Felix I. Nwafor

University of Nigeria

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

Plant Science
Forestry
Food Science
Biochemistry
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Genetics

Publications: 242014–2026
Citations: 66to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.711.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 4%1 of 24 scored papers
Open access: 71%17 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

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

24 in all

Totems and sacred groves in southeast Nigeria: indigenous nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation
2026Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.3389/fevo.2026.1732469
Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak
2025

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science1354%
Forestry729%
Food Science521%
Biochemistry313%
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism313%
Genetics313%
Pharmacology313%
Soil Science313%
Molecular Biology28%
Pharmacology28%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences

Topics most written on

African Botany and Ecology Studies7
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies4
Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies3
Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities3
Phytochemistry and Biological Activities3
Seed and Plant Biochemistry3
Soil and Environmental Studies3
Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection2
Fungal Biology and Applications2
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture2
Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement2
Moringa oleifera research and applications2

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-written1122223Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States3
India1
Germany1
Turkey1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Abia State UniversityNG6 papers
University of Port HarcourtNG3 papers
World BankUS2 papers
Ebonyi State UniversityNG2 papers
Gombe State UniversityNG2 papers
Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyNG2 papers
Harvard UniversityUS1 paper
Istanbul Medipol UniversityTR1 paper
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity ResearchDE1 paper
New York Botanical GardenUS1 paper

Where they publish

Elsevier eBooks3
Annual Research & Review in Biology2
European Journal of Medicinal Plants2
Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences2
Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research2
Advanced Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Letters1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger7
15Life on land5
1No poverty1
3Good health and well-being1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Taxonomic and Ecological Significance of Foliar Epidermal Characters in Four Taxa of Mussaenda L. (Rubiaceae) in Nigeria
Annual Research & Review in Biology15
201910 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Properties from the Extract and Fractions of Annona senegalensis Pers (Annonaceae) Stem Bark Grown in Nigeria
European Journal of Medicinal Plants
20199 citations
Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak
Plants People Planet

Plants People Planet

Toxic Food Plants from West Tropical Africa

2020Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.5281/zenodo.18084934

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY1

Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology1

How it can be read

71% free to read

Diamond 12 · 50%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 7 · 29%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 24 papers name a funder

Center for African Studies1
Harvard University1
Tertiary Education Trust Fund1

World top 10%Open access · Gold

Dust Accumulation, Heavy Metal Content and Stomata Morphology of Some Medicinal Plants at Rock Quarrying Locations at Lokpaukwu, Nigeria

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change

20207 citationsOpen access · Diamond