PO Okonkwo

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 1980, latest 2018

Infectious Diseases
Food Science
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 171980–2018
Citations: 98to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.401.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%1 of 17 scored papers
Open access: 59%10 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

Asymmetry in Health and Disease: Food for Thought
2018Epidemiology International JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.23880/eij-16000113
Effect of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Ocimum Gratissimum on some Haematological Indices in Rats Treated with Zidovudine-containing Antiretroviral Drugs

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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

Infectious Diseases635%
Food Science318%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis318%
Computational Theory and Mathematics212%
Nutrition and Dietetics212%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health212%
Complementary and alternative medicine16%
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition16%
Dermatology16%
Ecology16%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment4
Insects and Parasite Interactions3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Computational Drug Discovery Methods2
Malaria Research and Control2
Mosquito-borne diseases and control2
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology2
Academic Writing and Publishing1
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy1
Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity1
Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases1
Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

0% of their papers have a co-author abroad

Most frequent partner countries

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG5 papers
Ebonyi State UniversityNG2 papers
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu UniversityNG1 paper
University of LagosNG1 paper
Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis ResearchNG1 paper
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG1 paper
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG1 paper

Where they publish

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)3
Public Health3
Orient Journal of Medicine2
West Indian Medical Journal2
Clinical Drug Investigation1
Epidemiology International Journal1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being5
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
5Gender equality1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
15Life on land1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Interference by Malaria in the diagnosis of typhoid using Widal test alone
West African Journal of Medicine3
200435 citationsOpen access · Bronze
How do rural households perceive and prioritise malaria and mosquito nets? A study in five communities of Nigeria
Public Health15
200020 citations
Willingness to pay for the maintenance of equity in a local ivermectin distribution scheme in Toro, Northern Nigeria

Greener Journal of Medical Sciences

Simvastatin Enhances Clinical Response to Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine in Falciparum Malaria

2016West Indian Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.7727/wimj.2015.061

Knowledge, literacy and scholarship in scientific authorship

2006DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

Interference by Malaria in the diagnosis of typhoid using Widal test alone

2004West African Journal of MedicineJournalOpen access35 citations10.4314/wajm.v22i3.27961

Diagnosis of tuberculosis : Experience with use of an immunochromatographic assay in a Nigerian hospital

2004DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access1 citation

The Pharmacokinetics of Ivermectin in Rabbit

2004Orient Journal of MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/ojm.v15i2.29059

Ivermectin: Difficulties in resolving pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic relationships in onchocerciasis

2004DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations

Greener Journal of Medical Sciences

Nigerian Journal of Parasitology1

How it can be read

59% free to read

Diamond 3 · 18%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 18%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 18%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 41%Behind a paywall

199914 citationsWorld top 10%