Cletus Famous Nwankwo

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2015, latest 2026

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Economics and Econometrics
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Publications: 392015–2026
Citations: 519to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 19
Field-weighted impact: 3.981.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 56%22 of 39 scored papers
Open access: 59%23 papers free to read

6 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

39 in all

Territorialization and desire: an assemblage thinking approach to analyzing Tiv-Jukun and farmer-herder conflicts interaction in Wukari-Logo borderlands, Nigeria
2026SN Social SciencesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s43545-026-01443-3
Pastoralism is facing existential threat in West Africa
2025

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law1846%
Sociology and Political Science1846%
Political Science and International Relations923%
Economics and Econometrics615%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics513%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences410%
Building and Construction38%
Modeling and Simulation38%
Soil Science38%
Anthropology25%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology16
Transboundary Water Resource Management11
Electoral Systems and Political Participation6
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration5
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact5
Agriculture and Rural Development Research4
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development4
COVID-19 epidemiological studies3
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts3
Political Conflict and Governance3
Disaster Management and Resilience2
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

46% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written135791113Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom15
Kenya1
Netherlands1
Turkey1
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of LeicesterGB14 papers
Canterbury Christ Church UniversityGB1 paper
Dicle UniversityTR1 paper
Grinnell CollegeUS1 paper
Keele UniversityGB1 paper
Leiden UniversityNL1 paper
University of FloridaUS1 paper
African Studies CentreNL1 paper
Wageningen University & ResearchNL1 paper
University of NairobiKE1 paper

Where they publish

Open Political Science6
Statistics Politics and Policy4
GeoScape3
SN Social Sciences3
Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series2
Environment and Security2
GeoJournal

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities5
2Zero hunger4
11Sustainable cities and communities3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions3
17Partnerships for the goals3
3Good health and well-being2
13Climate action2
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Most cited

Essentialising critical geopolitics of the farmers–pastoralists conflicts in West Africa
GeoJournal2
2019108 citationsWorld top 10%
Spatial pattern of climate change and farmer–herder conflict vulnerabilities in Nigeria
GeoJournal13
202069 citationsWorld top 10%
Discursive construction of the farmer-pastoralist conflict in Nigeria

Grammar of Geopolitics: Geopolitical Imaginations of Farmer-herder Conflicts in Nigeria

2022Coğrafya Dergisi / Journal of GeographyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.26650/jgeog2022-888146

Discursive construction of the farmer-pastoralist conflict in Nigeria

2021Open Political ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding36 citations10.1515/openps-2021-0014

COVID-19 pandemic and political participation in Lagos, Nigeria

2021SN Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1007/s43545-021-00161-2

Assessment of Tools for Sustainability Appraisal of Buildings/Building Groups

2021International Journal of Science LettersJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.38058/ijsl.893931

Landscape Political Ecology: Rural-Urban Pattern of COVID-19 in Nigeria

2021Statistics Politics and PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1515/spp-2021-0012

The spatial pattern of voter choice homogeneity in the Nigerian presidential elections of the fourth republic

2019Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic seriesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.2478/bog-2019-0010

Determinants of voter turnout in Nsukka Council of Enugu State, South Eastern Nigeria

2019Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic seriesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.2478/bog-2019-0027

Global fault-lines model and global political economy

2019Open Political ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1515/openps-2019-0003

Vote Buying in the 2018 Governorship Election in Ekiti State, Nigeria

2018Open Political ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding23 citations10.1515/openps-2018-0005

Impediments and Desirability of Complete Ban on International Movement of Toxic Waste

2018Open Political ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1515/openps-2018-0010

Voting in Nigeria: Determinants of Turnout in the 2015 Presidential Election

2017Statistics Politics and PolicyJournalFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1515/spp-2017-0010

Brexit: Critical Juncture in the UK’s International Development Agenda?

2017Open Political ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1515/openps-2017-0003

Factors Responsible For Rural Residential Water Supply Shortage In Southeastern Nigeria

2015Journal of Environmental GeographyJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.1515/jengeo-2015-0009

Political Geography2

How it can be read

59% free to read

Diamond 11 · 28%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 3%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 8 · 21%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 8%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 16 · 41%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

10 of 39 papers name a funder

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission9
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques1
University of Leicester1

6Clean water and sanitation1

8Decent work and economic growth1

12Responsible consumption and production1

Open Political Science

202136 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Vote Buying in the 2018 Governorship Election in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Open Political Science16

201823 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid