Nimibofa Ayawei

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Nimibofa Ayawei is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nimibofa Ayawei has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Water Science and Technology and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nimibofa Ayawei's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (13 papers), Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications (8 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (8 papers). Nimibofa Ayawei is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (13 papers), Layered Double Hydroxides Synthesis and Applications (8 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (8 papers). Nimibofa Ayawei collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, South Africa and United States. Nimibofa Ayawei's co-authors include Donbebe Wankasi, Augustus Newton Ebelegi, Ezekiel Dixon Dikio, Paul N. Diagboya, Fanyana M. Mtunzi, Kehinde Aruleba, Idowu Aruleba, Ibomoiye Domor Mienye, Blessing Ogbuokiri and George Obaido and has published in prestigious journals such as Langmuir, Applied Sciences and Journal of environmental chemical engineering.

In The Last Decade

Nimibofa Ayawei

30 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Modelling and Interpretation of Adsorption Isotherms 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Modelling and Interpretation of Adsorption Isotherms
    2017 2.3k citations Nimibofa Ayawei, Augustus Newton Ebelegi et al. Journal of Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nimibofa Ayawei Nigeria 12 1.8k 665 626 470 426 32 3.1k
Augustus Newton Ebelegi Nigeria 5 1.5k 0.9× 548 0.8× 517 0.8× 402 0.9× 371 0.9× 12 2.6k
Donbebe Wankasi Nigeria 21 2.0k 1.1× 783 1.2× 713 1.1× 574 1.2× 512 1.2× 50 3.6k
Junxia Yu China 35 1.7k 1.0× 692 1.0× 518 0.8× 516 1.1× 658 1.5× 174 3.7k
Md. Aminul Islam Bangladesh 22 1.2k 0.7× 474 0.7× 442 0.7× 366 0.8× 494 1.2× 46 2.3k
Liliana Amaral Féris Brazil 29 1.7k 0.9× 634 1.0× 455 0.7× 485 1.0× 463 1.1× 106 2.8k
Matias S. Netto Brazil 33 2.2k 1.3× 654 1.0× 678 1.1× 410 0.9× 404 0.9× 82 3.1k
P. Podkościelny Poland 12 1.9k 1.1× 810 1.2× 471 0.8× 664 1.4× 537 1.3× 30 3.0k
Mrs Eti Awual Japan 15 1.3k 0.8× 926 1.4× 579 0.9× 533 1.1× 676 1.6× 18 3.5k
Ariyan Islam Rehan Japan 15 1.3k 0.8× 926 1.4× 579 0.9× 533 1.1× 676 1.6× 18 3.5k
Mohammed Sohrab Hossain Japan 15 1.3k 0.8× 926 1.4× 579 0.9× 533 1.1× 676 1.6× 18 3.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Ebelegi, Augustus Newton, Nimibofa Ayawei, & Donbebe Wankasi. (2024). Efficient Sequestration of Congo Red Dye From Aqueous Solutions Using Pamam Dendrimer – Silica Composite. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 235(10).
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Ebelegi, Augustus Newton, Nimibofa Ayawei, & Donbebe Wankasi. (2024). Efficient Sequestration of Congo Red Dye from Aqueous Solutions Using Pamam Dendrimer-Silica Composite. 14(1). 1–20. 1 indexed citations
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Dikio, Ezekiel Dixon, et al.. (2023). Adsorption investigation of a composite of metal-organic framework and polyethylene oxide hydrogel. 239(3-4). 389–396. 7 indexed citations
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Musaigwa, Fungai, et al.. (2022). Immunoinformatics Studies and Design of a Potential Multi-Epitope Peptide Vaccine to Combat the Fatal Visceral Leishmaniasis. Vaccines. 10(10). 1598–1598. 9 indexed citations
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Aruleba, Raphael Taiwo, Tayo Alex Adekiya, Nimibofa Ayawei, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 Diagnosis: A Review of Rapid Antigen, RT-PCR and Artificial Intelligence Methods. Bioengineering. 9(4). 153–153. 35 indexed citations
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Mtunzi, Fanyana M., Simphiwe M. Nelana, Augustus Newton Ebelegi, et al.. (2021). Metals and Antibiotics as Aqueous Sequestration Targets for Magnetic Polyamidoamine-Grafted SBA-15. Langmuir. 37(32). 9764–9773. 35 indexed citations
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Ebelegi, Augustus Newton, Nimibofa Ayawei, Donbebe Wankasi, et al.. (2019). Covalently bonded polyamidoamine functionalized silica used as a Pb(II) scavenger from aqueous solution. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 7(4). 103214–103214. 30 indexed citations
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Ebelegi, Augustus Newton, et al.. (2019). Facile Uptake of Cadmium (II) from Aqueous Solution Using Polyamidoamine Functionalized Silica. 6(2). 1–7. 1 indexed citations
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Ayawei, Nimibofa, Augustus Newton Ebelegi, & Donbebe Wankasi. (2017). Modelling and Interpretation of Adsorption Isotherms. Journal of Chemistry. 2017. 1–11. 2278 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ayawei, Nimibofa, et al.. (2017). Comparative Sorption Studies of Dyes and Metal Ions by Ni/Al-Layered Double Hydroxide. 7(2). 25–35. 6 indexed citations
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Ayawei, Nimibofa, et al.. (2017). A Review of Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Functionalized Dendrimers. 7(1). 8–14. 19 indexed citations
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Ayawei, Nimibofa, et al.. (2017). Measurement of Total Suspended Particulate Matter (TSP) in an Urban Environment: Yenagoa and Its Environs. Journal of Geography Environment and Earth Science International. 11(3). 1–8. 4 indexed citations
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Ayawei, Nimibofa, et al.. (2015). Layered Double Hydroxide Adsorption of Lead: Equilibrium, Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies. International journal of advanced research in chemical sciences. 2(5). 22–32. 4 indexed citations
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Wankasi, Donbebe, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, characterization and sorption studies of nitrogen–doped carbon nanotubes. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures. 10(1). 125–134. 11 indexed citations
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Ayawei, Nimibofa, et al.. (2015). Synthesis and Application of Layered Double Hydroxide for the removal of Copper in Wastewater. International Journal of Chemistry. 7(1). 122–122. 23 indexed citations
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Ayawei, Nimibofa. (2015). Synthesis and Sorption Studies of Lead (II) on Zn/Fe Layered Double Hydroxide. American Journal of Applied Chemistry. 3(3). 124–124. 7 indexed citations
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Dikio, Ezekiel Dixon, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, Characterization and Adsorption Studies of Chlorine–doped Carbon Nanotubes. 4(2). 53–62. 6 indexed citations

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