Sopuruchi Christian Aboh

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2020, latest 2025

Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language
Communication
Literature and Literary Theory
Sociology and Political Science
Artificial Intelligence

Publications: 222020–2025
Citations: 99to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 3.731.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 36%8 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 73%16 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

Citations received each year

Peerford

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

Publications

22 in all

Nigerian English: History, functions and features
2025World EnglishesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1111/weng.12732
Forms and functions of diminutives in the Igbo language
2025Journal of African Languages and LinguisticsJournal

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Language and Linguistics

Linguistics and Language941%

Literature and Literary Theory627%

Sociology and Political Science418%

Artificial Intelligence314%

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology29%

Developmental and Educational Psychology15%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies9
Linguistic Variation and Morphology7
Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism7
Multilingual Education and Policy6
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies5
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity4
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection3
Lexicography and Language Studies3
Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis2
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition2
Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research2
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

45% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1245679Home

Most frequent partner countries

Hong Kong SAR10
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHK10 papers
Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG2 papers
SOAS University of LondonGB1 paper
Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education, OwerriNG1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Language Teaching and Research3
Macrolinguistics3
Theory and Practice in Language Studies3
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies2
African Identities1
Cogent Arts and Humanities1
Critical Discourse Studies1
Discourse & Society1

How it can be read

73% free to read

Diamond 9 · 41%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 5%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 9%Open in a subscription journal
Green 4 · 18%A copy in a repository
Closed 6 · 27%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education12
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
5Gender equality1
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

‘It will never be well with SARS’: A discourse analytic study of the #EndSARS protests on social media
Discourse & Society16
202324 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Green
Multilingualism and marginalisation: A Nigeria diversity approach
International Journal of Multilingualism10
202021 citationsWorld top 10%
On the parameters of the power of English in Nigeria: A bottom-up approach towards revitalizing Nigerian languages
Cogent Arts and Humanities4
202213 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Nigerian students’ attitudes toward endonormative varieties of Nigerian English
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development4
20237 citationsOpen access · Green
Interactions on Facebook and Twitter: A Communicative Action Perspective
Theory and Practice in Language Studies
20206 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Retorts in Igbo discourse

2024South African Journal of African LanguagesJournalCorresponding0 citations10.1080/02572117.2024.2309288

Language attitudes research: a classification of methodological issues

2024Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.2989/16073614.2024.2346135

Nigerian students’ attitudes toward endonormative varieties of Nigerian English

2023Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1080/01434632.2023.2230184

Critical Discourse Analysis of Selected Nigerian Political Hate Speeches

2021Journal of Language Teaching and ResearchJournalOpen access5 citations10.17507/jltr.1203.20

Morphosyntactic Analysis of Onitsha Personal Names

2021Journal of Language Teaching and ResearchJournalOpen access2 citations10.17507/jltr.1203.11

Neologistic Jargon Aphasia: A Case of Akala Gboo

2021Theory and Practice in Language StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.17507/tpls.1105.09

Reflexivization and Reciprocality in the Kalabari Language

2021MacrolinguisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.26478/ja2021.9.14.7

Multilingualism and marginalisation: A Nigeria diversity approach

2020International Journal of MultilingualismJournalSenior author21 citations10.1080/14790718.2020.1818752

Interactions on Facebook and Twitter: A Communicative Action Perspective

2020Theory and Practice in Language StudiesJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.17507/tpls.1011.02

Linguistic formation patterns of anglicised traditional Yorùbá anthroponyms

2020Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language StudiesJournalCorresponding4 citations10.2989/16073614.2020.1850301

Construction Morphology Analysis of Compound Verbs in Igbo Language

2020MacrolinguisticsJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.26478/ja2020.8.12.2

Hyponyms of Insect in Ovoko Lect

2020Journal of Language Teaching and ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.17507/jltr.1106.17

Semelfactivity in Igbo

2020MacrolinguisticsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.26478/ja2020.8.13.4