O. N. Okoroafor

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Epidemiology
Animal Science and Zoology
Infectious Diseases
Agronomy and Crop Science
Food Science
Molecular Biology

Publications: 272007–2026
Citations: 225to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 0.721.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%2 of 27 scored papers
Open access: 81%22 papers free to read

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

27 in all

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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

Epidemiology1452%
Animal Science and Zoology1141%
Infectious Diseases519%
Agronomy and Crop Science415%
Food Science415%
Molecular Biology415%
Pharmacology311%
Plant Science311%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health311%
General Health Professions27%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Virology and Viral Diseases12
Animal Virus Infections Studies8
Livestock and Poultry Management4
Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology3
Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology3
Viral Infections and Vectors3
Animal Nutrition and Physiology2
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy2
Diverse Scientific Research Studies2
Malaria Research and Control2
Mosquito-borne diseases and control2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

7% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States1
Sweden1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

National Veterinary Research InstituteNG6 papers
Michael Okpara University of AgricultureNG4 papers
Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSE1 paper
University of GeorgiaUS1 paper
Southern Delta University, OzoroNG1 paper
University of Delta AgborNG1 paper
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG1 paper
North-West UniversityZA1 paper

Where they publish

Health7
Nigerian Journal of Animal Production3
Tropical Animal Health and Production3
Journal of Applied Animal Research2
Nigerian Veterinary Journal2
Veterinary World2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being11
6Clean water and sanitation3
2Zero hunger2
1No poverty1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Persistent detection of peste de petits ruminants antigen in the faeces of recovered goats
Tropical Animal Health and Production3
200867 citations
In vivo antimalarial activities of Enantia polycarpa stem bark against Plasmodium berghei berghei in mice
Journal of Ethnopharmacology3
201422 citations
Reduction of the Adverse Impacts of Fungal Mycotoxin on Proximate Composition of Feed and Growth Performance in Broilers by Combined Adsorbents
Toxins

Nigerian Journal of Animal Production

Prevalence of mycotic agents isolated from skin lesions of trade horses in Obollor-Afor, Enugu State, Nigeria

2020Sokoto Journal of Veterinary SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4314/sokjvs.v18i1.4

Constraints and prospects of turkey production in Enugu state south-eastern Nigeria

2020Nigerian Journal of Animal ProductionJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.51791/njap.v47i5.1328

Effects of Aluminium–Magnesium Silicate on Newcastle Disease Virus and on recovery of infected chicks

2011International Journal of Biological and Chemical SciencesJournalOpen access16 citations10.4314/ijbcs.v5i2.72160

Animal Research International

How it can be read

81% free to read

Diamond 16 · 59%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 15%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 5 · 19%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 27 papers name a funder

University Of Nigeria Nsukka2
Tertiary Education Trust Fund1

202116 citationsOpen access · Gold

Effects of Aluminium–Magnesium Silicate on Newcastle Disease Virus and on recovery of infected chicks

International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences

201116 citationsOpen access · Diamond