Chitu Okoli

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Chitu Okoli is a scholar working on Communication, Computer Science Applications and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chitu Okoli has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Communication, 14 papers in Computer Science Applications and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Chitu Okoli's work include Open Source Software Innovations (12 papers), Wikis in Education and Collaboration (11 papers) and Knowledge Management and Sharing (10 papers). Chitu Okoli is often cited by papers focused on Open Source Software Innovations (12 papers), Wikis in Education and Collaboration (11 papers) and Knowledge Management and Sharing (10 papers). Chitu Okoli collaborates with scholars based in Canada, France and United States. Chitu Okoli's co-authors include Suzanne D. Pawlowski, Kira Schabram, Mostafa Mesgari, Finn Årup Nielsen, Arto Lanamäki, Mohamad Mehdi, Wonseok Oh, Kévin Carillo, Victor Mbarika and Pratim Datta and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Information & Management and Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

In The Last Decade

Chitu Okoli

43 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

The Delphi method as a research tool: an example, design considerations and applications

2004 3.0k citations Chitu Okoli, Suzanne D. Pawlowski Information & Management profile →
A Guide to Conducting a Systematic Literature Review of Information Systems Research

2010 1.2k citations Chitu Okoli et al. SSRN Electronic Journal profile →
A Guide to Conducting a Standalone Systematic Literature Review

2015 872 citations Chitu Okoli Communications of the Association for Information Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chitu Okoli Canada	18	1.6k	853	829	814	536	50	5.9k
Manuel J. Cobo Spain	35	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	859 1.0×	949 1.2×	557 1.0×	108	9.6k
Samir Chatterjee United States	22	1.3k 0.8×	730 0.9×	1.6k 1.9×	1.5k 1.8×	593 1.1×	145	6.2k
Nitesh Pandey India	28	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.9×	718 0.9×	865 1.1×	349 0.7×	66	9.6k
Corrado Cuccurullo Italy	12	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	614 0.7×	616 0.8×	336 0.6×	24	9.0k
Debmalya Mukherjee United States	27	1.5k 0.9×	2.5k 3.0×	718 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	368 0.7×	54	10.1k
Soumya Ray Taiwan	17	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	537 0.6×	614 0.8×	314 0.6×	30	6.6k
Guy Paré Canada	46	1.3k 0.8×	746 0.9×	636 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	472 0.9×	189	8.5k
Yenchun Jim Wu Taiwan	50	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.9×	977 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	406 0.8×	226	7.6k
A.G. López‐Herrera Spain	21	886 0.5×	930 1.1×	636 0.8×	510 0.6×	764 1.4×	41	6.0k
Suzanne D. Pawlowski United States	19	1.4k 0.9×	613 0.7×	446 0.5×	634 0.8×	420 0.8×	35	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Chitu Okoli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chitu Okoli

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Okoli, Chitu, et al.. (2025). Affordance-Based Information Technology Sensemaking [ABITS]. Business & Information Systems Engineering.

Okoli, Chitu. (2023). Inductive, abductive and deductive theorising. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy. 16(3). 302–316. 6 indexed citations

Okoli, Chitu, et al.. (2015). Business Models for Free and Open Source Software: Insights from a Delphi Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Mesgari, Mostafa, Chitu Okoli, & Ana Ortíz de Guinea. (2015). Affordance-based User Personas : A mixed-method Approach to Persona Development. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 11 indexed citations

Okoli, Chitu & Ning Wang. (2015). Business Models for Online Education and Open Educational Resources: Insights from a Delphi Study. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 3 indexed citations

Okoli, Chitu, et al.. (2013). Sustainability of veterinary drugs against field isolates of E. maxima.. 2(2). 65–67. 1 indexed citations

Carillo, Kévin & Chitu Okoli. (2011). Generating quality open content: A functional group perspective based on the time, interaction, and performance theory. Information & Management. 48(6). 208–219. 22 indexed citations

Okoli, Chitu. (2010). Industries, information, and the Internet: An Information-Oriented Perspective of Industries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2(20).

Okoli, Chitu, Victor Mbarika, & Scott McCoy. (2010). The effects of infrastructure and policy on e-business in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. European Journal of Information Systems. 19(1). 5–20. 41 indexed citations

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Carillo, Kévin & Chitu Okoli. (2008). The Open Source Movement: A Revolution in Software Development. Journal of Computer Information Systems. 49(2). 1–9. 33 indexed citations

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Chen, Ye-Sho, Chitu Okoli, & Lihua Huang. (2005). Strategic Growth of Firms in the Digital Economy: A Simonian Research Agenda. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 7(2). 5. 1 indexed citations

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Datta, Pratim, Terry Anthony Byrd, Chitu Okoli, & Victor Mbarika. (2005). The Neglected Continent of IS Research: A Research Agenda for Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 6(5). 130–170. 85 indexed citations

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Okoli, Chitu & Suzanne D. Pawlowski. (2004). The Delphi method as a research tool: an example, design considerations and applications. Information & Management. 42(1). 15–29. 3017 indexed citations breakdown →

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Okoli, Chitu, et al.. (2004). Critical success factors for telemedicine in Ethiopia. 426–429. 6 indexed citations

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Okoli, Chitu. (2003). Experts' Perceptions of Infrastructural and Institutional Factors for Effective E-Commerce in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 451. 1 indexed citations

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Mbarika, Victor & Chitu Okoli. (2003). Telemedicine in Sub-Saharan Africa: a proposed Delphi study. 9 pp.–9 pp.. 8 indexed citations

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Okoli, Chitu, et al.. (2003). A Framework for Assessing E-Commerce in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Global Information Technology Management. 6(3). 44–66. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Ye-Sho, et al.. (2003). IT businesses and franchising: a research proposal. 12. 10 pp.–10 pp.. 2 indexed citations

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Jessup, Leonard M., Blake Ives, Chitu Okoli, & Joseph S. Valacich. (2002). The Mobile Conference Information System: Unwiring Academic Conferences with Wireless Mobile Computing. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 9. 5 indexed citations

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Okoli, Chitu, Ye-Sho Chen, & P. Pete Chong. (2002). STRATEGIC GROWTH OF FIRMS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: SIMULATION AND RESEARCH PROPOSAL. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 87. 1 indexed citations

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