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Auchi Polytechnic

In research, Auchi Polytechnic stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,701 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,071 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,561
of 22,385 · #20,752 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#106
of 183
Research works
555
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
85%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Auchi Polytechnic

What is Auchi Polytechnic 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,701 of 10,670 2.4%85 #14096
Social SciencesDomain #8,071 of 9,585 4.5%95 #12507

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Auchi Polytechnic 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 fields of science does Auchi Polytechnic work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Auchi Polytechnic is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 146 fractional works · 46.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 5.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 115 fractional works · 36.5% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 15.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 8.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 8.2% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAuchi Polytechnic314fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences46%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5617.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4414.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance288.9%
    4. Decision Sciences103.1%
    5. Psychology62.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.8%
    1. Engineering4815.2%
    2. Environmental Science288.9%
    3. Computer Science195.9%
    4. Materials Science72.2%
    5. Energy62.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.0%
    7. Mathematics30.8%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences268.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine113.5%
    2. Health Professions61.9%
    3. Nursing61.9%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.72× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.23× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.79× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 3.84× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.33× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.14× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.33×44 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.14×28 works
  3. Nursing3.84×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences3.21×10 works
  5. Energy2.23×6 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.90×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.79×28 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.72×26 works
  9. Social Sciences1.40×56 works
  10. Engineering1.01×48 works
  11. Computer Science0.76×19 works
  12. Health Professions0.72×6 works
  13. Mathematics0.71×3 works
  14. Veterinary0.68×0 works
  15. Psychology0.67×6 works
  16. Materials Science0.64×7 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×3 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.29×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  20. Medicine0.18×11 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×2 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Auchi Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Akinola David Olugbemide, Philipa O. Idogho and Rasheed Ibrahim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Auchi Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Akinola David Olugbemide Nigeria · #3,123,336 worldwide 198 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Philipa O. Idogho Nigeria · #3,244,029 worldwide 207 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Rasheed Ibrahim Nigeria · #4,395,354 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Luqman Muhammed Audu Nigeria · #4,485,994 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 L.O. Ekebafe Nigeria · #5,743,103 worldwide 255 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Olotu Yahaya Nigeria · #6,149,066 worldwide 137 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Auchi Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Auchi Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Auchi Polytechnic is "Polymer Applications in Agriculture" (L. O. Ekebafe, DE Ogbeifun, FE Okieimen, 2012), with 133 citations. Next come "A comprehensive review on the applications of nano-biosensor-based approaches for non-communicable and communicable disease detection" (108) and "α-Glucosidase and ACE dual inhibitory protein hydrolysates and peptide fractions of sprouted quinoa yoghurt beverages inoculated with Lactobacillus casei" (108).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Polymer Applications in Agriculture L. O. Ekebafe, DE Ogbeifun, FE Okieimen · Bioline International (Bioline International) Open access 15 Feb 2012 133
2 A comprehensive review on the applications of nano-biosensor-based approaches for non-communicable and communicable disease detection Rout George Kerry, Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor, Swati Kumari et al. · Biomaterials Science 2021 108
3 α-Glucosidase and ACE dual inhibitory protein hydrolysates and peptide fractions of sprouted quinoa yoghurt beverages inoculated with Lactobacillus casei Joy Ujiroghene Obaroakpo, Lu Liu, Shuwen Zhang et al. · Food Chemistry 28 Jun 2019 108
4 Firm Age, Size and Profitability Dynamics: A Test of Learning by Doing and Structural Inertia Hypotheses Ofuan James Ilaboya, Izien. F. Ohiokha · Business and Management Research Open access 11 Mar 2016 105
5 Why do healthcare workers adopt digital health technologies - A cross-sectional study integrating the TAM and UTAUT model in a developing economy Onome Christopher Edo, David S. Ang, Egbe-Etu Etu et al. · International Journal of Information Management Data Insights Open access 24 Jun 2023 85
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Auchi Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Risk Management, Financial Performance, Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Corporate Governance and Governance.

▲ 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. Sustainability21▲ 2.7×37 topics
  2. Economic Growth20▲ 7.8×16 topics
  3. Sustainable Development18▲ 3.6×23 topics
  4. Education16▲ 3.1×17 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management15▲ 5.4×11 topics
  6. Environmental Impact15▲ 2.8×22 topics
  7. Risk Management14▲ 9.6×9 topics
  8. Financial Performance13▲ 7.5×11 topics
  9. Corporate Governance13▲ 5.7×13 topics
  10. Governance11▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Renewable Energy10▲ 2.3×16 topics
  12. Information Technology9▲ 6.2×8 topics
  13. Innovation9▲ 2.8×18 topics
  14. Fiscal Policy9▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Nigeria9▲ 126×3 topics
  16. Financial Constraints8▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Development8▲ 7.4×8 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity8▲ 3.9×12 topics
  19. Institutional Quality7▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Inequality7▲ 9.5×3 topics
  21. Gender Equality7▲ 7.6×4 topics
  22. ICT7▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Quality Assurance7▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Mobile Phones6▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Inclusive Development6▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Knowledge Economy6▲ 19×2 topics
  27. financial access6▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Sustainable Construction6▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Monetary Policy6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  30. Construction Projects6▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Facilities Management6▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Political Economy6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Profitability6▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Supply Chain6▲ 8.8×3 topics
  35. Leadership Style6▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Financial Reporting5▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Stock Market5▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Trade Credit5▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Working Capital Management5▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Finance5▲ 9.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Auchi Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Growth and Development, Working Capital and Financial Performance, Construction Project Management and Performance and African Education and Politics.

Economic Growth and Deve…6Economic Growth and Development: 6 fractional worksWorking Capital and Fina…5Working Capital and Financial Performance: 5 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 5 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…5African Education and Politics: 5 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…5Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 5 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 4 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 4 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sc…4Food and Agricultural Sciences: 4 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 3 fractional works
Information SystemsAccountingManagement Science and Operations ResearchEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 6 works
  2. 2 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 5 works
  3. 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  4. 4 African Education and Politics Education 5 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 5 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 4 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 works
  10. 10 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 3 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 available85.1%not open14.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Auchi Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Auchi Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00090% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Auchi Polytechnic0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Auchi Polytechnic 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 2025Auchi Polytechnic3.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.0% in 2023.

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