Nwachukwu Romanus Ekere

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Pollution
Water Science and Technology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Analytical Chemistry
Plant Science
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Publications: 492012–2026
Citations: 1,036to those papers
h-index: 18i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 0.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 10%5 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 51%25 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

49 in all

Biosorption of Pb (II) ion from aqueous solution using unmodified and modified Cola acuminata fruit husk
2026International Journal of PhytoremediationJournal0 citations10.1080/15226514.2026.2646468
SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) AND SELENIUM CONTENT IN SELECTED FRUIT JUICES
2026Afrischolar Discovery

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pollution2041%
Water Science and Technology1531%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1224%
Analytical Chemistry1122%
Plant Science816%
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology714%
Environmental Engineering510%
Geochemistry and Petrology48%
Waste Management and Disposal48%
Artificial Intelligence36%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Heavy metals in environment18
Water Quality and Pollution Assessment10
Heavy Metals in Plants9
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements7
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact7
Groundwater and Watershed Analysis5
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry4
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity4
Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal3
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals3
Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies3
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

4% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

South Africa1
Italy1
Turkey1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Federal University LokojaNG2 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG2 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG2 papers
ENEA Trisaia Research Centre1 paper
Inonu UniversityTR1 paper
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic DevelopmentIT1 paper
David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences UburuNG1 paper
Dennis Osadebay UniversityNG1 paper
University of LagosNG1 paper
North-Eastern University, GombeNG1 paper

Where they publish

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment5
Journal of Chemical Society of Nigeria5
Applied Water Science3
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal3
International Journal of Phytoremediation3
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation17
2Zero hunger5
14Life below water3
15Life on land2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Ecological and human health risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil of a municipal solid waste dump in Uyo, Nigeria
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
2016230 citationsWorld top 10%
Assessment of heavy metal contamination of rice grains (Oryza sativa) and soil from Ada field, Enugu, Nigeria: Estimating the human healtrisk
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal15
201670 citations
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 Engineering

Kinetics modelling of degradation process of organic pollutants in Ajali River Enugu, Nigeria

2026Journal of Environmental Engineering and ScienceJournalCorresponding0 citations10.1680/jenes.25.00193

Migration of bisphenol A from epoxy-can malt drink under various storage conditions and evaluation of its health risk

2022International Journal of Environmental & Analytical ChemistryJournalSenior author19 citations10.1080/03067319.2022.2098473

Ecological and potential health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and food crops grown in abandoned urban open waste dumpsite

2020Journal of Environmental Health Science and EngineeringJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding66 citations10.1007/s40201-020-00497-6

Levels and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and fish of Rivers Niger and Benue confluence Lokoja, Nigeria

2019Journal of Environmental Health Science and EngineeringJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding57 citations10.1007/s40201-019-00356-z

Hydrochemistry and Water Quality Index of groundwater resources in Enugu north district, Enugu, Nigeria

2019Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding43 citations10.1007/s10661-019-7271-0

Removal of of Pb(II), Cd(II), Cu(II) and Ni(II) Ions from Aqueous Solution Using Pentaclethra Macrophylla Stem Activated Carbon

2018Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental ChemistryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.21743/pjaec/2018.12.21

Levels of Heavy Metals in Pasta Available in the Nigerian Market: Assessing the Human Health Implications

2018DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access2 citations

Metals Contamination of Groundwater Resources of Enugu North District, SouthEast Nigeria

2018DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen access2 citations

Spectrophotometric Determination of Paracetamol Using Zirconium (Iv) Oxide And Ammonium Trioxovanadate (V)

2016Journal of Chemical Society of NigeriaJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation

Studies of biosorption of Pb2+, Cd2+and Cu2+from aqueous solutions usingAdansonia digitataroot powders

2015International Journal of PhytoremediationJournalFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1080/15226514.2015.1058329

Human exposures and potential health hazard assessment of Hg and Pb in some major imported frozen fish species in Nigeria

2015Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1080/10807039.2015.1078224

PROFILE OF SEED OILS FROM MONODORA MYRISTICA AND MONODORA TENUIFOILA PLANTS

2015Journal of Chemical Society of NigeriaJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations

Health risk assessment in relation to heavy metals in water sources in rural regions of South East Nigeria

2014International Journal of the Physical SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author44 citations10.5897/ijps2014.4125

Cadmium in locally grown rice (Oryza sativa) in Nigeria

2013Food Additives and Contaminants Part BJournal13 citations10.1080/19393210.2013.821174

Spectrophotometric Determination of Aspartame in Diet Beverages

2012JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry

Iranian Journal of Toxicology2

How it can be read

51% free to read

Diamond 6 · 12%Free to read and to publish
Gold 8 · 16%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Green 9 · 18%A copy in a repository
Closed 24 · 49%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 49 papers name a funder

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency1

202066 citationsOpen access · Green

Levels and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and fish of Rivers Niger and Benue confluence Lokoja, Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering614

201957 citationsOpen access · Hybrid