Francis S. Ire

University of Port Harcourt

Publishing since 2001, latest 2025

Biotechnology
Plant Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Biomedical Engineering
Food Science
Molecular Biology

Publications: 452001–2025
Citations: 392to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 0.581.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 4%2 of 45 scored papers
Open access: 89%40 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

45 in all

Production and optimization of β-glucosidase by Penicillium chrysogenium under solid-state fermentation using response surface methodology
2025Scientia AfricanaJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/sa.v24i4.10
Production and characterization of bacteriocin from lactic acid bacteria isolated from fermented food products

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Biotechnology2147%
Plant Science1738%
Nutrition and Dietetics1636%
Biomedical Engineering1431%
Food Science1329%
Molecular Biology818%
Pharmacology37%
Pharmacology37%
Ecology24%
Forestry24%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Enzyme Production and Characterization17
Biofuel production and bioconversion14
Food composition and properties8
Phytase and its Applications5
Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction4
Microbial Metabolism and Applications4
Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology4
Probiotics and Fermented Foods4
Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies3
Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization3
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity3
Nuts composition and effects3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

2% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Rivers State UniversityNG8 papers
University of NigeriaNG4 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG3 papers
Wellspring UniversityNG3 papers
Federal University OtuokeNG2 papers
World BankUS1 paper
Federal Polytechnic OkoNG1 paper
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University MakurdiNG1 paper
PAMO University of Medical SciencesNG1 paper
Madonna UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Advances in Microbiology8
Scientia Africana7
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences3
Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology3
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences2
Journal of Applied Life Sciences International2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger17
6Clean water and sanitation3
12Responsible consumption and production3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Tigernut Plant and Useful Application of Tigernut Tubers (Cyperus esculentus) - A Review
Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology2
201861 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Production of bioethanol by bacterial co-culture from agro-waste-impacted soil through simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation of steam-exploded bagasse
Bioresources and Bioprocessing
201646 citationsOpen access · Gold
Purification and some properties of a novel raw starch-digesting amylase fromAspergillus carbonarius

Microbiological dynamics involved in cereal-porridge production using maize and sorghum

2022GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.30574/gscbps.2022.18.1.0369

Quality evaluation of flour and biscuits produced from wheat and African Yam Bean Tempeh Flours

2021GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.30574/gscbps.2021.17.1.0303

Enhanced xylanase production from UV-mutated Aspergillus niger grown on corn cob and sawdust

2020Biocatalysis and Agricultural BiotechnologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding34 citations10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101869

Isolation, Screening and Time Course Study of Amylase-producing Fungi from Garri Processing Environment

2020Journal of Life and Bio Sciences ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.38094/jlbsr1325

Tigernut Plant and Useful Application of Tigernut Tubers (Cyperus esculentus) - A Review

2018Current Journal of Applied Science and TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author61 citations10.9734/cjast/2018/43551

Effects of Some Cultural Conditions on Keratinase Production by Bacillus licheniformis Strain NBRC 14206

2017Journal of Advances in Biology & BiotechnologyJournalOpen accessFirst author21 citations10.9734/jabb/2017/32726

Purification and Some Properties of Keratinase from Bacillus licheniformis Strain NBRC 14206

2017Journal of Applied Life Sciences InternationalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.9734/jalsi/2017/33165

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Listeria Species from Abattoir Effluent in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

2016International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation

Journal of Life and Bio Sciences Research2

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture2

How it can be read

89% free to read

Diamond 30 · 67%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 2%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 11%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 45 papers name a funder

Division of Materials Research1
Tertiary Education Trust Fund1

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Enhanced xylanase production from UV-mutated Aspergillus niger grown on corn cob and sawdust

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology12

202034 citations

Effects of Some Cultural Conditions on Keratinase Production by Bacillus licheniformis Strain NBRC 14206

Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology2

201721 citationsOpen access · Diamond