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Ahmadu Bello University

In research, Ahmadu Bello University stands highest in Medicine (#1,506 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,794 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,942 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Veterinary — Animal Science and Zoology is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,170
of 28,054 · #3,827 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#6
of 191
Research works
12k
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
115k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Ahmadu Bello 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
MedicineField #1,506 of 10,443 8.3%407 #4050
Health SciencesDomain #1,794 of 11,982 7.9%528 #4101
Physical SciencesDomain #1,942 of 12,888 12.9%1,194 #3347
Social SciencesDomain #2,154 of 10,521 13.0%561 #2197
EngineeringField #1,764 of 6,636 11.3%462 #2586
Social SciencesField #1,820 of 6,365 14.1%227 #1315
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,252 of 3,409 5.9%392 #966
Life SciencesDomain #3,049 of 7,800 6.6%624 #4060
Environmental ScienceField #1,539 of 3,551 9.0%225 #2013
Computer ScienceField #2,682 of 4,667 15.5%173 #3794

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ahmadu Bello 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. Medicine#4,050 #1,506
  2. Health Sciences#4,101 #1,794
  3. Physical Sciences#3,347 #1,942
  4. Social Sciences#2,197 #2,154
  5. Engineering#2,586 #1,764
  6. Social Sciences#1,315 #1,820
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#966 #1,252
  8. Life Sciences#4,060 #3,049
  9. Environmental Science#2,013 #1,539
  10. Computer Science#3,794 #2,682
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 Ahmadu Bello University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 55.6 works8.7×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 39.5 works5.7×
  3. VeterinaryField · 20.4 works5.2×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 26.0 works4.8×
← 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: 2.84× its world share, 392 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 133 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.40× its world share, 35 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.28× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.69× its world share, 77 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 173 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 462 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.55× its world share, 225 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 103 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 54 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 69 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 407 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.15× its world share, 20 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.63× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 227 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ahmadu Bello University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mu’awiyyah Babale Sufiyan, Mustapha Mohammed and Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ahmadu Bello University.

  1. 1 Mu’awiyyah Babale Sufiyan Nigeria · #59,169 worldwide 3.8k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Mustapha Mohammed Nigeria · #224,032 worldwide 616 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba Nigeria · #236,941 worldwide 369 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 A. K. Bradley Nigeria · #264,809 worldwide 109 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ode S. Ogede Nigeria · #296,759 worldwide 18 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 H.C. Whittle Nigeria · #299,720 worldwide 104 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sunday Blessing Oladele Nigeria · #388,856 worldwide 63 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Kolawole J. Osinubi Nigeria · #500,817 worldwide 141 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 J. E. G. Sutton Nigeria · #510,257 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 B.I. Onyeanusi Nigeria · #594,350 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ahmadu Bello University

Which keywords describe research at Ahmadu Bello University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Environmental Impact, Medicinal Chemistry, Antioxidant, Medicinal Plants, Risk Management, Genetic Diversity and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology162▲ 1.41×110 topics
  2. Environmental Impact117▲ 2.4×50 topics
  3. Machine Learning115▲ 1.21×70 topics
  4. Climate Change106▲ 1.35×76 topics
  5. Sustainability101▲ 1.42×75 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress77▲ 1.63×51 topics
  7. Antioxidant72▲ 3.6×48 topics
  8. Renewable Energy67▲ 1.61×37 topics
  9. Risk Management60▲ 4.3×12 topics
  10. Heat Transfer59▲ 4.1×15 topics
  11. Medicinal Plants59▲ 5.0×19 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties58▲ 2.0×30 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity57▲ 4.4×20 topics
  14. Medicinal Chemistry56▲ 6.9×10 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity53▲ 2.9×29 topics
  16. Corporate Governance47▲ 2.2×23 topics
  17. Immune Response43▲ 2.6×20 topics
  18. Food Security42▲ 2.6×17 topics
  19. Pharmacokinetics40▲ 5.2×13 topics
  20. Anti-inflammatory39▲ 4.9×28 topics
  21. Antioxidants39▲ 3.0×16 topics
  22. Sustainable Agriculture39▲ 4.2×12 topics
  23. Vaccine Development37▲ 5.1×11 topics
  24. Vaccine37▲ 3.1×11 topics
  25. Gender Equality37▲ 4.6×8 topics
  26. Anticancer Agents35▲ 8.0×10 topics
  27. Smallholder Farmers34▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. Drug Resistance34▲ 4.1×7 topics
  29. Bioactive Compounds34▲ 4.5×13 topics
  30. Molecular Docking33▲ 9.0×3 topics
  31. Flavonoids33▲ 4.3×11 topics
  32. Heavy Metals31▲ 4.5×7 topics
  33. Drug Target Identification29▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Virtual Screening29▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Phytochemistry27▲ 7.7×8 topics
  36. Experimental Investigation27▲ 8.9×3 topics
  37. Thermal Conductivity27▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Sustainable Construction26▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Heterocyclic Compounds26▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Genome Sequence24▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Ahmadu Bello University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer and Synthesis and biological activity.

Computational Drug Disco…29Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 29 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…20Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 20 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 20 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…20Synthesis and biological activity: 20 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…19Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 19 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 16 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 16 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…15African Education and Politics: 15 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 14 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 14 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsAccountingBiomedical EngineeringOrganic Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 29 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 20 works
  3. 3 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  4. 4 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 20 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 19 works
  6. 6 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 16 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 16 works
  8. 8 African Education and Politics Education 15 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 14 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ahmadu Bello University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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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