Collins O. Ugwu

University of Nigeria

Also at Virginia Techfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

Mechanics of Materials
Pollution
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Waste Management and Disposal
Building and Construction
Complementary and alternative medicine

Publications: 82013–2025
Citations: 233to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 5
Field-weighted impact: 3.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%3 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 75%6 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

8 in all

Advancing Bioresource Utilization to Incentivize a Sustainable Bioeconomy: A Systematic Review and Proposal of the Enhanced Bioresource Utilization Index
2025ProcessesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.3390/pr13092822
Biomass Resources in Nigeria and the Conversion Pathways
2022

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Mechanics of Materials225%
Pollution225%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health225%
Waste Management and Disposal225%
Building and Construction113%
Complementary and alternative medicine113%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology113%
Environmental Engineering113%
Forestry113%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences113%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Energy and Environment Impacts2
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management2
Municipal Solid Waste Management2
Advanced Drug Delivery Systems1
African Botany and Ecology Studies1
Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development1
Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps1
Environmental Impact and Sustainability1
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems1
Mechanical Behavior of Composites1
Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection1
Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

63% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1122334Home

Most frequent partner countries

South Africa4
United States1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of JohannesburgZA4 papers
Virginia TechUS1 paper
University of Port HarcourtNG1 paper

Where they publish

Fuel Communications2
Heliyon1
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology1
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures1
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences1
Processes1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

15Life on land2
6Clean water and sanitation1
12Responsible consumption and production1

Most cited

Solid waste quantification and characterization in university of Nigeria, Nsukka campus, and recommendations for sustainable management
Heliyon
2020115 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Waste reduction and utilization strategies to improve municipal solid waste management on Nigerian campuses
Fuel Communications
202158 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Small hydropower as a source of clean and local energy in Nigeria: Prospects and challenges