Olayinka Akanle

University of Ibadan

Also at University of Johannesburgfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Sociology and Political Science
Demography
Education
Political Science and International Relations
Gender Studies
Information Systems

Publications: 862007–2026
Citations: 853to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 27
Field-weighted impact: 2.021.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 30%25 of 84 scored papers
Open access: 40%34 papers free to read

4 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

86 in all

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OF ASO-OKE OF SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
2017Journal7 citations
Jedijedi:Indigenous versus western knowledge of rectal haemorrhoids in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria
2017African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1080/00020184.2017.1372121

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science4653%
Demography1416%
Education1113%
Political Science and International Relations1113%
Gender Studies910%
Information Systems78%
Safety Research78%
Anthropology67%
General Health Professions67%
Development56%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Migration and Labor Dynamics13
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity10
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy6
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare6
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics5
International Development and Aid5
African cultural and philosophical studies4
African history and culture studies4
African studies and sociopolitical issues4
Economic Growth and Development4
Marriage and Sexual Relationships4
Migration, Refugees, and Integration4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

52% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa46
United Kingdom3
Russia2
Australia2
South Sudan1
United States1
Uganda1
New Zealand1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of JohannesburgZA35 papers
University of South AfricaZA11 papers
Ahmadu Bello UniversityNG3 papers
Lagos State UniversityNG2 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG2 papers
Bowen UniversityNG2 papers
Academia SinicaTW1 paper
California Polytechnic State UniversityUS1 paper
ETH ZurichCH1 paper
GNS ScienceNZ1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Asian and African Studies6
The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology6
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development4
African Population Studies4
IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES3
International Sociology3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities26
1No poverty7
5Gender equality7
16Peace, justice and strong institutions5
2Zero hunger4
8Decent work and economic growth4
11Sustainable cities and communities3
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Most cited

Peripheral scholarship and the context of foreign paid publishing in Nigeria
Current Sociology
2013101 citations
Sustainable development goals (SDGs) and remittances in Africa
Cogent Social Sciences10
202270 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Turbulent but I must endure in silence: Female breadwinners and survival in Southwestern Nigeria
Journal of Asian and African Studies

Introduction: The Development of Africa: Issues, Diagnoses and Prognoses

2017Social indicators research seriesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/978-3-319-66242-8_1

Non-state Actors as the Strategic Realm in Africa’s Development

2017Social indicators research seriesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1007/978-3-319-66242-8_16

Turbulent but I must endure in silence: Female breadwinners and survival in Southwestern Nigeria

2016Journal of Asian and African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding45 citations10.1177/0021909616658913

Towards human dignity and the internet: The cybercrime (yahoo yahoo) phenomenon in Nigeria

2016African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding25 citations10.1080/20421338.2016.1147209

The existentialities of Ethiopian and Nigerian migrants in South Africa

2016International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi- Inter- and TransdisciplinarityJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1080/18186874.2016.1249134

Rural hometown construction among the youth in Nigeria: Agencies of significant others and media

2016African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1080/20421338.2016.1163474

Corruption and the Nigerian Development Quagmire

2015Journal of Developing SocietiesJournalFirst author16 citations10.1177/0169796x15590323

Fuel subsidy in Nigeria: contexts of governance and social protest

2014International Journal of Sociology and Social PolicyJournalFirst author37 citations10.1108/ijssp-01-2013-0002

GENDER AND THE ACADEMY IN NIGERIA

2014African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social IssuesJournalSenior author16 citations

Cooperative Societies in the Development Discourse of Ibadan, South-western Nigeria

2014The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.36108/njsa/4102/12(0240)

Pentecostalism, Kinship Networks and the Elderly in Akanran, South-Western Nigeria

2014The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.36108/njsa/4102/12(0101)

A Cultural Anthropology of Head Porterage: Fresh Insights into Unique Markets

2014Himalayan Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.3126/hjsa.v6i0.10716

Code of Ethics and Public Morality in Nigeria: A Development Praxis

2014IBADAN JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCESJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.36108/ijss/4102.21.0210

ALABARU: HEAD PORTERAGE IN IBADAN, NIGERIA

2013JournalFirst author6 citations

African Scholarship and Visa Challenges for Nigerian Academics

2013International Journal of SociologyJournalFirst author4 citations10.2753/ijs0020-7659430106

Kinship Socio-Economics of Nigerian International Migrants

2013Diaspora StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/09739572.2011.10597356

Food importation and agricultural development in Nigeria: Whither rural development?

2013RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.22004/ag.econ.287159

Ethnography of Kinship Constructions among International Returnees in Nigeria

2012Journal of Anthropological ResearchJournalFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.3998/jar.0521004.0068.204

Methodological pathways to kinship networks and international return migration

2012International Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.5897/ijsa11.110

The Sociology of Gender Equality and Development in Democratizing Nigeria

2011The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding15 citations10.36108/njsa/1102/90(0110)

Modernity, McDonaldisation and Family Values in Nigeria

2007The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and AnthropologyJournalOpen accessSenior author10 citations10.36108/njsa/7002/50(0140)

Alternation Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa2

How it can be read

40% free to read

Diamond 5 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 12%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 11 · 13%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 52 · 60%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 86 papers name a funder

Arts and Humanities Research Council1
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office1
International Social Science Council1
Massey University1
Royal Society Te Apārangi1
South-South Exchange Programme for Research on History Development1
University of Canterbury1
University of Otago1

Good health and well-being

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2

17Partnerships for the goals2

Changing but Fragile: Female Breadwinning and Family Stability in Nigeria

Journal of Asian and African Studies11

201942 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Fuel subsidy in Nigeria: contexts of governance and social protest

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy16

201437 citations