Olu Odeyemi

Obafemi Awolowo University

Publishing since 1982, latest 2025

Plant Science
Pharmacology
Pollution
Agronomy and Crop Science
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Environmental Engineering

Publications: 221982–2025
Citations: 1,352to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 4.041.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 9%2 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 41%9 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

22 in all

Improvement of yield parameters of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) by rhizobia sp. isolated from Mucuna pruriens and Centrosema pubescens at Ile-Ife, Nigeria
2025Sustainable MicrobiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1093/sumbio/qvaf004
Nutritional properties of underutilized legumes and intercropped maize
2023

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1150%
Pharmacology523%
Pollution523%
Agronomy and Crop Science418%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis418%
Environmental Engineering29%
Food Science29%
Molecular Biology29%
Soil Science29%
Water Science and Technology29%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Fungal Biology and Applications5
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis4
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions4
Agricultural pest management studies3
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems3
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts3
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology2
Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies2
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment2
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology1
Botanical Research and Applications1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

32% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written3333444Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa4
United States3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Osun State UniversityNG3 papers
North-West UniversityZA3 papers
Hallmark UniversityUS2 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG2 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG2 papers
University of South FloridaUS1 paper
University of Fort HareZA1 paper
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeNG1 paper
Tai Solarin University of EducationNG1 paper
Oduduwa UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological and Biological4
Frontiers in Soil Science2
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition2
Water International2
AMB Express1
Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger6
15Life on land5
6Clean water and sanitation3
14Life below water3

Most cited

Waste Management through Composting: Challenges and Potentials
Sustainability
20201,007 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Potentials of underutilized legumes in food security
Frontiers in Soil Science2
202264 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Petroleum industry and its pollution potential in Nigeria

Frontiers in Soil Science

Potentials of underutilized legumes in food security

2022Frontiers in Soil ScienceJournalOpen access64 citations10.3389/fsoil.2022.1020193

Waste Management through Composting: Challenges and Potentials

2020SustainabilityJournalOpen accessSenior author1,007 citations10.3390/su12114456

PROXIMATE AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME UNDERUTILIZED NIGERIAN WILD MUSHROOMS

2020Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Food SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.15414/jmbfs.2020.10.3.390-397

Ecology, diversity and seasonal distribution of wild mushrooms in a Nigerian tropical forest reserve

2018Biodiversitas Journal of Biological DiversityJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding19 citations10.13057/biodiv/d190139

Petroleum industry and its pollution potential in Nigeria

1985Oil and Petrochemical PollutionJournalFirst author44 citations10.1016/s0143-7127(85)90218-2

Effects of a sewage lagoon effluent on the water quality of the receiving stream

1985Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological and BiologicalJournalSenior author19 citations10.1016/0143-1471(85)90025-x

Relative half lives of chloranil and dichlone in different tropical milieux

1984Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological and BiologicalJournalSenior author1 citation10.1016/0143-1471(84)90101-6

Stability of Brestan in Tropical Waters

1982Water Science & TechnologyJournalFirst author13 citations10.2166/wst.1982.0093

Relative stability of carbaryl in tropical ecosystems

1982Environmental Pollution Series A Ecological and BiologicalJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1016/0143-1471(82)90165-9

A Chemically Defined Medium for Growth of Rhizobium

1982Nigerian journal of microbiologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.67614/njm.1982.wmf2es6m

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology1

How it can be read

41% free to read

Diamond 2 · 9%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 27%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 5%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 13 · 59%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 22 papers name a funder

North-West University3
Crop Trust2
National Research Foundation2
South African Medical Research Council1
University of Fort Hare1

Oil and Petrochemical Pollution