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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

In research, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,417 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,066 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,253 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,891
of 28,054 · #9,638 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#50
of 191
Research works
2.6k
▲ 167% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,417 of 12,888 6.6%461 #7904
Social SciencesDomain #5,066 of 10,521 10.0%175 #2803
Social SciencesField #3,253 of 6,365 11.6%64 #1336
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,972 of 3,409 3.9%141 #2744
EngineeringField #4,026 of 6,636 5.3%209 #6661
Life SciencesDomain #5,645 of 7,800 4.2%181 #10224
Health SciencesDomain #9,551 of 11,982 4.5%180 #16951
MedicineField #8,655 of 10,443 4.2%133 #15943
Environmental ScienceField #3,017 of 3,551 8.8%76 #5055
Computer ScienceField #4,223 of 4,667 10.6%61 #6587

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#7,904 #5,417
  2. Social Sciences#2,803 #5,066
  3. Social Sciences#1,336 #3,253
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,744 #1,972
  5. Engineering#6,661 #4,026
  6. Life Sciences#10,224 #5,645
  7. Health Sciences#16,951 #9,551
  8. Medicine#15,943 #8,655
  9. Environmental Science#5,055 #3,017
  10. Computer Science#6,587 #4,223
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 141 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.61× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.40× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.21× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 2.64× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Usman Aliyu, Surajudeen Abdulsalam and Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University.

  1. 1 Usman Aliyu Nigeria · #388,176 worldwide 108 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Surajudeen Abdulsalam Nigeria · #811,550 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal Nigeria · #1,197,682 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Haruna Adamu Nigeria · #1,205,983 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Abdulsalam Ya’u Gital Nigeria · #1,542,793 worldwide 16 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Aliyu Jauro Nigeria · #1,565,392 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Which keywords describe research at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Risk Management, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Sustainable Agriculture, Genetic Diversity and Epidemiology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact45▲ 2.7×40 topics
  2. Sustainability45▲ 1.84×45 topics
  3. Renewable Energy43▲ 3.0×33 topics
  4. Epidemiology41◆ 1.05×87 topics
  5. Machine Learning41▲ 1.26×55 topics
  6. Climate Change33▲ 1.24×53 topics
  7. Sustainable Development27▲ 1.70×25 topics
  8. Risk Management26▲ 5.3×9 topics
  9. Remote Sensing23▲ 1.90×18 topics
  10. Nanoparticles21▲ 1.64×23 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity20▲ 3.2×20 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management20▲ 2.2×17 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity18▲ 4.2×16 topics
  14. Sustainable Agriculture18▲ 5.6×13 topics
  15. Medicinal Plants17▲ 4.3×9 topics
  16. Food Security16▲ 2.9×12 topics
  17. Smallholder Farmers14▲ 6.3×5 topics
  18. Urbanization13▲ 3.2×5 topics
  19. Nutritional Quality13▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Geopolymer12▲ 8.6×2 topics
  21. Climate Resilience12▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Heavy Metals11▲ 4.8×7 topics
  23. Drought Tolerance11▲ 7.8×6 topics
  24. Bioactive Compounds11▲ 4.3×11 topics
  25. Facilities Management10▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Stakeholder Analysis10▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Land Tenure10▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Poverty Alleviation10▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Construction Projects10▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Cost Overruns10▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Project Success10▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Geotechnical Engineering10▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Urban Poverty9▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Housing Policy9▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Lignocellulosic Biomass9▲ 9.0×2 topics
  36. Slum Upgrading9▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Agricultural Sustainability9▲ 8.0×4 topics
  38. Geological Mapping9▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Water Management9▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Breeding9▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Construction Project Management and Performance, Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Geotechnical and construction materials studies and Agricultural pest management studies.

Construction Project Man…10Construction Project Management and Performance: 10 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…9Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 9 fractional worksGeotechnical and construction materials studies: 8 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 7 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 7 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 7 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 7 fractional worksRabbits: Nutrition, Repr…6Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health: 6 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchUrban StudiesCivil and Structural EngineeringPlant Science5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 10 works
  2. 2 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 9 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 7 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  6. 6 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 7 works
  7. 7 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health Animal Science and Zoology 6 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 6 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available75.8%not open24.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 167% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.