Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 1970, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Animal Science and Zoology
Infectious Diseases
Agronomy and Crop Science
Microbiology
Small Animals

In their own words

Veterinary pathology
Respiratory pathology
Diagnostic pathology
toxicopathology
One health
Vaccinology

Publications: 5651970–2026
Citations: 4,460to those papers
h-index: 27i10-index 127
Field-weighted impact: 0.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%15 of 322 scored papers
Open access: 66%213 of the 322 whose access is recorded

76 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 6,372 citations, h-index 35 and i10-index 182 (3,677 citations and h-index 26 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

On their papers

Publications

565 in all

Vaginal hyperplasia in Nigeria Local bitch: Case Report
2002Tropical VeterinarianJournal0 citations10.4314/tv.v20i3.4494
Uterine Torsion in a West African Dwarf Ewe in Ibadan, Nigeria
2002Tropical VeterinarianJournal0 citations10.4314/tv.v20i4.4484

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology7012%
Animal Science and Zoology6211%
Infectious Diseases5610%
Agronomy and Crop Science427%
Microbiology427%
Small Animals397%
Plant Science387%
Immunology356%
Food Science326%
Molecular Biology326%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Microbial infections and disease research41
Virology and Viral Diseases38
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology36
Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth26
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota24
Livestock and Poultry Management23
Animal Virus Infections Studies22
Viral Infections and Vectors21
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection20
Zoonotic diseases and public health17
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies14
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies14

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

38% of their 322 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12346712Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria254
Malaysia13
Germany12
Senegal7
United States7
United Kingdom7
Italy6
Egypt4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of IbadanNG235 papers
University of GhanaGH21 papers
University of IlorinNG20 papers
Universiti Putra MalaysiaMY13 papers
Federal University of Agriculture, AbeokutaNG13 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM12 papers
University of AbujaNG12 papers
Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth SciencesNG11 papers
Ministry of Food and AgricultureGH10 papers
Pan-Atlantic UniversityNG9 papers

Where they publish

Comparative Clinical Pathology33
PAMJ-One Health29
Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry24
African Journal of Biomedical Research16
PubMed16
Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences15

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being99
2Zero hunger55
14Life below water23
6Clean water and sanitation13
15Life on land11
1No poverty10
17Partnerships for the goals6
11

Most cited

Safety evaluations of the aqueous extract of the leaves of Moringa oleifera in rats
Journal of medicinal plants Research
2009373 citations
Growth, physiological, antioxidants, and immune response of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus (B.), to dietary clove basil, Ocimum gratissimum, leaf extract and its susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection
Fish & Shellfish Immunology
2018185 citationsWorld top 10%
Bacteria load on the skin and stomach of Clarias gariepinus and Oreochromis niloticus from Ibadan, South West Nigeria: Public health implications
Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research

How it can be read

66% free to read, of the 322 recorded

Diamond 98 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 58 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 11 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 6 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Green 40 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 109 · 19%Behind a paywall
Unknown 243 · 43%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

60 of 565 papers name a funder

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology12
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation11
Tertiary Education Trust Fund6
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft5
Universiti Putra Malaysia4
University of Ibadan4
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership3
African Union2