Isaiah I. Agbo

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2018, latest 2026

Language and Linguistics
Literature and Literary Theory
Linguistics and Language
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Sociology and Political Science
Developmental and Educational Psychology

Publications: 192018–2026
Citations: 58to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 2.641.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 21%4 of 19 scored papers
Open access: 63%12 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

Publications

19 in all

A speech act analysis of selected dialogues in Nigerian home movies
2026Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesJournalFirst author1 citation10.2989/16073614.2025.2587070
Stylistic representation of religious extremism in Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday
2026African Identities

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Language and Linguistics947%
Literature and Literary Theory947%
Linguistics and Language421%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology316%
Sociology and Political Science316%
Developmental and Educational Psychology211%
Gender Studies211%
Human-Computer Interaction211%
Archeology15%
Artificial Intelligence15%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies8
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies7
Multilingual Education and Policy4
Digital Communication and Language2
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning2
Gender Studies in Language2
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition2
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics2
African Education and Politics1
Archaeology and Historical Studies1
Biblical Studies and Interpretation1
Education and Islamic Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Niger1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Federal University WukariNG3 papers
Taraba State UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

English Language Teaching4
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies3
Howard Journal of Communications2
Theory and Practice in Language Studies2
Advances in Language and Literary Studies1
African Identities1
AFRREV IJAH An International Journal of Arts and Humanities1
Ezikov svât/Ezikov svât1

How it can be read

63% free to read

Diamond 9 · 47%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 7 · 37%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education8
10Reduced inequalities3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
5Gender equality2

Most cited

Critical Metaphor Analysis of Political Discourse in Nigeria
English Language Teaching16
201825 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Transitivity Processes in President Buhari’s ‘My Covenant With Nigerians’
English Language Teaching16
201910 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Language and Gender Representation in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
English Language Teaching10
20195 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Challenging the Status Quo in a Patriarchal World: A Critical Linguistic Appraisal of Masculine Framing in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun
Journal of Language Teaching and Research5
20224 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Effects of addiction to the use of social media on the reading habits of students of English language studies, university of Nigeria, Nsukka
Interactive Learning Environments4
20223 citations

Pragmatic functions of deixis in Nigerian newspaper editorials

2023Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.2989/16073614.2023.2195885

Naming and describing in Tanure Ojaide’sThe Fate of Vultures and Other Poems

2022Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesJournalSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.2989/16073614.2021.1995450

Transitivity Processes in President Buhari’s ‘My Covenant With Nigerians’

2019English Language TeachingJournalOpen accessFirst author10 citations10.5539/elt.v12n4p7

Language and Gender Representation in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

2019English Language TeachingJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.5539/elt.v12n11p55

COMMUNICATION PATTERNS IN PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM MOTHERS

2019Ezikov svât/Ezikov svâtJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.37708/ezs.swu.bg.v23i3.7

Critical Metaphor Analysis of Political Discourse in Nigeria

2018English Language TeachingJournalOpen accessFirst author25 citations10.5539/elt.v11n5p95

Assessing Problem Areas in Senior Secondary Students’ Use of the English Concord

2018Theory and Practice in Language StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.17507/tpls.0808.08

Impact of social media language on writings of the undergraduates of university of Nigeria, Nsukka

2018AFRREV IJAH An International Journal of Arts and HumanitiesJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citation10.4314/ijah.v7i4.5