Mary J. N. Okolie

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2017, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Literature and Literary Theory
Demography
Education
Anthropology
Clinical Psychology

Publications: 102017–2026
Citations: 12to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 0.351.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 10 scored papers
Open access: 50%5 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

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.

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

10 in all

‘Any child that goes through this can’t be gay later’: Science, religious beliefs and social norms coexist in maternal health debates in the Nigerian media
2026Cultures of ScienceJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/20966083261447638
Umbilical Object and Nostalgia in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah
2025Journal of Borderlands Studies

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science550%
Literature and Literary Theory440%
Demography220%
Education220%
Anthropology110%
Clinical Psychology110%
Cultural Studies110%
General Health Professions110%
General Social Sciences110%
Geography, Planning and Development110%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Diaspora, migration, transnational identity2
Migration, Refugees, and Integration2
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
African history and culture studies1
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
Art, Politics, and Modernism1
Crafts, Textile, and Design1
Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration1
Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature1
Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees1
Geographies of human-animal interactions1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa4
Canada1
United Kingdom1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Stellenbosch UniversityZA4 papers
London School of Economics and Political ScienceGB1 paper
Purdue University West LafayetteUS1 paper
University of AlbertaCA1 paper
Bayero University KanoNG1 paper
Lagos State UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Borderlands Studies4
CLCWeb Comparative Literature and Culture1
Cultures of Science1
International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature1
Journal of Migration Affairs1
Journal of Refugee Studies1
Matatu1

How it can be read

50% free to read

Diamond 4 · 40%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 10%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 5 · 50%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 10 papers name a funder

Harvard University1
University of Cambridge1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities5
5Gender equality2

Most cited

The Politics and Poetics of Ethnic Bordering: Chukwuemeka Ike's Sunset at Dawn
Journal of Borderlands Studies10
20193 citations
Silence and Blindness in Richard Wright’s Native Son
International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature
20173 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Adichie’s Americanah , Transnational Border and the Prospects for Identity Reformation
Journal of Borderlands Studies10
20222 citations
Okonkwo’s Reincarnation: A Comparison of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease
CLCWeb Comparative Literature and Culture
20192 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Head, Adichie and the Patterns of Migration Struggles
Journal of Migration Affairs10
20221 citationOpen access · Diamond

Dialectic of Un/Belonging in Emily Habiby’s The Secret Life of Saeed, the Pessoptimist

2025Journal of Borderlands StudiesJournalSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/08865655.2025.2539108

Ecobordering

2023MatatuJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1163/18757421-05402006

Adichie’s Americanah , Transnational Border and the Prospects for Identity Reformation

2022Journal of Borderlands StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1080/08865655.2022.2060279

Head, Adichie and the Patterns of Migration Struggles

2022Journal of Migration AffairsJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.36931/jma.2022.4.2.22-33

Okonkwo’s Reincarnation: A Comparison of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease

2019CLCWeb Comparative Literature and CultureJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.7771/1481-4374.3145

The Politics and Poetics of Ethnic Bordering: Chukwuemeka Ike's Sunset at Dawn

2019Journal of Borderlands StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1080/08865655.2019.1571936

Things Fall Apart, Border Crossing and the Psychology of Exile

2019Journal of Refugee StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1093/jrs/fez085

Silence and Blindness in Richard Wright’s Native Son

2017International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English LiteratureJournalOpen access3 citations10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.6n.5p.107