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Afe Babalola University

In research, Afe Babalola University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,887 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,776 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,014 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution — Pollution is 4.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,189
of 28,054 · #9,695 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#24
of 191
Research works
3.3k
▲ 139% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Afe Babalola 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,887 of 10,521 13.0%434 #5306
Health SciencesDomain #3,776 of 11,982 11.5%374 #10103
Social SciencesField #2,014 of 6,365 12.3%204 #3239
Physical SciencesDomain #4,399 of 12,888 9.5%666 #8464
Life SciencesDomain #3,008 of 7,800 14.9%198 #6677
EngineeringField #2,762 of 6,636 8.1%303 #5703
Health ProfessionsField #863 of 1,928 12.8%62 —
MedicineField #4,913 of 10,443 11.8%288 #10495
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,651 of 3,409 16.3%96 #2966
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,258 of 1,775 17.3%74 #2623

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Afe Babalola 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. Social Sciences#5,306 #2,887
  2. Health Sciences#10,103 #3,776
  3. Social Sciences#3,239 #2,014
  4. Physical Sciences#8,464 #4,399
  5. Life Sciences#6,677 #3,008
  6. Engineering#5,703 #2,762
  7. Medicine#10,495 #4,913
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,966 #1,651
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,623 #1,258
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.

What does Afe Babalola University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 28.4 works4.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.21× its world share, 96 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.53× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 116 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.02× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 303 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 116 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 288 worksMedicineNursing: 2.64× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.66× its world share, 90 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.08× its world share, 74 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 204 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Afe Babalola University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau, Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye and Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Afe Babalola University.

  1. 1 Ayodeji Olalekan Salau Nigeria · #622,399 worldwide 151 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Basiru Olaitan Ajiboye Nigeria · #659,674 worldwide 70 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Oluwafemi Adeleke Ojo Nigeria · #666,355 worldwide 68 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Babatunji Emmanuel Oyinloye Nigeria · #681,134 worldwide 84 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi Nigeria · #807,075 worldwide 72 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Oghenerobor B. Akpor Nigeria · #807,931 worldwide 104 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Shuaib Kayode Aremu Nigeria · #823,336 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Lekan Taofeek Popoola Nigeria · #828,846 worldwide 66 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Mohammad Israr Nigeria · #832,092 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Sunday A. Afolalu Nigeria · #1,023,143 worldwide 72 citations · 110 works
All ranked researchers at Afe Babalola University

Which keywords describe research at Afe Babalola University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Oxidative Stress, Economic Growth, Antioxidant and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy88▲ 3.6×39 topics
  2. Machine Learning86▲ 1.57×63 topics
  3. Sustainability81▲ 1.98×66 topics
  4. Environmental Impact72▲ 2.5×43 topics
  5. Deep Learning64◆ 1.12×55 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress59▲ 2.1×52 topics
  7. Globalization43▲ 1.30×48 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 2.3×32 topics
  9. Economic Growth42▲ 2.9×20 topics
  10. Sustainable Development37▲ 1.40×42 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome37▲ 2.7×22 topics
  12. Antioxidant36▲ 3.2×44 topics
  13. Internet of Things34▲ 2.3×21 topics
  14. Healthcare32▲ 1.73×17 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management31▲ 2.0×15 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties31▲ 1.89×23 topics
  17. Security30▲ 2.7×19 topics
  18. Economic Development28▲ 2.1×22 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance28▲ 3.7×8 topics
  20. Obesity28▲ 2.2×23 topics
  21. Diabetes27▲ 3.3×22 topics
  22. Corporate Governance27▲ 2.2×16 topics
  23. Risk Management25▲ 3.0×12 topics
  24. Social Capital24▲ 2.8×13 topics
  25. Medicinal Plants21▲ 3.2×14 topics
  26. Fiscal Policy21▲ 5.8×5 topics
  27. IoT21▲ 3.4×14 topics
  28. Anti-inflammatory19▲ 4.1×25 topics
  29. Corruption19▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Renewable Resources19▲ 6.6×4 topics
  31. Institutional Quality18▲ 9.9×2 topics
  32. Respiratory Infections17▲ 8.5×3 topics
  33. Health Impacts16▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Household Fuel Use16▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Indoor Air Pollution16▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Nigeria16▲ 55×3 topics
  37. ICT15▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Community Health Workers14▲ 10.0×2 topics
  39. Income Tax14▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Taxation14▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Afe Babalola University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energy and Environment Impacts, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Global Maternal and Child Health and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

Energy and Environment I…16Energy and Environment Impacts: 16 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…13Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 13 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 13 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 11 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 11 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 11 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 10 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…9Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 9 fractional worksNatural Resources and Economic Development: 9 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 8 fractional works
PollutionEconomics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealth Information Management6 others

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

  1. 1 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 16 works
  2. 2 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 11 works
  5. 5 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 11 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 11 works
  7. 7 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 works
  9. 9 Natural Resources and Economic Development General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 9 works
  10. 10 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 8 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 available69.9%not open30.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Afe Babalola University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 139% 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.

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