Kingsley Chukwudi Okpala

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2011, latest 2024

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Aerospace Engineering
Molecular Biology

Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 182011–2024
Citations: 68to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.251.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 18 scored papers
Open access: 61%11 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

18 in all

Geomagnetic Storm Variation of Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) Over Some Euro-African Stations
2024Physical Science International JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/psij/2024/v28i1818
Diurnal and seasonal variations of the occurrence of ionospheric irregularities over Nigeria from GNSS data
2023

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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

Astronomy and Astrophysics1794%
Geophysics844%
Atmospheric Science528%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics317%
Aerospace Engineering211%
Molecular Biology211%
Artificial Intelligence16%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering16%
Global and Planetary Change16%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics16
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics13
Earthquake Detection and Analysis8
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate5
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena3
Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies2
GNSS positioning and interference2
Climate variability and models1
Magnetic Field Sensors Techniques1
Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

6% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

India1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kogi State UniversityNG4 papers
National Space Research and Development AgencyNG3 papers
Indian Institute of GeomagnetismIN1 paper
African Institute of Science and TechnologyNG1 paper
Obafemi Awolowo UniversityNG1 paper
African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in EnglishNG1 paper
Benue State UniversityNG1 paper
University of MkarNG1 paper

Where they publish

Physical Science International Journal3
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2
International Journal of the Physical Sciences2
Advances in Space Research1
Astroparticle Physics1
Canadian Journal of Physics1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water7
7Affordable and clean energy3
13Climate action1

Most cited

Principal components of quiet time temporal variability of equatorial and low‐latitude geomagnetic fields
Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
201522 citations
Irregularities in the African ionosphere associated with total electron content anomalies observed during high solar activity levels
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences7
202212 citationsOpen access · Gold
On the mid-latitude ionospheric storm association with intense geomagnetic storms
Advances in Space Research

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Comparative Study of the Influence of Full and Partial Halo Geomagnetic Storms on High Latitude Ionosphere

2021International Journal of Education Science Technology and Engineering (IJESTE)JournalOpen access1 citation10.36079/lamintang.ijeste-0402.299

On the plasma density variation in the F2 region during geomagnetic storms

2021International Journal of Space Science and EngineeringJournal0 citations10.1504/ijspacese.2021.113867

Variation of Vertical Total Electron Content (TEC) Over West Africa during Geomagnetic Storms

2020Physical Science International JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.9734/psij/2020/v24i530193

Relationship between Rainfall Pattern in North Central and Southern Nigeria and Some Tropical Climate Systems

2020International Journal of Environment and Climate ChangeJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i730213

Heliospheric Modulation of GCR at Mid and High Latitudes

2020Physical Science International JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.9734/psij/2020/v24i630198

On the slow-time geomagnetic field modulation of cosmic rays

2019International Journal of the Physical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.5897/ijps2019.4837

A Study of Heliospheric Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays

2019JournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations

On the mid-latitude ionospheric storm association with intense geomagnetic storms

2017Advances in Space ResearchJournalFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1016/j.asr.2017.08.017

Galactic Cosmic Ray Variability at Two Neutron Monitors: Relation to Kp Index

2015Journal of AstrophysicsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1155/2015/961358

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

International Journal of Education Science Technology and Engineering (IJESTE)1

How it can be read

61% free to read

Diamond 8 · 44%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 11%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 7 · 39%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 18 papers name a funder

National Aeronautics and Space Administration4
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India2
Goddard Space Flight Center1
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism1
National Center for Atmospheric Research1
Science and Engineering Research Board1

Diurnal and seasonal variations of the occurrence of ionospheric irregularities over Nigeria from GNSS data

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences14

20235 citationsOpen access · Gold