Smart C. Obiora

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Smart C. Obiora is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Smart C. Obiora has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Geophysics, 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 8 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Smart C. Obiora's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (11 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (6 papers). Smart C. Obiora is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (11 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (6 papers). Smart C. Obiora collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, India and South Africa. Smart C. Obiora's co-authors include Grace Chibuike, Anthony Chukwu, Theophilus Clavell Davies, S. N. Charan, S.F. Toteu and Toshiaki Tsunogae and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Journal of African Earth Sciences and Journal of Earth System Science.

In The Last Decade

Smart C. Obiora

21 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Heavy Metal Polluted Soils: Effect on Plants and Bioremediation Methods

2014 739 citations Grace Chibuike, Smart C. Obiora Applied and Environmental Soil Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Smart C. Obiora Nigeria	12	681	252	238	196	177	21	1.3k
Mohammad Tahir Shah Pakistan	20	641 0.9×	150 0.6×	165 0.7×	358 1.8×	239 1.4×	35	1.3k
Caroline Miranda Biondi Brazil	20	558 0.8×	123 0.5×	297 1.2×	163 0.8×	108 0.6×	45	967
Qu-Sheng Li China	28	1.3k 1.9×	577 2.3×	128 0.5×	434 2.2×	214 1.2×	84	2.3k
João José Marques Brazil	22	408 0.6×	303 1.2×	187 0.8×	152 0.8×	83 0.5×	101	1.5k
Marija Romić Croatia	21	770 1.1×	421 1.7×	343 1.4×	176 0.9×	143 0.8×	78	1.8k
Laurence Denaix France	19	691 1.0×	229 0.9×	117 0.5×	296 1.5×	139 0.8×	50	1.2k
Shevita Pandita India	14	396 0.6×	251 1.0×	110 0.5×	132 0.7×	72 0.4×	35	987
María Gabarrón Spain	17	648 1.0×	70 0.3×	200 0.8×	270 1.4×	47 0.3×	28	1.0k
Marilyne Soubrand France	18	624 0.9×	143 0.6×	101 0.4×	170 0.9×	105 0.6×	35	981
Elizabeth Hernández-Álvarez Mexico	22	863 1.3×	86 0.3×	271 1.1×	438 2.2×	148 0.8×	55	1.5k

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Chukwu, Anthony & Smart C. Obiora. (2023). Effect of Lead–Zinc Mining on Socio-Economic and Health Conditions of Enyigba and Ishiagu Lead–zinc Mining Districts of Southeastern Nigeria. Mining Metallurgy & Exploration. 40(2). 691–701. 4 indexed citations

Chukwu, Anthony & Smart C. Obiora. (2021). Petrogenetic characterization of pegmatites and their host rocks in southern Akwanga, North-Central Basement Complex, Nigeria. Journal of Earth System Science. 130(1). 4 indexed citations

Chukwu, Anthony & Smart C. Obiora. (2021). Petrology and geochemistry of pegmatites and associated rocks in Wamba areas, northcentral basement complex, Nigeria: implications for petrogenesis and rare-metal mineralizations. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 14(10). 5 indexed citations

Chukwu, Anthony & Smart C. Obiora. (2021). Petrogenesis and tectonomagmatic updates on the origin of the igneous rocks in the lower Benue rift, southeastern Nigeria. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 14(3). 9 indexed citations

Obiora, Smart C., et al.. (2019). Geochemical characterization of Granitoids in Katchuan Irruan area: further evidence for peraluminous and shoshonitic compositions and post-collisional setting of granitic rocks in the Precambrian Basement Complex of Nigeria. Acta Geochimica. 38(5). 734–752. 8 indexed citations

Obiora, Smart C., et al.. (2019). Potentially harmful elements and their health implications in cultivable soils and food crops around lead-zinc mines in Ishiagu, Southeastern Nigeria. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 204. 289–296. 50 indexed citations

Obiora, Smart C., Anthony Chukwu, & Theophilus Clavell Davies. (2018). Contamination of the Potable Water Supply in the Lead–Zinc Mining Communities of Enyigba, Southeastern Nigeria. Mine Water and the Environment. 38(1). 148–157. 38 indexed citations

Chukwu, Anthony & Smart C. Obiora. (2018). Geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of the pyroclastic rocks in Abakaliki basin (Lower Benue Rift), Southeastern Nigeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 141. 207–220. 24 indexed citations

Obiora, Smart C., Anthony Chukwu, & Theophilus Clavell Davies. (2016). Heavy metals and health risk assessment of arable soils and food crops around Pb–Zn mining localities in Enyigba, southeastern Nigeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 116. 182–189. 150 indexed citations

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Obiora, Smart C., Anthony Chukwu, S.F. Toteu, & Theophilus Clavell Davies. (2016). Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Soils Around Lead (Pb)-Zinc (Zn) Mining Areas in Enyigba, Southeastern Nigeria. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 87(4). 453–462. 72 indexed citations

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Tsunogae, Toshiaki, et al.. (2016). Metamorphic P–T evolution of garnet-staurolite-biotite pelitic schist and amphibolite from Keffi, north-central Nigeria: Geothermobarometry, mineral equilibrium modeling and P-T path. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 129. 1–16. 11 indexed citations

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Chukwu, Anthony & Smart C. Obiora. (2014). Whole-rock geochemistry of basic and intermediate intrusive rocks in the Ishiagu area: further evidence of anorogenic setting of the Lower Benue rift, southeastern Nigeria. TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES. 23. 427–443. 31 indexed citations

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Chibuike, Grace & Smart C. Obiora. (2014). Heavy Metal Polluted Soils: Effect on Plants and Bioremediation Methods. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2014. 1–12. 739 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chibuike, Grace & Smart C. Obiora. (2013). Bioremediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soils for improved crop performance. International Journal on Environmental Sciences. 4(3). 223–239. 13 indexed citations

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Obiora, Smart C., et al.. (2011). Tectonomagmatic origin of some volcanic and sub-volcanic rocks from the Lower Benue rift, Nigeria. Geochemistry. 30(4). 507–522. 16 indexed citations

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Obiora, Smart C. & S. N. Charan. (2011). GEOCHEMISTRY OF REGIONALLY METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS FROM THE LOWER BENUE RIFT, NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROVENANCE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF THE BENUE RIFT SEDIMENTARY SUITE. South African Journal of Geology. 114(1). 41–56. 19 indexed citations

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Obiora, Smart C., et al.. (2009). Petrology and geochemical characteristics of Precambrian granitic basement complex rocks in the southernmost part of North-Central Nigeria. Geochemistry. 28(4). 377–385. 11 indexed citations

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Obiora, Smart C.. (2008). Petrology and geotechnic setting of the basement comple rocks around Ogoja, South-Eastern Nigeria. Ghana Journal of Science. 46(1). 5 indexed citations

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Obiora, Smart C., et al.. (2005). Petrography of some altered intrusive rocks from the Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria. 41(1). 6 indexed citations

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Obiora, Smart C., et al.. (2004). Petrographic evidence for regional burial metamorphism of the sedimentary rocks in the Lower Benue rift. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 38(3). 269–277. 52 indexed citations

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