David Adedayo Animasaun

University of Ilorin

Publishing since 1970, latest 2025

Plant Science
Food Science
Molecular Biology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Genetics
Ecology

Publications: 491970–2025
Citations: 412to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 1.421.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%7 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 65%32 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

Publications

49 in all

Phenotypic characterization and comparative non-targeted GC–MS-based metabolomic profiling of two contrasting seedling fonio millet (Digitaria exilis) cultivars: an insight to drought tolerance in small millets
2025Acta Physiologiae PlantarumJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/s11738-025-03825-1
Nanotechnology-Based Mutagenesis for Crop Improvement Against Abiotic Stress Tolerance

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science3367%
Food Science1122%
Molecular Biology1122%
Agronomy and Crop Science612%
Genetics510%
Ecology48%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics48%
Forestry48%
Biotechnology24%
Cell Biology24%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Seed and Plant Biochemistry8
Agricultural pest management studies7
Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies6
Plant tissue culture and regeneration5
African Botany and Ecology Studies4
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems4
Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies4
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering3
Genetically Modified Organisms Research3
Genetics and Plant Breeding3
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis3
Plant Pathogens and Resistance3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

35% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written134681011Home

Most frequent partner countries

India13
Russia3
Austria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Uka Tarsadia UniversityIN11 papers
University of LagosNG5 papers
Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyNG5 papers
Far Eastern Federal UniversityRU3 papers
Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. GB Elyakova Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesRU2 papers
Russian Academy of SciencesRU2 papers
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RASRU2 papers
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG2 papers
Cocoa Research Institute of NigeriaNG2 papers
International Atomic Energy AgencyAT1 paper

Where they publish

Acta agriculturae Slovenica3
Elsevier eBooks2
Journal of applied science and environmental management2
Sri Lankan Journal of Biology2
Acta Agronómica1
Acta Botanica Croatica1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger21
15Life on land13
6Clean water and sanitation3
12Responsible consumption and production2
1No poverty1
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Effect of NPK and Poultry Manure on Growth, Yield, and Proximate Composition of Three Amaranths
Journal of Botany15
201481 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Genetic Variability Study Among Ten Cultivars of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) Using Morpho-agronomic Traits and Nutritional Composition
Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka2
201535 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Nanotechnology in the life sciences

Mutagenesis in crop improvement: methods and applications

2024Journal of Crop ImprovementJournalFirst authorCorresponding12 citations10.1080/15427528.2024.2336257

Fonio millets

2023Elsevier eBooksBook chapterFirst author19 citations10.1016/b978-0-323-90537-4.00028-4

Genetic Use Restriction Technology (GURT): A paradox of the good evil

2023ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERSJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.25083/rbl/28.3/4007.4014

Gene exchange and dissection of genetic character associations among Okra

2023Scientia HorticulturaeJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112217

Protocol for Biodiesel Production by Base-Catalyzed Transesterification Method

2021Methods in molecular biologyBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1007/978-1-0716-1323-8_7

Effects of pendimethalin on pod attributes of five elite accessions of cowpea

2021Agronomski glasnikJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.33128/ag.82.3.3

Heavy Metal Uptake Responses in Plants Grown on Crude Oil-Polluted Soils as Prospects for Phytoremediation

2020Journal of applied science and environmental managementJournalOpen access2 citations10.4314/jasem.v24i7.5

Diversity level of genomic microsatellite among cultivated genotypes of Digitaria species in Nigeria

2018African Crop Science JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.4314/acsj.v26i2.11

INTER-SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT ANALYSIS AND ALLELIC DIVERSITY AMONG GENOTYPES OF CULTIVATED Digitaria species

2018Bangladesh Journal of Plant Breeding and GeneticsJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.3329/bjpbg.v30i2.32473

Genetic divergence of Nigerian and Indian pearl millet accessions based on agronomical and morphological traits

2017Journal of Agricultural Sciences BelgradeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.2298/jas1702115a

OCJENA RASTA I VIJABILNOSTI POLENA U ODNOSU NA ZAMETANJE PLODA U PET KULTIVARA RAJČICE UZGAJANE U NIGERIJI

2014Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre)JournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

African Crop Science Journal1

How it can be read

65% free to read

Diamond 22 · 45%Free to read and to publish
Gold 5 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Green 1 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 17 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 49 papers name a funder

Ahmadu Bello University1
European Commission1
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation1
National Cancer Research Institute1
Rocky Mountain Research Station1
Russian Academy of Sciences1
U.S. Department of Agriculture1
U.S. Forest Service1

202328 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Fonio millets

Elsevier eBooks1

202319 citationsWorld top 10%