Mukhtar Aliyu

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 1995, latest 2026

Plant Science
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Food Science
Pharmacology
Biomedical Engineering

Publications: 401995–2026
Citations: 171to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 0.581.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 5%2 of 40 scored papers
Open access: 90%36 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

40 in all

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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

Plant Science1333%
Infectious Diseases820%
Epidemiology718%
Food Science615%
Pharmacology513%
Biomedical Engineering410%
Insect Science410%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology38%
Ecology38%
Molecular Biology38%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity4
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology4
Antibiotic Use and Resistance3
Biofuel production and bioconversion3
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies3
Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production2
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria2
Bee Products Chemical Analysis2
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Food Safety and Hygiene2
Garlic and Onion Studies2
Ginger and Zingiberaceae research2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

10% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Australia1
China1
Switzerland1
Taiwan1
United Kingdom1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Bayero University KanoNG7 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityNG6 papers
Federal Medical CentreNG5 papers
Kaduna State UniversityNG4 papers
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG3 papers
Federal Medical CentreNG2 papers
Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
Federal University GusauNG2 papers
Federal University of Health Sciences AzareNG2 papers
Federal University DutseNG2 papers

Where they publish

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research (UJMR)9
Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences5
Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences4
BMC Infectious Diseases3
Acta Parasitologica1
Acta Tropica1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being9
6Clean water and sanitation3
15Life on land3
1No poverty2
2Zero hunger2
5Gender equality2

Most cited

Evaluation of powdered fruits of four peppers (Capsicumspp.) for the control ofCallosobruchus maculatus(F) on stored cowpea seed
International Journal of Pest Management15
199532 citations
Phytochemical and Antibacterial Properties of Leaf Extract of Stereospermum kunthianum (Bignoniaceae)
Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences15
201031 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Stem cells in regenerative medicine: Unlocking therapeutic potential through stem cell therapy, 3D bioprinting, gene editing, and drug discovery

International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection among pregnant women attending some hospitals in Kaduna State, Nigeria

2023Microbes and Infectious Diseases /Microbes and Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.21608/mid.2023.222922.1578

Phytoconstituents and antidermatophytic activity of crude extracts of Senna occidentalis

2023UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research (UJMR)JournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.47430/ujmr.2381.019

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2020UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research (UJMR)JournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.47430/ujmr.2051.004

Use of Tomato Juice Supplemented With Glucose as a Medium for Growing Fung

2017UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research (UJMR)JournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.47430/ujmr.1721.030

Association of Chlamydia serology with HIV in Nigerian women

2017Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied SciencesJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/njbas.v24i2.3

Sub-acute toxicity evaluation of ethanol extract of rheumatic tea formula (a polyherbal tea) in wistar rats

2017Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.4314/bajopas.v9i2.35

Phytochemical and antibacterial properties of garlic extracts

2014Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied SciencesJournalOpen access20 citations10.4314/bajopas.v6i2.10

Evaluation of the Anxiolytic Effect of Methanolic Leaves Extract of Paullinia pinnata Lin in Mice

2014Journal of Pharmaceutical Research InternationalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.9734/bjpr/2014/10990

Ethanol production from corn cobs by co-culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus niger

2011Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.4314/bajopas.v2i2.63792

Effect and Management of acute dichlovos poisoning in Wistar Rats

2011Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.4314/bajopas.v3i2.63209

Phytochemical and Antibacterial Properties of Leaf Extract of Stereospermum kunthianum (Bignoniaceae)

2010Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding31 citations10.4314/njbas.v17i2.49912

Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Biomedical Engineering Advances1

How it can be read

90% free to read

Diamond 27 · 68%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 15%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 5%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 10%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

3 of 40 papers name a funder

Ahmadu Bello University1
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities1
Key Research and Development Projects of Shaanxi Province1
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China1
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China1
National Natural Science Foundation of China1
Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department1
World Health Organization1

Biomedical Engineering Advances

202521 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Phytochemical and antibacterial properties of garlic extracts

Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences

201420 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Effect and Management of acute dichlovos poisoning in Wistar Rats

Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences

20118 citationsOpen access · Diamond