Chukwuemeka S. Nworu

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2003, latest 2026

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Pharmacology
Complementary and alternative medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Publications: 842003–2026
Citations: 1,610to those papers
h-index: 23i10-index 51
Field-weighted impact: 1.191.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 15%13 of 84 scored papers
Open access: 56%47 papers free to read

2 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

84 in all

Disease-state-themed escape room simulations in undergraduate pharmacy education: A systematic review
2026Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and LearningJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1016/j.cptl.2026.102799
Therapeutic potential of anti-cancer compounds from African medicinal plants: From in vitro studies to clinical applications

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science3845%
Molecular Biology2833%
Pharmacology2024%
Pharmacology1518%
Complementary and alternative medicine1012%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism1012%
Food Science1012%
Immunology911%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health78%
Epidemiology67%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies12
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies10
Natural product bioactivities and synthesis9
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities9
Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity7
Fungal Biology and Applications6
Phytochemistry and Bioactivity Studies6
Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins6
Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds5
Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae5
Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis4
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting4

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

40% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany28
United States10
India2
Russia1
Vietnam1
Canada1
United Kingdom1
Cameroon1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNG41 papers
Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDE21 papers
Ruhr University BochumDE11 papers
City University of New YorkUS4 papers
Hunter CollegeUS4 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG3 papers
Central Drug Research InstituteIN2 papers
Augusta UniversityUS2 papers
University of GeorgiaUS2 papers
Olabisi Onabanjo UniversityNG2 papers

Where they publish

Planta Medica8
Pharmaceutical Biology6
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology5
PubMed4
Immunological Investigations3
Natural Product Research3
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being35
15Life on land8
2Zero hunger4
6Clean water and sanitation4
4Quality education1
13Climate action1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

beta-Amyrin and alpha-amyrin acetate isolated from the stem bark of Alstonia boonei display profound anti-inflammatory activity
Pharmaceutical Biology3
2014207 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze
Acanthus montanus: An experimental evaluation of the antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and immunological properties of a traditional remedy for furuncles
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2008143 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Journal of Phytomolecules and Pharmacology

TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF KAURENOIC ACID AND ITS NANOLIPOSOMAL FORMULATION IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

2025AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTJournalOpen access0 citations10.59493/ajopred/2025.2.12

Antiplasmodial and antipyretic activities of the Monodora myristica (Annonaceae) seeds

2025Journal of Phytomolecules and PharmacologyJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.56717/jpp.2025.v04i02.046

VACCINE TARGET OPTIMISATION AND DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS AND EMERGING AI TECHNOLOGIES

2023Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.5281/zenodo.7978458

Wound healing and anti-inflammatory activities of Ceiba pentendra (l.) Gaertn

2022Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese MedicineJournalOpen access6 citations10.1016/j.prmcm.2022.100077

Prevalence of HRP2/3 Gene Deletion in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in Abuja, Nigeria

2022International Journal of Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access9 citations10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.297

ANTIOXIDANT AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE POTENTIALS OF STEMONOCOLEUS MICRANTHUS HARMS (FABACEAE) STEM BARK EXTRACT

2016International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesJournalOpen access16 citations

Anti-inflammatory medicinal plants and the molecular mechanisms underlying their activities

2015African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative MedicinesJournalOpen accessFirst author30 citations10.4314/ajtcam.v12i6.3s

International journal of medicinal mushrooms2

How it can be read

56% free to read

Diamond 16 · 19%Free to read and to publish
Gold 10 · 12%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 9 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 37 · 44%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

21 of 84 papers name a funder

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung13
Tertiary Education Trust Fund5
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung2
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research1
City University of New York1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen1
Universität Greifswald1

201364 citationsWorld top 10%