Josephine I. Okafor

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 1976, latest 2025

Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Cell Biology
Small Animals
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology

Publications: 201976–2025
Citations: 616to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 14
Field-weighted impact: 0.901.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%2 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 25%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

Publications

20 in all

Trends in Prevalence of Yeast Species Associated With Urogenital Infection in Nsukka, Nigeria: An Overview of True Candida Species and Genotyping of Candida albicans hwp1 ‐Heterozygous Isolates
2025International Journal of MicrobiologyJournalOpen access1 citation10.1155/ijm/3115363
The Influence of Age, Health Care and Hygienic Habits on Candida Species Prevalence in the Human Oral Cavity and Genitourinary Tract

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Citations received each year

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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

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Epidemiology1260%
Infectious Diseases735%
Cell Biology525%
Small Animals525%
Molecular Biology420%
Pharmacology315%
Insect Science210%
Biotechnology15%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics15%
Food Science15%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Nail Diseases and Treatments8
Antifungal resistance and susceptibility6
Fungal Infections and Studies5
Infectious Diseases and Mycology5
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases5
Fungal Biology and Applications3
Bee Products Chemical Analysis2
Phytochemical compounds biological activities2
Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies2
Amoebic Infections and Treatments1
Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments1
Insect and Pesticide Research1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

20% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States3
Italy1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of South FloridaUS2 papers
Case Western Reserve UniversityUS1 paper
Gastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis"IT1 paper
University of MessinaIT1 paper
Ebonyi State UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Mycoses5
PubMed4
Mycopathologia2
Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica1
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek1
BMC Research Notes1
Comparative Clinical Pathology

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land4
14Life below water3
2Zero hunger1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Preliminary studies of the antifungal activities of some medicinal plants against Basidiobolus and some other pathogenic fungi
Mycoses15
1995174 citations
ABasidiobolussp. and its association with reptiles and amphibians in Southern Florida
Medical Mycology14
198497 citationsWorld top 10%
Evaluation of physicochemical and antioxidant properties of two stingless bee honeys: a comparison with Apis mellifera honey from Nsukka, Nigeria

International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health

Comparative virulence of Scedosporium species in animal models

2010The Brazilian Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.1016/s1413-8670(10)70055-6

In vitro susceptibility testing of dermatophytes isolated from pediatric cases in Nigeria against five antifungals

2007Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São PauloJournalOpen accessSenior author23 citations10.1590/s0036-46652007000500004

International Journal of Microbiology1

How it can be read

25% free to read

Diamond 2 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 15%In an open-access journal
Closed 15 · 75%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 20 papers name a funder

U.S. Forest Service1
Università degli Studi di Messina1

201772 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold