Chuka F. Ononye

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2015, latest 2025

Literature and Literary Theory
Language and Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence
Communication
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Linguistics and Language

Publications: 162015–2025
Citations: 42to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 1.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%4 of 16 scored papers
Open access: 50%8 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

16 in all

Conventionalised impoliteness in Nigerians’ reactions to the Buhari-led government’s Federal Character Principle
2025Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.2989/16073614.2025.2473354
Discursive strategies of framing in Nigerian and South African headlines on xenophobic violence

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Literature and Literary Theory1169%
Language and Linguistics850%
Artificial Intelligence531%
Communication531%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology425%
Linguistics and Language319%
Sociology and Political Science319%
Anthropology16%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance16%
Human-Computer Interaction16%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Discourse Analysis in Language Studies11
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies7
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection5
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition4
Multilingual Education and Policy3
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism3
Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics2
African history and culture analysis1
African Studies and Geopolitics1
Digital Communication and Language1
linguistics and terminology studies1
Media Studies and Communication1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany1
Hong Kong SAR1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNG2 papers
Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHK1 paper
University of FreiburgDE1 paper
Godfrey Okoye UniversityNG1 paper
Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, OwerriNG1 paper
Covenant UniversityNG1 paper
Gombe State UniversityNG1 paper
University of CalabarNG1 paper
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG1 paper
Federal University DutseNG1 paper

Where they publish

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics2
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies2
Biblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and Culture1
Discourse Studies1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1
GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

16Peace, justice and strong institutions5
4Quality education4
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

LEXICO-STYLISTIC CHOICES AND MEDIA IDEOLOGY IN NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON NIGER DELTA CONFLICTS
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics16
201713 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Metalinguistic evaluators and pragmatic strategies in selected hate-inducing speeches in Nigeria
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics16
20198 citationsOpen access · Gold

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

“There’s still something positive about the Niger Delta ecology”: Metaphor and ideology in the Niger Delta poetic discourse

2023Language and Literature International Journal of StylisticsJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1177/09639470231158694

Relational work strategies in conflict-motivated discourses in The Passion of Christ

2022Biblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and CultureJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1177/01461079221107562

Rapport-management strategies in conflict situations

2021International Journal of Literary LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.15462/ijll.v10i1.109

Metalinguistic evaluators and pragmatic strategies in selected hate-inducing speeches in Nigeria

2019Indonesian Journal of Applied LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.17509/ijal.v9i1.13602

The Discursive Mechanisms of Nigerianisms and “Trancultured” Identities in Mary Specht’s Migratory Animals

2019International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English LiteratureJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.8n.5p.1

Linguistic Identity and the Stylistics of Nativisation in Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

2018GEMA Online Journal of Language StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.17576/gema-2018-1804-06

LEXICO-STYLISTIC CHOICES AND MEDIA IDEOLOGY IN NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON NIGER DELTA CONFLICTS

2017Indonesian Journal of Applied LinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.17509/ijal.v7i1.6870

Implicit Meanings in Fictional Conflict Discourses: Insights from two Nigerian Novels

2017DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation

Howard Journal of Communications1

International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature1

How it can be read

50% free to read

Diamond 3 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 25%In an open-access journal
Green 1 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 50%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 16 papers name a funder

Animal Health Research Institute1
Freie Universität Berlin1

20184 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Naming Strategies and Lexical Choices in Selected Newspaper Reports on Niger Delta Conflicts in Nigeria

Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies

20154 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Participant’s Roles and Cognitive Relations in Niger Delta Conflict News Discourse

SAGE Open

20213 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold