| The Precambrian geology and evolution of the Southeastern Nigerian basement complex BN Ekwueme University of Calabar press, 2003 | 121 | 2003 |
| Structural orientations and Precambrian deformational episodes of Uwet area Oban massif, SE Nigeria BN Ekwueme Precambrian Research 34 (3-4), 269-289, 1987 | 107 | 1987 |
| The oldest rocks in West Africa: SHRIMP zircon age for early Archean migmatitic orthogneiss at Kaduna, northern Nigeria A Kröner, BN Ekwueme, RT Pidgeon The Journal of Geology 109 (3), 399-406, 2001 | 103 | 2001 |
| Rb-Sr ages and petrologic features of Precambrian rocks from the Oban Massif, southeastern Nigeria BN Ekwueme Precambrian Research 47 (3-4), 271-286, 1990 | 67 | 1990 |
| Geochronology of granitoid and metasedimentary rocks from Togo and Benin, West Africa: comparisons with NE Brazil F Kalsbeek, P Affaton, B Ekwueme, R Frei, K Thrane Precambrian Research 196, 218-233, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Single zircon evaporation ages from the Oban Massif, southeastern Nigeria BN Ekwueme, A Kröner Journal of African Earth Sciences 26 (2), 195-205, 1998 | 56 | 1998 |
| Structural features of southern Obudu Plateau, Bamenda massif, SE Nigeria: preliminary interpretations BN Ekwueme J. Min. Geol. 30 (1), 45-59, 1994 | 54 | 1994 |
| Geological Excursion Guidebook to Oban massif, Calabar flank and Mamfe embayment, southeastern Nigeria BN Ekwueme, EE Nyong, SW Petters Dec. Ford, 1995 | 50 | 1995 |
| Single zircon ages of migmatitic gneisses and granulites in the Obudu Plateau: Timing of granulite-facies metamorphism in southeastern Nigeria BN Ekwueme, A Kröner Journal of African Earth Sciences 44 (4-5), 459-469, 2006 | 43 | 2006 |
| Recognition of Early and Late Neoproterozoic supracrustal units in West Africa and North-East Brazil from detrital zircon geochronology F Kalsbeek, BN Ekwueme, J Penaye, ZS de Souza, K Thrane Precambrian Research 226, 105-115, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Basaltic magmatism related to the early stages of rifting along the Benue Trough: The Obudu dolerites of south‐east Nigeria BN Ekwueme Geological Journal 29 (3), 269-276, 1994 | 41 | 1994 |
| Temperature-pressure distribution patterns in metamorphosed rocks of the Nigerian basement complex–a preliminary analysis AC Onyeagocha, BN Ekwueme Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East) 11 (1-2), 83-93, 1990 | 41 | 1990 |
| The Pre-Pan-African structural features of north central Nigeria AC Onyeagocha, BN Ekwueme Nigerian J. Min. Geol 19 (2), 74-77, 1982 | 39 | 1982 |
| Geology of the area around Obudu Cattle Ranch, southeastern Nigeria BN Ekwueme Journal of Mining and Geology 27 (1), 129-134, 1991 | 35 | 1991 |
| Geochemistry and economic value of pegmatites in the Pre-cambrian basement of Southeast Nigeria BN Ekwueme, G Matheis Magmatism in relation to diverse tectonic settings, 375-392, 1995 | 33 | 1995 |
| Metamorphic isograds of Uwet area, southeastern Nigeria BN Ekwueme, AC Onyeagocha Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983) 3 (4), 443-454, 1985 | 32 | 1985 |
| Geochemistry of metasedimentary rocks of Uwet area, Oban Massif, southeastern Nigeria BN Ekwueme, AC Onyeagocha Geologische Rundschau 75, 411-420, 1986 | 31 | 1986 |
| Petrology of Southern Obudu Plateau, Bamenda Massif, Southeastern Nigeria N EKWUEME BARTH Publication occasionnelle-Centre international pour la formation et les …, 1990 | 29 | 1990 |
| Geochemistry of Precambrian gneisses in the eastern part of the Oban massif, South Eastern Nigeria SJ Ekwere Geol. Mijinb. 70, 105-114, 1991 | 28 | 1991 |
| Zircon evaporation ages and chemical composition of migmatitic schist in the Obudu Plateau: evidence of palaeoproterozoic (ca. 1789Ma) event in the basement complex of … BN Ekwueme, A Kroener J. Min. Geol 33 (2), 81-88, 1997 | 27 | 1997 |
