Saheed Omotayo Okesola

Obafemi Awolowo University

Publishing since 2019, latest 2026

Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
Literature and Literary Theory
Sociology and Political Science
Human-Computer Interaction
Anthropology

Publications: 82019–2026
Citations: 30to those papers
h-index: 3i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 0.961.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%2 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

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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

8 in all

Naija and the Construction of National Identity on a Virtual Community
2026Journal of Linguistics Culture and CommunicationJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.61320/jolcc.v4i1.140-159
Aspects of Digital Multilingualism in Twenty-First Century Retail Banking in Nigeria
2025

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Subfields

Linguistics and Language450%
Language and Linguistics338%
Literature and Literary Theory338%
Sociology and Political Science338%
Human-Computer Interaction225%
Anthropology113%
Education113%
Music113%
Philosophy113%
Social Psychology113%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Multilingual Education and Policy4
Digital Communication and Language2
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies2
African cultural and philosophical studies1
Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis1
Cultural Identity and Representation1
Disaster Management and Resilience1
Globalization and Cultural Identity1
Humor Studies and Applications1
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies1
Lexicography and Language Studies1
Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ekiti State UniversityNG3 papers
Adekunle Ajasin UniversityNG3 papers
University of FreiburgDE1 paper
Lead City UniversityNG1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Linguistics Culture and Communication2
Language and Semiotic Studies2
Language Matters2
African Identities1
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)1

How it can be read

75% free to read

Diamond 3 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Hybrid 1 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 13%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 13%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 25%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

1 of 8 papers name a funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities3
16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

Most cited

“The soro-soke [speak up] generation”: multimodality and appraisal choices in selected #EndSars civil protest-related memes in Nigeria
Language and Semiotic Studies16
202314 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
Naming as a marker of identity on Nairaland
African Identities
201911 citations
#Take Responsibility: Non-Verbal Modes as Discursive Strategies in Managing Covid-19 Public Health Crisis
Language and Semiotic Studies
20203 citationsOpen access · Bronze
A Discourse-Based Analysis of Perceptions of Nigerian Pidgin Among the Nigerian Diaspora
Language Matters10
20242 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Naija and the Construction of National Identity on a Virtual Community
Journal of Linguistics Culture and Communication10
20260 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Citizens of Language and the Making of the Marlian Enclave: Hip-Hop, Youth Identity and the Creation of a Community

2025Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.21461481

Performing social advocacy: A critical sociolinguistic analysis of selected songs of Beautiful Nubia

2024Journal of Linguistics Culture and CommunicationJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.61320/jolcc.v2i2.108-132

Naming as a marker of identity on Nairaland

2019African IdentitiesJournalFirst author11 citations10.1080/14725843.2019.1661829