Chikelu Mba

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 547 citations indexed

About

Chikelu Mba is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chikelu Mba has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 547 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Food Science and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chikelu Mba's work include Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies (5 papers), Seed and Plant Biochemistry (3 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). Chikelu Mba is often cited by papers focused on Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies (5 papers), Seed and Plant Biochemistry (3 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (3 papers). Chikelu Mba collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Austria and United Kingdom. Chikelu Mba's co-authors include E. P. Guimarães, Mario Cáccamo, Rajeev K. Varshney, Benjamin Kilian, Shoba Sivasankar, Abhishek Bohra, Susan R. McCouch, Joe Tohmé, Nigel Maxted and Álvaro Toledo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology and Trends in biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Chikelu Mba

9 papers receiving 514 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Reap the crop wild relatives for breeding future crops

2021 184 citations Abhishek Bohra, Benjamin Kilian et al. Trends in biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chikelu Mba Italy	7	447	177	109	72	54	10	547
Alejandro Presotto Argentina	15	430 1.0×	115 0.6×	69 0.6×	63 0.9×	13 0.2×	41	479
Mónica Poverene Argentina	17	588 1.3×	139 0.8×	122 1.1×	95 1.3×	25 0.5×	52	672
Michael Mackay Syria	14	688 1.5×	88 0.5×	195 1.8×	44 0.6×	22 0.4×	25	741
Roberto Guadagnuolo Switzerland	14	376 0.8×	175 1.0×	184 1.7×	113 1.6×	15 0.3×	20	481
K. S. Varaprasad India	13	381 0.9×	101 0.6×	82 0.8×	44 0.6×	41 0.8×	76	503
Sally Norton Australia	11	363 0.8×	83 0.5×	93 0.9×	29 0.4×	38 0.7×	26	446
Simon Kallow United Kingdom	9	245 0.5×	61 0.3×	44 0.4×	75 1.0×	14 0.3×	19	343
Philippe Brabant France	19	821 1.8×	330 1.9×	272 2.5×	82 1.1×	38 0.7×	44	940
Ejiao Wu China	17	501 1.1×	110 0.6×	76 0.7×	125 1.7×	36 0.7×	25	583
Outi Manninen Finland	17	820 1.8×	224 1.3×	286 2.6×	63 0.9×	16 0.3×	39	904

Countries citing papers authored by Chikelu Mba

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chikelu Mba

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chikelu Mba

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Bohra, Abhishek, Benjamin Kilian, Shoba Sivasankar, et al.. (2021). Reap the crop wild relatives for breeding future crops. Trends in biotechnology. 40(4). 412–431. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Chalak, Lamis, et al.. (2020). Development of national strategies for the conservation and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in some countries of the Near East and North Africa. Acta Horticulturae. 9–16. 2 indexed citations

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Mba, Chikelu, et al.. (2020). Southern African countries develop the national strategy for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Acta Horticulturae. 253–258.

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Mba, Chikelu, Mathew M. Abang, Wim Hugo, et al.. (2020). FAO supports countries in the implementation of the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Acta Horticulturae. 197–208. 6 indexed citations

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Vincent, Holly, Ahmed Amri, Nora P Castañeda Álvarez, et al.. (2019). Modeling of crop wild relative species identifies areas globally for in situ conservation. Communications Biology. 2(1). 136–136. 84 indexed citations

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Mba, Chikelu. (2013). Induced Mutations Unleash the Potentials of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 200–231. 110 indexed citations

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Mba, Chikelu, et al.. (2012). Re-orienting crop improvement for the changing climatic conditions of the 21st century. Agriculture & Food Security. 1(1). 79 indexed citations

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Mba, Chikelu, et al.. (2011). Mainstreaming the continuum approach to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture through national strategy. Plant Genetic Resources. 10(1). 24–37. 7 indexed citations

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Till, Bradley J., Joanna Jankowicz-Cieślak, László Sági, et al.. (2010). Discovery of nucleotide polymorphisms in the Musa gene pool by Ecotilling. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 121(7). 1381–1389. 42 indexed citations

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Mba, Chikelu & Joe Tohmé. (2005). Use of AFLP Markers in Surveys of Plant Diversity. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 395. 177–201. 33 indexed citations

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