-8_2

TICAD: The Context of Japan’s Development Aids to Africa

2016The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.36108/njsa/6102/14(0120)

Tokunbo ICT

2013International Journal of Sociology and Social PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1108/ijssp-05-2012-0042

Globalization and Scholarly Publishing in West Africa

2013International Journal of SociologyJournalFirst author2 citations10.2753/ijs0020-7659430101

Global E-Waste Management and Second-Hand Consumption in the Third World: Substandard Context and Tokunbo Phenomenon in Nigeria

2012The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.36108/njsa/2102/01(0180)

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND AJỌ SYSTEM AMONG WORKING CLASS TRADERS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

2011Journal of Labor and SocietyJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1111/j.1743-4580.2011.00344.x

Sports and European Soccer Fans in Nigeria

2009Journal of Asian and African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1177/0021909609343412

'TINA', Aids, and the underdevelopment problem in Africa

2008Brazilian Journal of Political EconomyJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.1590/s0101-31572008000200004

The Political Instrumentalization of Violence in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: The Case of Ibadan

2008The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.36108/njsa/8002/60(0101)

Chief Lamidi Adedibu and patronage politics in Nigeria

2007The Journal of Modern African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding53 citations10.1017/s0022278x07002698

An Ethnographic Textual Analysis of Aging and the Elders in South Western Nigeria

1969The Canadian Journal of SociologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding14 citations10.29173/cjs22237

How it can be read

37% free to read

Diamond 6 · 15%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 6 · 15%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 26 · 63%Behind a paywall

11Sustainable cities and communities1

202027 citationsWorld top 10%

The context of children in Yoruba popular culture

Global Studies of Childhood4

201823 citationsWorld top 10%