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Babcock University

In research, Babcock University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,186 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,125 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,274 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Strategy and Management and Business, Management and Accounting — Accounting is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,177
of 28,054 · #12,342 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#42
of 191
Research works
3.9k
▲ 188% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Babcock 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 SciencesField #1,186 of 6,365 8.6%201 #1685
Social SciencesDomain #2,125 of 10,521 9.2%709 #3083
Health SciencesDomain #4,274 of 11,982 6.1%403 #6889
MedicineField #4,249 of 10,443 6.5%307 #10093
Life SciencesDomain #3,783 of 7,800 7.9%132 #8906
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,099 of 1,775 14.1%143 #1878
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,791 of 2,578 7.1%263 #2702
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #884 of 1,272 14.8%118 #1642
AccountingSubfield #285 of 389 6.8%86 #805
Physical SciencesDomain #9,784 of 12,888 9.3%246 #16361

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Babcock 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#1,685 #1,186
  2. Social Sciences#3,083 #2,125
  3. Health Sciences#6,889 #4,274
  4. Medicine#10,093 #4,249
  5. Life Sciences#8,906 #3,783
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,878 #1,099
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#2,702 #1,791
  8. Economics and Econometrics#1,642 #884
  9. Accounting#805 #285
  10. Physical Sciences#16,361 #9,784
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 Babcock University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 85.6 works9.4×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 74.7 works5.8×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 262.6 works5.5×
  4. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 23.3 works5.1×
  5. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 117.6 works5.0×
← 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: 0.96× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.98× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 128 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 307 worksMedicineNursing: 3.22× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.47× its world share, 263 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.48× its world share, 143 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 201 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Babcock University?

Ranked on the composite score, Olumide Abiodun, Nsongurua J. Udombana and Godswill Anyasor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Babcock University.

  1. 1 Olumide Abiodun Nigeria · #116,051 worldwide 299 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Nsongurua J. Udombana Nigeria · #587,572 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Godswill Anyasor Nigeria · #671,504 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Chibundu N. Ezekiel Nigeria · #688,286 worldwide 71 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Victoria Victoria Nigeria · #701,023 worldwide 13 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Bernhard Trefz Nigeria · #823,773 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Joshua Owolabi Nigeria · #1,107,856 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Oludele Awodele Nigeria · #1,176,842 worldwide 42 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Ishola Rufus Akintoye Nigeria · #1,344,902 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Johnson Johnson Nigeria · #1,351,885 worldwide 5 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Babcock University

Which keywords describe research at Babcock University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, Fiscal Policy, Risk Management, Transport Infrastructure, Income Tax and Taxation.

▲ 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. Economic Growth93▲ 7.3×23 topics
  2. Corporate Governance84▲ 7.7×16 topics
  3. Financial Performance75▲ 8.6×11 topics
  4. Epidemiology73▲ 1.23×88 topics
  5. Fiscal Policy55▲ 17×6 topics
  6. Risk Management53▲ 7.4×12 topics
  7. Education49▲ 1.92×23 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management44▲ 3.2×17 topics
  9. Social Capital40▲ 5.1×11 topics
  10. Transport Infrastructure39▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Regional Development39▲ 7.2×4 topics
  12. Income Tax39▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Taxation38▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Institutional Quality38▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Infrastructure38▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Performance Measurement37▲ 8.8×6 topics
  17. Government Expenditure37▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Public Investment37▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Finance36▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Financial Stability36▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Shareholder Value36▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Governance35▲ 7.1×6 topics
  23. Performance Analysis32▲ 9.9×3 topics
  24. Global Financial Crisis31▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Islamic Banking31▲ 5.1×2 topics
  26. Ethical Identity31▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Shariah Supervision31▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Cash Flow Valuation29▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Economic Value Added29▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Inequality28▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. ICT28▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality28▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Mobile Phones28▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Knowledge Economy26▲ 17×1 topic
  35. financial access26▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Community Health Workers26▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Financial Constraints25▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Health Inequalities25▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Child Mortality24▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Health Systems24▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Babcock University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research and Economic Growth and Development.

Fiscal Policy and Econom…37Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 37 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…31Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 31 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and …29Financial Reporting and Valuation Research: 29 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…26Economic Growth and Development: 26 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 24 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 17 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…16Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 16 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 14 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 13 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 13 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsAccountingStrategy and ManagementInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 37 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 31 works
  3. 3 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 29 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 26 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 24 works
  6. 6 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 17 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 16 works
  8. 8 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 13 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 13 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 available83.4%not open16.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Babcock University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 188% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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