Hillary Onyeka Abugu

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Water Science and Technology
Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Environmental Engineering
Geochemistry and Petrology
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Publications: 702013–2026
Citations: 1,243to those papers
h-index: 22i10-index 37
Field-weighted impact: 2.131.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%20 of 70 scored papers
Open access: 53%37 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

70 in all

Toxicity and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in leachates from an unlined dumpsite in Nnewi, Nigeria
2022International Journal of Environmental & Analytical ChemistryJournal27 citations10.1080/03067319.2022.2140415
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil situated around solid waste dumpsite in Awka, Nigeria
2022Toxin Reviews

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Water Science and Technology3246%
Pollution2739%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1927%
Environmental Engineering1014%
Geochemistry and Petrology1014%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology811%
Waste Management and Disposal710%
Artificial Intelligence69%
Biomaterials57%
Materials Chemistry46%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy metals in environment19
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment16
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal12
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact12
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis10
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry9
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements8
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals7
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping6
Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants6
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution5
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

24% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa6
India4
Finland3
Turkey3
Saudi Arabia2
Belgium2
Yemen2
Canada2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG26 papers
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu UniversityNG17 papers
University of CalabarNG9 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG6 papers
University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, UmuagwoNG6 papers
University of the Free StateZA6 papers
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University MakurdiNG5 papers
University of HelsinkiFI3 papers
Inonu UniversityTR3 papers
The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-EkitiNG3 papers

Where they publish

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment6
International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry5
Water Practice & Technology3
African Journal of Aquatic Science2
Applied Water Science2
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation26
2Zero hunger5
15Life on land5
11Sustainable cities and communities2
12Responsible consumption and production2
4Quality education1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
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Most cited

Metal(loid)s, nitrate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and radioactive contaminants in Nigerian water resources: state-of-the-art of their ecological and health risk assessments
Environment Development and Sustainability
202467 citationsWorld top 10%
Ecological and potential health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and food crops grown in abandoned urban open waste dumpsite
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering11
202066 citationsOpen access · Green
Pollution and risk assessment of heavy metals in water, sediment and fish (Clarias gariepinus) in a fish farm cluster in Niger Delta region, Nigeria