Fabian C. Okafor

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 1983, latest 2026

Ecology
Parasitology
Statistics and Probability
Nutrition and Dietetics
Small Animals
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 491983–2026
Citations: 361to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 12
Field-weighted impact: 0.401.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 2%1 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 65%32 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

49 in all

DNA barcoding of Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and Acerophagus papayae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in Nsukka Agro-Ecological Zone, Nigeria
2026International Journal of Tropical Insect ScienceJournal0 citations10.1007/s42690-026-01994-1
Additive Optional Scrambled Randomized Response Model for Estimating Population Mean and Sensitivity Level of Sensitive Variable

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Ecology1224%
Parasitology1224%
Statistics and Probability1020%
Nutrition and Dietetics816%
Small Animals714%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health612%
Plant Science510%
General Health Professions48%
Health Information Management48%
Epidemiology24%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions11
Parasites and Host Interactions11
Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques8
Child Nutrition and Water Access7
Helminth infection and control7
Malaria Research and Control6
Diverse Scientific Research Studies4
Global Health and Epidemiology4
Advanced Statistical Methods and Models3
Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior3
Moringa oleifera research and applications3
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

4% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

India1
Malaysia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG5 papers
Ebonyi State UniversityNG4 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG4 papers
Federal University of Technology MinnaNG3 papers
Air Force Institute of Technology KadunaNG3 papers
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeNG2 papers
University of IbadanNG2 papers
Federal Polytechnic, IdahNG2 papers
Ambrose Alli UniversityNG2 papers
Kogi State UniversityNG2 papers

Where they publish

Animal Research International11
PubMed6
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health3
Annals of Global Health2
Australian Journal of Statistics2
Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being13
2Zero hunger4
6Clean water and sanitation4
14Life below water4
10Reduced inequalities2
12Responsible consumption and production2
15Life on land2
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Most cited

Investigation into the prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in the Agulu Lake area of Anambra State, Nigeria
Journal of Helminthology3
199432 citations
Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections and Immunological Status of HIV/AIDS Coinfected Individuals in Nigeria
Annals of Global Health3
201931 citationsOpen access · Gold
Mapping of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Anambra State, Nigeria

Asian Research Journal of Mathematics

Calibrated Estimators for Population Means Using Standard Deviation of the Auxiliary Variable

2023Journal of the Indian Society for Probability and StatisticsJournal3 citations10.1007/s41096-023-00167-4

Antiplasmodial Potential and Phytochemical Evaluation of Aqueous Root Extract of a Nigerian Medicinal Apocynaceae Plant

2021International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.51584/ijrias.2021.6503

Malaria and Nutritional Status of Children in Anambra State, Nigeria

2020Asian Journal of Research in ZoologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/ajriz/2020/v3i430100

Mapping of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Anambra State, Nigeria

2019Annals of Global HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author28 citations10.5334/aogh.2393

Spatiotemporal Trend of Waterborne Disease in Enugu Urban, Nigeria: A Retrospective Study

2019International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.9734/ijtdh/2019/v38i330188

A new large sample goodness of fit test for multivariate normality based on chi squared probability plots

2018Communications in Statistics - Simulation and ComputationJournalSenior author4 citations10.1080/03610918.2017.1422749

SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF MALARIA IN A SEMI URBAN TROPICAL COMMUNITY

2016Animal Research InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

AN EXPOSITORY ON MALARIA DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES IN THE TROPICS

2016Animal Research InternationalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

Ecological survey of freshwater ecosystems of Ovia, Edo state Nigeria for gastropod molluscs

2015Animal Research InternationalJournalOpen access6 citations

The theory and application of sampling over two occasions for the estimation of current population ratio

2013Università degli Studi di BolognaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.6092/issn.1973-2201/897

Treatment of non-response in successive sampling

2013Università degli Studi di BolognaJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding20 citations10.6092/issn.1973-2201/1173

Treatment of unit non-response in two-stage sampling with partial replacement of units

2007DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.6092/issn.1973-2201/55

Epizootiology of Cysticercus bovis in Imo state, Nigeria.

1988PubMedJournalFirst authorCorresponding19 citations

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Journal of Helminthology2

How it can be read

65% free to read

Diamond 16 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 12%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 9 · 18%A copy in a repository
Closed 17 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 49 papers name a funder

University Of Nigeria Nsukka1

Annals of Global Health

201928 citationsOpen access · Gold

Treatment of non-response in successive sampling

Università degli Studi di Bologna

201320 citationsOpen access · Green