Emeka Aniago

University of Nigeria

Also at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Universityfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology
Literature and Literary Theory
Anthropology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Publications: 172012–2026
Citations: 24to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 0
Field-weighted impact: 1.411.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 24%4 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 94%16 papers free to read

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

17 in all

Philosophical complexities and economic realities of mothering: A Nigerian mother's travails and tenacity in Funke Akindele's A Tribe Called Judah
2026Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.19911977
Victimhood Self-construal, Irony of Tears and Melancholy amid Wealth: Critical Assessment of Select Literary and Visual Metaphors on the Niger Delta Environmental Despoilment

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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.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science847%
Social Psychology635%
Literature and Literary Theory529%
Anthropology318%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology318%
Visual Arts and Performing Arts318%
Cultural Studies212%
Cognitive Neuroscience16%
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design16%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance16%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies4
African history and culture studies3
African studies and sociopolitical issues3
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition3
Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies3
Gothic Literature and Media Analysis2
Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez2
Misinformation and Its Impacts2
Social Movements and Cultural Identity2
Visual Culture and Art Theory2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Aesthetic Perception and Analysis1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

12% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2222222Home

Most frequent partner countries

Mexico2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Universidad de GuanajuatoMX2 papers
Imo State UniversityNG1 paper
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu UniversityNG1 paper
University of LagosNG1 paper
Ebonyi State UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities9
Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies1
Conflict Studies Quarterly1
Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology1
International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature1
Kritika Kultura

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
5Gender equality2
10Reduced inequalities2
1No poverty1
4Quality education1

Most cited

Metaphor and Melancholy Consciousness: Enduring Efficacy and Universal Common in Obiora Udechukwu’s Eight Paintings
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
20204 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Metaphors of Igbo Worldviews on Ghosts as Mystical Realities: Interpretations of Filmic Portrayals as Archetypal and Imaginative Visual Aesthetics in Two Nollywood Films
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
20204 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Thick Description of Social Functions of Selected African Flogging-Bouts as Theatrical Entertainment and Self-Defence Martial Arts

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

Psychological Trauma and Socio-Economic Burden of Girl-Child Marriage in Nigeria: Stephanie Linus’ ‘Dry’ as a Filmic Advocacy

2022Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.21659/rupkatha.v14n4.06

Insecurity and Anxiety in Northeast Nigeria and Boko Haram Agenda Conspiracy Theories: Lake Chad Basin’s Oil and Water Polemics

2022Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.21659/rupkatha.v14n4.05

Reflections of Society in Art: Contributions of Michael Soi’s Politics Paintings to Socio-Political Debates in Africa

2021Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.21659/rupkatha.v13n1.08

Creative Vision and Creative Arts: Significations and Metaphors of Keys in Alex Idoko’s Symbolist Arts

2021Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.21659/rupkatha.v13n4.38

Victimhood, Health Challenges and Violent Restiveness in Blood and Oil: Music, Characterization and Colours as Metaphors

2021Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.21659/rupkatha.v13n2.36

Antimonies of Crude Oil Production in the Niger Delta: Reflection on Ahmed Yerima’s Trilogy

2021Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.21659/rupkatha.v13n3.17

Metaphor and Melancholy Consciousness: Enduring Efficacy and Universal Common in Obiora Udechukwu’s Eight Paintings

2020Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in HumanitiesJournalOpen accessCorresponding4 citations10.21659/rupkatha.v12n6.05

NIGERIA: DELTA OIL EXPLORATION POLITICS AND THE PORTRAYAL OF BRUTAL IMPACT IN YERIMA’S HARD GROUND

2020Conflict Studies QuarterlyJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.24193/csq.32.2

Thick Description of Social Functions of Selected African Flogging-Bouts as Theatrical Entertainment and Self-Defence Martial Arts

2019Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.14589/ido.19.1.2

Polemics of Nigerian Worldviews on Mystical Realism and Social Class Conflicts in Sam Ukala’s The Placenta of Death

2019International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English LiteratureJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.8n.3p.12

Studies on Fulbe Ladde Soro: Analytical Review of Major Perspectives

2012West Africa reviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations

Nile Journal of English Studies1

How it can be read

94% free to read

Diamond 4 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 53%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 12%A copy in a repository
Closed 1 · 6%Behind a paywall

Ido Movement for Culture. Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology

20193 citationsOpen access · Green

Reflections of Society in Art: Contributions of Michael Soi’s Politics Paintings to Socio-Political Debates in Africa

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

20212 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold