Chukwuebuka C. Okafor

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 1992, latest 2025

Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Strategy and Management
Global and Planetary Change
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Publications: 201992–2025
Citations: 347to those papers
h-index: 10i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 3.081.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 40%8 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 85%17 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

20 in all

Research on Climate Change Initiatives in Nigeria: Identifying Trends, Themes and Future Directions
2025SustainabilityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.3390/su17093995
Artificial intelligence in environmental research: bibliometric, text mining and content analysis
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Waste Management and Disposal630%
Pollution420%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health420%
Strategy and Management420%
Global and Planetary Change315%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law315%
Aerospace Engineering210%
Economics and Econometrics210%
Education210%
Management Science and Operations Research210%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Recycling and Waste Management Techniques5
Energy and Environment Impacts4
Municipal Solid Waste Management4
Sustainable Supply Chain Management4
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management3
Climate Change and Sustainable Development2
Global Energy and Sustainability Research2
Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy2
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques2
Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques1
Advanced Technologies in Various Fields1
Biodiesel Production and Applications1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

80% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written6778899Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States10
South Africa8
Ireland6

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Pace UniversityUS10 papers
North-West UniversityZA8 papers
University College CorkIE6 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG3 papers
University of Nigeria Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG2 papers
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu UniversityNG1 paper
Caritas UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Clean Technologies and Recycling3
Sustainability3
AIMS energy2
AIMS environmental science2
Cleaner Energy Systems1
Discover Artificial Intelligence1
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
11Sustainable cities and communities2
13Climate action2
1No poverty1
7Affordable and clean energy1
8Decent work and economic growth1
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Most cited

Sustainable management of textile and clothing
Clean Technologies and Recycling9
202179 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Biomass utilization for energy production in Nigeria: A review
Cleaner Energy Systems12
202269 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Discover Artificial Intelligence

A Review on Trends, Challenges, and Strategies for Circular Economy in Nigerian Construction

2025Journal of the Knowledge EconomyJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1007/s13132-025-02697-7

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Nigeria: A Review

2024SustainabilityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.3390/su16167048

Biomass utilization for energy production in Nigeria: A review

2022Cleaner Energy SystemsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding69 citations10.1016/j.cles.2022.100043

Sustainable management of textile and clothing

2021Clean Technologies and RecyclingJournalOpen accessFirst author79 citations10.3934/ctr.2021004

Toward Sustainable Power Supply and Consumption of an Emerging Economy (Nigeria)

2020Journal of Economic Development Environment and PeopleJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.26458/jedep.v9i4.674

Impact of some low-cost interventions on students′ performance in a Nigerian medical school

2014Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.4103/1119-3077.141416

Impact of some low.cost interventions on students' performance in a Nigerian medical school

2013Nigerian Journal of Clinical MedicineJournalSenior author0 citations

Criteria for the selection of experiences and content in midwifery education

1992International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1016/0020-7292(92)90033-f

Journal of Economic Development Environment and People1

How it can be read

85% free to read

Diamond 2 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 12 · 60%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 3 · 15%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 3 · 15%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 20 papers name a funder

University of Ibadan1

Responsible consumption and production

17Partnerships for the goals1

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Nigeria: A Review

Sustainability13

202416 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold