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Al-Hikmah University

In research, Al-Hikmah University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,466 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,114 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#812 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education, Accounting and Social Sciences (Education is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,373
of 22,385 · #9,587 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#32
of 183
Research works
1k
▲ 250% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
85%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Al-Hikmah University

What is Al-Hikmah University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,466 of 9,585 6.2%452 #5641
Social SciencesField #2,114 of 5,988 7.1%308 #3885
EducationSubfield #812 of 1,930 7.9%183 #1495
Physical SciencesDomain #8,255 of 10,670 4.8%93 #10642

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Al-Hikmah 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#5,641 #2,466
  2. Social Sciences#3,885 #2,114
  3. Education#1,495 #812
  4. Physical Sciences#10,642 #8,255
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Al-Hikmah University work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Al-Hikmah University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Computer Science (10%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 523 fractional works · 71.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 351 fractional works · 47.9% of its workEducation: 200 fractional works · 27.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 70 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 62 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 26 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 117 fractional works · 16.0% of its workComputer Science: 73 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInformation Systems: 43 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 67 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAl-HikmahUniversity734fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences71%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences35147.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting628.4%
    3. Psychology466.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance344.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities202.7%
    6. Decision Sciences91.3%
    1. Computer Science7310.0%
    2. Engineering152.0%
    3. Environmental Science91.3%
    4. Mathematics60.8%
    5. Energy50.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    8. Materials Science20.3%
    9. Chemistry20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine405.5%
    2. Health Professions212.9%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Nursing20.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences152.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.0%
    3. Neuroscience30.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Al-Hikmah University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 200.0 works8.9×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 25.0 works5.6×
  3. Social SciencesField · 351.4 works3.8×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.62× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.16× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.05× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.78× its world share, 351 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.78×351 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.62×62 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.16×34 works
  4. Psychology2.05×46 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.32×9 works
  6. Computer Science1.29×74 works
  7. Health Professions1.09×21 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.94×20 works
  9. Energy0.74×5 works
  10. Dentistry0.70×2 works
  11. Nursing0.69×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.64×6 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×16 works
  15. Medicine0.29×40 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×3 works
  17. Environmental Science0.25×9 works
  18. Neuroscience0.23×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×7 works
  20. Chemistry0.15×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.14×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×1 works
  23. Engineering0.13×15 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.08×2 works
  26. Veterinary0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Al-Hikmah University?

Ranked on the quality score, Moses Adeleke Adeoye, Taofik O. Sunmonu and International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Al-Hikmah University.

  1. 1 Moses Adeleke Adeoye Nigeria · #2,020,452 worldwide 373 citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Taofik O. Sunmonu Nigeria · #2,348,152 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies Nigeria · #2,536,981 worldwide 27 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Semiu Olawale Makinde Nigeria · #2,632,961 worldwide 74 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Hameed Olalekan Bolaji Nigeria · #2,636,572 worldwide 109 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Ahmed Tajudeen Shittu Nigeria · #3,088,849 worldwide 176 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Hardiansyah Suteja Nigeria · #3,360,216 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Abdulrazak Mohammed Nigeria · #3,473,900 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Ebunlomo Oreoluwa Olaifa Nigeria · #3,498,444 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Devi Rosita Nigeria · #3,656,098 worldwide 71 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Al-Hikmah University

What are the most cited papers from Al-Hikmah University?

The most cited paper from Al-Hikmah University is "A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies" (T. Ibn-Mohammed, Khameel Bayo Mustapha, Janet Godsell et al., 2020), with 868 citations. Next come "Application of computable general equilibrium (CGE) to climate change mitigation policy: A systematic review" (270) and "Facile synthesis and characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles: X-ray peak profile analysis using Williamson–Hall and Debye–Scherrer methods" (188).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies T. Ibn-Mohammed, Khameel Bayo Mustapha, Janet Godsell et al. · Resources Conservation and Recycling Open access 21 Sep 2020 868
2 Application of computable general equilibrium (CGE) to climate change mitigation policy: A systematic review Kazeem Alasinrin Babatunde, Rawshan Ara Begum, Fathin Faizah Said · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Review 2 May 2017 270
3 Facile synthesis and characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles: X-ray peak profile analysis using Williamson–Hall and Debye–Scherrer methods Saheed Mustapha, Jimoh Oladejo Tijani, M. M. Ndamitso et al. · International nano letters. 27 Apr 2021 188
4 Synthesis and utilisation of graphene for fabrication of electrochemical sensors Abdulazeez Tunbosun Lawal · Talanta 12 Aug 2014 187
5 Synthesis and utilization of carbon nanotubes for fabrication of electrochemical biosensors Abdulazeez Tunbosun Lawal · Materials Research Bulletin 3 Sep 2015 164
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Al-Hikmah University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Curriculum Development, Online Learning, Educational Technology, Education, Teacher Training, Islamic Education, Globalization and E-Learning.

▲ 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-now 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. Curriculum Development78▲ 16×12 topics
  2. Education64▲ 5.1×38 topics
  3. Globalization62▲ 4.3×34 topics
  4. Online Learning59▲ 9.7×16 topics
  5. Educational Technology57▲ 6.6×26 topics
  6. Teacher Training51▲ 11×15 topics
  7. Islamic Education48▲ 20×4 topics
  8. E-Learning46▲ 6.5×13 topics
  9. Pedagogy40▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Religious Education36▲ 30×4 topics
  11. Gender Equality33▲ 16×8 topics
  12. Madrasa31▲ 62×1 topic
  13. Muslim Students31▲ 62×1 topic
  14. Digital Learning30▲ 7.9×9 topics
  15. Student Satisfaction30▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Sustainable Development29▲ 2.6×21 topics
  17. Learning Outcomes28▲ 9.3×9 topics
  18. Technology Integration28▲ 12×9 topics
  19. Blended Learning26▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Student Engagement25▲ 8.6×13 topics
  21. Islamic Banking24▲ 8.8×3 topics
  22. Teacher Education23▲ 24×6 topics
  23. Corporate Governance22▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Information Technology22▲ 6.2×12 topics
  25. Distance Education21▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Nigeria21▲ 131×3 topics
  27. Development21▲ 7.9×11 topics
  28. Risk Management20▲ 5.9×6 topics
  29. Instructional Design20▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Media Literacy20▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Community of Inquiry20▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Social Presence20▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Quality Assurance18▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Global Financial Crisis17▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Finance17▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Youth Unemployment17▲ 192×1 topic
  37. Financial Stability16▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Performance Analysis16▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Ethical Identity16▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Shariah Supervision16▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Al-Hikmah University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Islamic Studies, Online and Blended Learning, African Education and Politics and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Education and Islamic St…31Education and Islamic Studies: 31 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 20 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…17African Education and Politics: 17 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…16Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 16 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 12 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 11 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…10Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 10 fractional worksReligion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 9 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 9 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 7 fractional works
EducationAccountingGeneral Social SciencesPolitical Science and International Relations1 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 31 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 20 works
  3. 3 African Education and Politics Education 17 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 16 works
  5. 5 Education and Character Development Education 12 works
  6. 6 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 11 works
  7. 7 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 10 works
  8. 8 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 9 works
  9. 9 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  10. 10 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 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 available85.0%not open15.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Al-Hikmah University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 250% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Al-Hikmah University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Al-Hikmah University0.0035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Al-Hikmah University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Al-Hikmah University5.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2015.

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