Economic Diversification in Nigeria
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Short impact summary
Economic Diversification in Nigeria (2022), published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., has been cited 22 times — enough that OpenAlex puts it in the top 10% of works in its field and year. Beyond that, it has been downloaded 4,139 times and is used in teaching.
Full narrative
Economic Diversification in Nigeria by Zainab Usman was published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. in 2022. Conceptually, the work connects to Diversification (marketing strategy), Subsistence agriculture, Curse, Agriculture and Politics. The book was recognised: ACLS Open Access Book Prize & Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award finalist (2026) — Political Science.
OpenAlex records 22 citations. That places it in the top 10% of works in its field and year of publication. Citations peaked in 2025 with 8 citing works. Notable citing venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Africa’s global engagement and Journal of Rubber Research. The citing works include 10 journal articles, 6 preprints and 3 book chapters. They come from 11 countries, led by the United Kingdom, Nigeria and Germany. The citation record includes 1 formal book review.
In teaching, it is discussed in 2 recorded lectures. It has been downloaded 4,139 times via OAPEN.
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Access Availability
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350237674
- OA status: Hybrid
- OA source: OAPEN
- OA basis: OAPEN record found for this title
- OA evidence chain: OAPEN → Publisher-claimed → ACLS/Arcadia rule → OpenAlex/Crossref
- OA verification: Claimed OA, not in DOAB
- Landing page: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350237674
- OAPEN Library: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58886
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Reader reception Books
- Formal Book Reviews: 1 Reviews
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- 🏆 ACLS Open Access Book Prize & Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award finalist (2026) — Political Science
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Citation context scite
- Total: 4
- Supporting: 0
- Mentioning: 4
- Contradicting: 0
Who is citing this work? OpenAlex
Analysis of 22 citing works. 77.3% come from the Top 10 institutions. See the full list on OpenAlex →
- University of London (3)
- SOAS University of London (3)
- University of Helsinki (2)
- University of Indonesia (2)
- University of Maiduguri (2)
- University of Nigeria (1)
- Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (1)
- World Bank (1)
- University of Jos (1)
- University of Oslo (1)
- University of the Witwatersrand (1)
- IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (1)
- Kutztown University (1)
- University of Tehran (1)
- University of Cambridge (1)
- Kaduna State University (1)
- University of Warwick (1)
- Nile University of Nigeria (1)
- Federal University Dutsin-Ma (1)
- Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic (1)
- Federal Polytechnic Kabo (1)
- University of Waikato (1)
- University of Bayreuth (1)
- New York University (1)
- Jackson State University (1)
- Pan-Atlantic University (1)
- University of Tübingen (1)
- Bayero University Kano (1)
- Abel Baranzan Samuel Gaiya (3)
- Christophe Dorigné-Thomson (2)
- Franklin Obeng‐Odoom (2)
- Hakeem Onapajo (1)
- Benjamin Ewanole Ohiocheoya (1)
- Rémi Jedwab (1)
- Román D. Zárate (1)
- Federico Haslop (1)
- Abubakar Kawu Monguno (1)
- Carlos Rodríguez‐Castelán (1)
- Chali Nondo (1)
- Kingsley L. Madueke (1)
- Hamisu Salihu (1)
- Celestine Uchechukwu Udeogu (1)
- Mustapha Modu (1)
- Carla Coburger (1)
- Louis Nzegwu (1)
- Imrana Alhaji Buba (1)
- Harun Öztürkler (1)
- Raymond Okwudiri Onuoha (1)
- Haruna Kuje Ayuba (1)
- N. O. Ogbebor (1)
- Ikechukwu Ejekwumadu (1)
- Stephen Ajadi (1)
- Timothy U. Esekhade (1)
- Tola Amusan (1)
- Muhammed Amin Kodiya (1)
- Julio Ricardo Moscoso Cuaresma (1)
- Abel Baranzan Samuel Gaiya (1)
- Zainab J. Yusuf (1)
- Nafisa Dayyabu (1)
- Musa Umar Babangida (1)
- Andree Juvenal Jimenez Soto (1)
- Mohsen Mohammadi (1)
- Kamilu Ishaq (1)
- Idoko O. Suleman (1)
- Andre Gabriel Vera Fuertes (1)
- Percy Estivens Vela Cachay (1)
- Sthefany Rouse Haro Lengua (1)
- Katherine Elizabeth Espinoza Rivas (1)
Open Science Signals PRISM
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Open Peer Review PRISM
- Status: No explicit PRISM review record returned
- Interpretation: neutral signal — this does not mean the book had no peer review; only that PRISM returned no explicit title-level review metadata.
- Publisher context: Bloomsbury Academic
Teaching, Practice & Library Adoption
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Video Lectures & Presentations YouTube Transcripts
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Book Launch – Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy Carnegie Endowment"...Discussed in video...."AI Academic Confidence: 70%
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NIGERIA Economic Diversification In Nigeria The Politics of Building a Post Oil Economy ZAINAB USMAN EDUSPLORER"...Discussed in video...."AI Academic Confidence: 90%
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- Zainab Usman First Corresponding ORCID
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Citations OpenAlex
| Year | Title | Venue | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Revitalising Nigeria’s rubber sector: productivity constraints, value-chain bottlenecks, and policy pathways for sustainable growth | Journal of Rubber Research | 10.1007/s42464-026-00381-2 |
| 2026 | The political economy of industrial diversification in a resource-rich country: the case of Iran | Area Development and Policy | 10.1080/23792949.2025.2608013 |
| 2026 | Hidden Champion of Nigeria | Contributions to management science | 10.1007/978-3-032-08263-3_30 |
| 2025 | ‘Football is blood money’: blowing , soccer dreams and aspirational narratives of youth in neoliberal Nigeria | Cogent Social Sciences | 10.1080/23311886.2025.2558082 |
| 2025 | Imperial money and the making of currency hierarchies: evidence from Nigeria | Review of International Political Economy | 10.1080/09692290.2025.2542204 |
| 2025 | The Role of Domestic Institutions in China-Africa Cooperation: An Analysis of Chinese Capital in Nigeria | Forum for Development Studies | 10.1080/08039410.2025.2522698 |
| 2025 | Political economy of the US-OPEC tussle in the global oil market: understanding Nigeria’s revenue and debt crises | International Politics | 10.1057/s41311-025-00711-y |
| 2025 | Book Review Zainab Usman. (2022). Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy . Zed Books, London, ISBN: 978-1-7869-9394-6 (hb), I-XII + 292 | The Review of Black Political Economy | 10.1177/00346446251315935 |
| 2025 | Accounting for Divergences in Industrial Policy Performance in the Cement and Textile Industries in Nigeria | The Journal of Development Studies | 10.1080/00220388.2025.2456904 |
| 2025 | Environmental Pollution in Nigeria: Unlocking Integrated Strategies for Environmental Sustainability | African Journal of Environmental Sciences and Renewable Energy | 10.62154/ajesre.2025.018.010588 |
| 2025 | Revisiting the Resource Curse in Zambia: Institutional Mediation and the Long-Run Effects of Resource Rents | SSRN Electronic Journal | 10.2139/ssrn.5398011 |
| 2024 | Balikpapan as a Developmental Environmentalist City: A Stratification Economics Approach | The Journal of Environment & Development | 10.1177/10704965241300206 |
| 2024 | Sahel, Sahara and Savannah (Sahvara) Responses to Uneven Development in West Africa | SSRN Electronic Journal | 10.2139/ssrn.4683122 |
| 2024 | ACRC Working Paper 14. Maiduguri: City report | SSRN Electronic Journal | 10.2139/ssrn.4869448 |
| 2024 | Regional Underperformance and the Malformation of West Africa | SSRN Electronic Journal | 10.2139/ssrn.4738722 |
| 2024 | Christian Responses to Islam in Nigeria: Towards an Asabiyya Movement | SSRN Electronic Journal | 10.2139/ssrn.5028045 |
| 2023 | The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad | The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank) | 10.1596/1813-9450-10561 |
| 2023 | Nigerian Politics and Government | Unknown | 10.1093/obo/9780199756223-0361 |
| 2023 | The Historical Evolution of West Africa’s Reversal of Fortune | SSRN Electronic Journal | 10.2139/ssrn.4567131 |
| 2023 | Introduction | Africa’s global engagement | 10.1007/978-981-99-6651-6_1 |
| 2023 | An Afro-Asian Multilateral Deadlock | Africa’s global engagement | 10.1007/978-981-99-6651-6_3 |
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