Bernard U. Nwosu

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2015, latest 2025

Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Education
Economics and Econometrics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Accounting

Publications: 132015–2025
Citations: 140to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 4.131.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%5 of 13 scored papers
Open access: 31%4 papers free to read

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are 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

Citations received each year

Publications

13 in all

State Fragility, Governance, and Security Concerns in Nigeria and Ghana: A Review of Three Studies
2025African Studies ReviewJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1017/asr.2025.10066
Farmer-Herder Crises, Uncivil Discourses and the Politics of Nigeria’s Security Responses
2025

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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

Sociology and Political Science969%
Political Science and International Relations862%
Education323%
Economics and Econometrics215%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law215%
Accounting18%
Anthropology18%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences18%
Safety Research18%
Soil Science18%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

African cultural and philosophical studies3
Global Peace and Security Dynamics2
Peacebuilding and International Security2
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology2
Religion, Society, and Development2
Transboundary Water Resource Management2
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
African Studies and Geopolitics1
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development1
Fiscal Policies and Political Economy1
Global Educational Policies and Reforms1
Global Political and Social Dynamics1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

38% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written4444555Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5
New Zealand4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Royal Holloway University of LondonGB5 papers
University of WaikatoNZ4 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG4 papers
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu UniversityNG1 paper
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University MakurdiNG1 paper

Where they publish

African Security Review2
African Studies Review1
Gender and sustainability in the Global South1
Human Affairs1
Perspectivas - Journal of Political Science1
Politikon1
Review of African Political Economy

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

16Peace, justice and strong institutions4
2Zero hunger1
5Gender equality1
10Reduced inequalities1
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Conceptualising eco-violence: moving beyond the multiple labelling of water and agricultural resource conflicts in the Sahel
Third World Quarterly2
202257 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Institutional parameters that condition farmer–herder conflicts in Tivland of Benue State, Nigeria
African Security Review16
202035 citationsWorld top 10%

Civil Society and Democracy in Nigeria

2021BookFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.4324/9781003158158

Civil Society and Democracy in Nigeria: A Theoretical Approach

2021BookFirst authorCorresponding1 citation

Samiul Hasan (ed.): Human Security and Philanthropy: Islamic Perspectives and Muslim Majority Country Practices, Springer, New York, 2015, 352 pp, index

2017VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit OrganizationsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s11266-017-9833-5

Knowledge and authentic development: the value of Political Theory to Development Studies

2017Perspectivas - Journal of Political ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.21814/perspectivas.89

Small Wars and Insurgencies1

How it can be read

31% free to read

Diamond 1 · 8%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 3 · 23%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 9 · 69%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 13 papers name a funder

Royal Holloway, University of London1
University of Waikato1

202317 citationsWorld top 10%

Security in the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel region after Idris Déby

Small Wars and Insurgencies13

20227 citations