Okey Francis Obi

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2014, latest 2023

Mechanics of Materials
Biomedical Engineering
Pollution
Global and Planetary Change
Agronomy and Crop Science
Automotive Engineering

Publications: 242014–2023
Citations: 606to those papers
h-index: 13i10-index 17
Field-weighted impact: 1.291.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 4%1 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 54%13 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

24 in all

Effects of Feeding Speed and Temperature on Properties of Briquettes from Poplar Wood Using a Hydraulic Briquetting Press
2023ResourcesJournalOpen access21 citations10.3390/resources12010012
Solid Biofuel Production from Biomass: Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities for Its Commercial Production in Nigeria
2023

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Mechanics of Materials1042%
Biomedical Engineering833%
Pollution625%
Global and Planetary Change521%
Agronomy and Crop Science417%
Automotive Engineering313%
Management Science and Operations Research313%
Mechanical Engineering313%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology28%
Food Science28%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Forest Biomass Utilization and Management10
Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes7
Energy and Environment Impacts6
Bioenergy crop production and management4
Forest Management and Policy4
Advanced Battery Technologies Research3
Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization3
Biodiesel Production and Applications3
Biofuel production and bioconversion3
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA3
Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders2
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

42% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223455Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany6
New Zealand5
United Kingdom2
Canada1
Poland1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and BioeconomyDE6 papers
University of CanterburyNZ5 papers
University of LagosNG2 papers
Polish Academy of SciencesPL1 paper
Université LavalCA1 paper
University of DundeeGB1 paper
Cal Poly HumboldtUS1 paper
University of NottinghamGB1 paper
Institute of DendrologyPL1 paper
Nigeria Centre for Disease ControlNG1 paper

Where they publish

Energies3
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development2
Biofuels2
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery2
Croatian journal of forest engineering2
Ergonomics2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

7Affordable and clean energy4
15Life on land3
12Responsible consumption and production2
2Zero hunger1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

A Review of Biomass Briquette Binders and Quality Parameters
Energies
2022152 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Characterization of fuel briquettes made from a blend of rice husk and palm oil mill sludge
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
201662 citations
Automation and Robotics in Forest Harvesting Operations
Croatian journal of forest engineering15

A Review of Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis in Forest Engineering

2023Current Forestry ReportsJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1007/s40725-023-00183-4

A Review of Biomass Briquette Binders and Quality Parameters

2022EnergiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding152 citations10.3390/en15072426

Forest Machinery Fires

2021Croatian journal of forest engineeringJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.5552/crojfe.2021.702

Automation and Robotics in Forest Harvesting Operations

2020Croatian journal of forest engineeringJournalOpen accessSenior author49 citations10.5552/crojfe.2021.739

Productivity measurement of New Zealand forest harvesting sector using the DEA-Malmquist index

2020International Journal of Forest EngineeringJournalFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1080/14942119.2020.1770566

Descriptive analysis of a cholera outbreak in 14 LGAs of Sokoto State – Nigeria, 2018

2020International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access6 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.951

Characterization of fuel briquettes made from a blend of rice husk and palm oil mill sludge

2016Biomass Conversion and BiorefineryJournalFirst authorCorresponding62 citations10.1007/s13399-016-0206-x

Energetic performance of a top-lit updraft (TLUD) cookstove

2016Renewable EnergyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding43 citations10.1016/j.renene.2016.07.060

Evaluation of the effect of palm oil mill sludge on the properties of sawdust briquette

2015Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsJournalFirst authorCorresponding41 citations10.1016/j.rser.2015.08.001

Evaluation of Air Oven Moisture Content Determination Procedures for Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucumL.)

2015International Journal of Food PropertiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1080/10942912.2015.1038566

Effect of briquetting temperature on the properties of biomass briquettes

2015African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1080/20421338.2015.1096508

Evaluation and Modeling of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Watermelon Seed of Different Varieties

2015International Journal of Food PropertiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1080/10942912.2015.1113181

Evaluation of the physical properties of composite briquette of sawdust and palm kernel shell

2014Biomass Conversion and BiorefineryJournalFirst authorCorresponding35 citations10.1007/s13399-014-0141-7

Repositioning agricultural development in Africa through appropriate technology transfer

2014African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1080/20421338.2014.924258

International Journal of Food Properties

Cogent Food & Agriculture1

How it can be read

54% free to read

Diamond 4 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 25%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 11 · 46%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

5 of 24 papers name a funder

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung5
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft2

Open access · Diamond

Energetic performance of a top-lit updraft (TLUD) cookstove

Renewable Energy7

201643 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Evaluation of the effect of palm oil mill sludge on the properties of sawdust briquette

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews12

201541 citations