Benedict C. Okeke

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Benedict C. Okeke is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benedict C. Okeke has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 26 papers in Pollution and 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benedict C. Okeke's work include Chromium effects and bioremediation (15 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (15 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (15 papers). Benedict C. Okeke is often cited by papers focused on Chromium effects and bioremediation (15 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (15 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (15 papers). Benedict C. Okeke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Nigeria. Benedict C. Okeke's co-authors include W. T. Frankenberger, Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo, Fátima Menezes Bento, Tariq Siddique, Robson Andreazza, Muhammad Arshad, Simone Pieniz, Alan Paterson, M.C.R. Peralba and Rodrigo Josemar Seminoti Jacques and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Benedict C. Okeke

72 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Comparative bioremediation of soils contaminated with diesel oil by natural attenuation, biostimulation and bioaugmentation

2004 539 citations Fátima Menezes Bento, Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo et al. Bioresource Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benedict C. Okeke United States	31	1.6k	1.3k	883	539	490	73	3.3k
María Julia Amoroso Argentina	34	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	505 0.6×	421 0.8×	416 0.8×	78	3.1k
Fátima Menezes Bento Brazil	28	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	839 1.0×	435 0.8×	440 0.9×	71	3.2k
Michael Schlömann Germany	34	1.6k 1.0×	522 0.4×	895 1.0×	1.4k 2.6×	300 0.6×	142	3.8k
Gejiao Wang China	39	1.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	735 0.8×	636 1.2×	529 1.1×	104	4.8k
Bea‐Ven Chang Taiwan	35	2.9k 1.8×	2.0k 1.5×	574 0.7×	299 0.6×	412 0.8×	87	4.0k
Sandhya Mishra China	31	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	327 0.4×	435 0.8×	473 1.0×	50	3.3k
Kalpana Mody India	29	603 0.4×	401 0.3×	453 0.5×	621 1.2×	646 1.3×	56	2.9k
Claudia S. Benimeli Argentina	30	1.6k 1.0×	829 0.6×	342 0.4×	260 0.5×	186 0.4×	56	2.4k
Hai-Ming Zhao China	36	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	421 0.5×	425 0.8×	342 0.7×	98	3.4k
Wanting Ling China	38	2.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	395 0.4×	378 0.7×	358 0.7×	116	4.0k

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Okeke, Benedict C., Márcio S. Silva, Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo, et al.. (2024). Bio-Oil Production from Fish Processing Waste Residues Using Oleaginous Rhodotorula sp. R1 After Conventional Oil Extraction. BioEnergy Research. 17(3). 1885–1894.

Okeke, Benedict C., Filipe Selau Carlos, Rodrigo Ferreira da Silva, et al.. (2024). Cadmium Contamination in Aquatic Environments: Detoxification Mechanisms and Phytoremediation Approach. Sustainability. 16(22). 10072–10072. 4 indexed citations

Okeke, Benedict C., Anderson Schwingel Ribeiro, Maurízio Silveira Quadro, et al.. (2023). Removal of Cr(III) from water by polyurethane foam, green liquor dregs and polyurethane foam incorporated with green liquor dregs. Materials Letters. 352. 135186–135186. 2 indexed citations

Okeke, Benedict C., Márcio S. Silva, Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo, et al.. (2023). Biotechnology process for microbial lipid synthesis from enzymatic hydrolysate of pre-treated sugarcane bagasse for potential bio-oil production. Renewable Energy. 205. 174–184. 13 indexed citations

Okeke, Benedict C., et al.. (2020). Comprehensive Optimization of Culture Conditions for Production of Biomass-Hydrolyzing Enzymes of Trichoderma SG2 in Submerged and Solid-State Fermentation. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 191(1). 444–462. 18 indexed citations

Okeke, Benedict C., et al.. (2015). Selection and molecular characterization of cellulolytic–xylanolytic fungi from surface soil-biomass mixtures from Black Belt sites. Microbiological Research. 175. 24–33. 15 indexed citations

Andreazza, Robson, Benedict C. Okeke, Simone Pieniz, Fátima M. Bento, & Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo. (2013). Biosorption and Bioreduction of Copper from Different Copper Compounds in Aqueous Solution. Biological Trace Element Research. 152(3). 411–416. 5 indexed citations

Keimowitz, Alison R., et al.. (2011). Fate and Transport of Organic Contaminants in Coastal Marsh Sediments Resulting from the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

Okeke, Benedict C., et al.. (2011). Occurrence, molecular characterization and antibiogram of water quality indicator bacteria in river water serving a water treatment plant. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(23). 4979–4985. 18 indexed citations

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Andreazza, Robson, et al.. (2010). Bioreduction of Cu(II) by Cell-Free Copper Reductase from a Copper Resistant Pseudomonas sp. NA. Biological Trace Element Research. 143(2). 1182–1192. 14 indexed citations

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Pieniz, Simone, Benedict C. Okeke, Robson Andreazza, & Adriano Brandelli. (2010). Evaluation of selenite bioremoval from liquid culture by Enterococcus species. Microbiological Research. 166(3). 176–185. 21 indexed citations

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Jacques, Rodrigo Josemar Seminoti, Benedict C. Okeke, Fátima Menezes Bento, M.C.R. Peralba, & Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo. (2009). Improved Enrichment and Isolation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)-Degrading Microorganisms in Soil Using Anthracene as a Model PAH. Current Microbiology. 58(6). 628–634. 22 indexed citations

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Okeke, Benedict C.. (2008). Bioremoval of hexavalent chromium from water by a salt tolerant bacterium, Exiguobacterium sp. GS1. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 35(12). 1571–1579. 63 indexed citations

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Jacques, Rodrigo Josemar Seminoti, Benedict C. Okeke, Fátima Menezes Bento, et al.. (2007). Microbial consortium bioaugmentation of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contaminated soil. Bioresource Technology. 99(7). 2637–2643. 178 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yiqiang, Benedict C. Okeke, & W. T. Frankenberger. (2007). Bacterial reduction of selenate to elemental selenium utilizing molasses as a carbon source. Bioresource Technology. 99(5). 1267–1273. 54 indexed citations

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Bento, Fátima Menezes, Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira Camargo, Benedict C. Okeke, & W. T. Frankenberger. (2005). Diversity of biosurfactant producing microorganisms isolated from soils contaminated with diesel oil. Microbiological Research. 160(3). 249–255. 171 indexed citations

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Okeke, Benedict C. & W. T. Frankenberger. (2003). Molecular analysis of a perchlorate reductase from a perchlorate-respiring bacterium Perc1ace. Microbiological Research. 158(4). 337–344. 33 indexed citations

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Casucci, Cristiano, Benedict C. Okeke, & W. T. Frankenberger. (2003). Effects of Mercury on Microbial Biomass and Enzyme Activities in Soil. Biological Trace Element Research. 94(2). 179–192. 34 indexed citations

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Camargo, Flavio Anastácio de Oliveira, Benedict C. Okeke, Fátima Menezes Bento, & W. T. Frankenberger. (2003). In vitro reduction of hexavalent chromium by a cell-free extract of Bacillus sp. ES 29 stimulated by Cu 2+. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 62(5-6). 569–573. 146 indexed citations

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Okeke, Benedict C., J. E. Smith, Alan Paterson, & Irene A. Watson‐Craik. (1996). Influence of environmental parameters on pentachlorophenol biotransformation in soil by Lentinula edodes and Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 45(1-2). 263–266. 28 indexed citations

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