Matthew O. Wegwu

University of Port Harcourt

Also at World Bankfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2002, latest 2026

Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Plant Science
Analytical Chemistry
Molecular Biology
Aquatic Science

Publications: 472002–2026
Citations: 539to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 16
Field-weighted impact: 0.721.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 4%2 of 45 scored papers
Open access: 51%24 papers free to read

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

47 in all

Functional Group Profiling and Bioremediation Potential of Cocoa Pod Husk, Potato Peel, and Fluted Pumpkin Husk in Petroleum-Contaminated Soil
2026Publication0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-20513-1_22
Assessing the Impact of Hydrocarbon Pollution on Soil and Crop Resilience in Omuigwe-Aluu, Rivers State
2026Publication0 citations

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pollution1736%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1430%
Plant Science919%
Analytical Chemistry511%
Molecular Biology49%
Aquatic Science36%
Artificial Intelligence36%
Neurology36%
Nutrition and Dietetics36%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology36%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy metals in environment14
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity6
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology5
Heavy Metals in Plants4
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies3
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping3
Mercury impact and mitigation studies3
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms3
Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity3
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements3
Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research2
Cassava research and cyanide2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

15% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
United States3
Poland1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of IbadanNG6 papers
World BankUS3 papers
PAMO University of Medical SciencesNG2 papers
Rivers State UniversityNG2 papers
Imperial College LondonGB1 paper
Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of SciencesPL1 paper
Keele UniversityGB1 paper
Robert Gordon UniversityGB1 paper
University of ManchesterGB1 paper
University of the Western CapeZA1 paper

Where they publish

Biological Trace Element Research3
Chemistry & Biodiversity3
Advances In Image and Video Processing2
Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology2
Bioremediation Journal2
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water10
2Zero hunger7
6Clean water and sanitation5
3Good health and well-being4
15Life on land3
12Responsible consumption and production2
7Affordable and clean energy1

Most cited

Health risk assessment of hazardous metals for population via consumption of seafood from Ogoniland, Rivers State, Nigeria; a case study of Kaa, B-Dere, and Bodo City
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment14
201567 citationsWorld top 10%
Distribution of selected carcinogenic hydrocarbon and heavy metals in an oil-polluted agriculture zone
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment2
201464 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Hazardous metals levels in groundwater from Gokana, Rivers State, Nigeria: Non-cancer and cancer health risk assessment

Testosterone Prevents atrazine-Induced Oxidative Damage, Inflammation and Histologic Changes in the Testes of Young Mature Rats

2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B Biological SciencesJournalSenior author4 citations10.1007/s40011-023-01480-5

Testosterone modulates atrazine-induced cytotoxicity in testicular cell lines

2023Scientia AfricanaJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.4314/sa.v22i2.22

HPLC, GC QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYTOCHEMICALS IN JUSTICIA CARNEA LEAF

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.5281/zenodo.7037574

Use of Livestock and Plant Agro-Waste in the Production of Organic Feed and Its Effect on the Physiology of Albino Wistar Rats

2021Journal of applied science and environmental managementJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.4314/jasem.v25i3.1

Level of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Water and Sediments of Ikoli Creek Bayelsa State Nigeria

2019Toxicology and Environmental Health SciencesJournalSenior author16 citations10.1007/s13530-019-0395-3

Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Fish, Water and Sediment of the New Calabar River

2018Asian Journal of Research in BiochemistryJournalOpen access1 citation10.9734/ajrb/2018/v2i4599

Phytochemical Composition and Analgesic Property of Ethanolic Leaf Extract of Maesobotrya barteri

2017Journal of Advances in Biology & BiotechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.9734/jabb/2017/32994

Cleanup of Crude Oil Polluted Sites Using Arachis Hypogaea L. (Groundnut) and Biostimulants

2012Nigeria Annual International Conference and ExhibitionPublicationSenior author1 citation10.2118/162968-ms

Characterization and Safety Evaluation of the Impact of Hydrocarbon Contaminants on Ecological Receptors

2010Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologyJournalSenior author11 citations10.1007/s00128-010-0062-5

Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology

Journal of Applied Life Sciences International2

How it can be read

51% free to read

Diamond 15 · 32%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 4%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 23 · 49%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 47 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health2
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung1
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung1

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal

Prevention of CCl4-Induced Liver Damage by Ginger, Garlic and Vitamin E

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences6

200752 citations