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Researcher · Durban University of Technology · South Africa

Chikezirim Okorafor

Chikezirim Okorafor publishes mostly in Building and Construction, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Management Science and Operations Research, on topics such as Sustainable Building Design and Assessment, Energy Efficiency and Management and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.

ORCID 0000-0002-1784-9647 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,531,033
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#27,077
of 29,826
Works
21
Citations
46
Citations per work
2.2
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 94% in Building and Construction
Chikezirim Okorafor

What does Chikezirim Okorafor research?

Chikezirim Okorafor's work is mostly in Engineering (52%), Energy (14%), Decision Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 70.0% of their workEngineering: 11 works · 52.0% of their workBuilding and Construction: 9 works · 44.0% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 works · 8.0% of their workEnergy: 3 works · 14.0% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 works · 14.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 4.0% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 works · 4.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 16.0% of their workDecision Sciences: 3 works · 12.0% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 works · 12.0% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 works · 4.0% of their workStrategy and Management: 1 works · 4.0% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 14.0% of their workTHEIR WORKChikezirimOkorafor21works
Physical Sciences70%Social Sciences16%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1152.0%
    2. Energy314.0%
    3. Environmental Science14.0%
    1. Decision Sciences312.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting14.0%
  3. Everything else314.0%
  1. 1Building and Construction44% of their works
  2. 2Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment14% of their works
  3. 3Management Science and Operations Research12% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Strategy and Management4% of their works
  6. 6Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Chikezirim Okorafor's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Sustainability, Sustainable Construction, Risk Management, Building Energy Consumption, Industrial Sector and Manufacturing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Energy Efficiency142 topics
  2. Green Building91 topic
  3. Sustainability92 topics
  4. Sustainable Construction91 topic
  5. Risk Management82 topics
  6. Building Energy Consumption71 topic
  7. Industrial Sector71 topic
  8. Manufacturing71 topic
  9. Thermal Comfort71 topic
  10. Construction Projects61 topic
  11. Project Success61 topic
  12. Building Failures31 topic
  13. Structural Engineering31 topic
  14. BIM21 topic
  15. Concrete Properties21 topic
  16. Construction21 topic
  17. Recycled Aggregate21 topic
  18. 3D Printing11 topic
  19. Concrete Extrusion11 topic

Where does Chikezirim Okorafor work?

Chikezirim Okorafor's main affiliation in the publication record is Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Chikezirim Okorafor have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 46 citations for Chikezirim Okorafor, an h-index of 3, ranking #6,531,033 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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