Esther O. Ugoji

University of Lagos

Publishing since 1994, latest 2019

Pollution
Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Ecology
Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 141994–2019
Citations: 754to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 2.211.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%4 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 43%6 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

Publications

14 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

Pollution643%
Plant Science536%
Molecular Biology429%
Ecology321%
Biomedical Engineering214%
Biotechnology214%
Molecular Medicine214%
Soil Science214%
Environmental Chemistry17%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis17%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity3
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing2
Heavy metals in environment2
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis2
Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants2
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology2
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts2
Plant Parasitism and Resistance2
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics2
Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions1
Bee Products Chemical Analysis1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

50% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
South Africa2
Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Auburn UniversityUS2 papers
University of Wisconsin–MadisonUS2 papers
Adekunle Ajasin UniversityNG2 papers
University of KwaZulu-NatalZA2 papers
University of NigeriaNG2 papers
Robert Koch InstituteDE1 paper
Universität GreifswaldDE1 paper
Federal Institute of Industrial Research OshodiNG1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2
PubMed2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology1
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection1
Asian Journal of Biotechnology and Bioresource Technology1
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation6
2Zero hunger3
14Life below water2
15Life on land1

Most cited

Comparison of plant growth-promotion with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis in three vegetables
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology2
2008199 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Effects of heavy metal pollution on the soil microbial activity
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology6
2008188 citationsWorld top 10%

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Properties of Bacterial Cellulases and Secondary Metabolites of Cellulolytic Bacterial Fermentation of Rice Husks

2017Asian Journal of Biotechnology and Bioresource TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.9734/ajb2t/2017/35196

Effect of co-existing plant specie on soil microbial activity under heavy metal stress

2010International Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author45 citations10.1007/bf03326179

Effects of heavy metal pollution on the soil microbial activity

2008International Journal of Environmental Science and TechnologyJournalSenior author188 citations10.1007/bf03326036

Rhizotron studies on Zea mays L. to evaluate biocontrol activity of Bacillus subtilis

2007World Journal of Microbiology and BiotechnologyJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/s11274-007-9466-8

EvaluatingPseudomonas aeruginosaas plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in West Africa

2006Archives of Phytopathology and Plant ProtectionJournalSenior author37 citations10.1080/03235400601014791

An investigation of the shelf-life (storage) of Bacillus isolates on seeds

2006South African Journal of BotanyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1016/j.sajb.2005.04.001

Frontiers in Microbiology1

How it can be read

43% free to read

Diamond 1 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 14%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 7%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 57%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 14 papers name a funder

Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali1
Robert Koch Institut1
University of Lagos1
University of Wisconsin-Madison1

201673 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

The antibacterial effect of honey on diarrhoea causing bacterial agents isolated in Lagos, Nigeria.

PubMed

199446 citations