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Caleb University

In research, Caleb University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,955 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,504 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,539 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication, Urban Studies and Building and Construction (Communication is 19.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,043
of 22,385 · #14,928 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#91
of 183
Research works
602
▲ 355% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
85%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Caleb University

What is Caleb 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 #4,955 of 9,585 5.5%182 #7056
Social SciencesField #4,504 of 5,988 7.5%79 #6017
Physical SciencesDomain #8,539 of 10,670 2.5%113 #12959

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Caleb 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#7,056 #4,955
  2. Social Sciences#6,017 #4,504
  3. Physical Sciences#12,959 #8,539
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 Caleb University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Caleb University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Engineering (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 284 fractional works · 58.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 144 fractional works · 29.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 44 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCommunication: 25 fractional works · 5.2% of its workUrban Studies: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 43 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 6.3% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 148 fractional works · 30.6% of its workEngineering: 64 fractional works · 13.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 41 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 7.5% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCaleb University485fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences59%

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 Sciences14429.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting438.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance397.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities265.4%
    5. Psychology193.8%
    6. Decision Sciences132.7%
    1. Engineering6413.2%
    2. Computer Science367.5%
    3. Environmental Science316.4%
    4. Materials Science51.1%
    5. Energy40.8%
    6. Chemistry40.7%
    7. Mathematics30.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    1. Medicine214.3%
    2. Health Professions102.1%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Caleb University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 19.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 25.4 works19×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 22.3 works17×
  3. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 40.7 works14×
← 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, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.87× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.77× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.71× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 144 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.71×38 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.77×43 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.74×13 works
  4. Social Sciences2.35×144 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.87×26 works
  6. Environmental Science1.29×31 works
  7. Psychology1.26×19 works
  8. Computer Science0.97×36 works
  9. Engineering0.88×64 works
  10. Energy0.87×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.80×10 works
  13. Nursing0.80×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.55×3 works
  15. Chemistry0.48×4 works
  16. Dentistry0.47×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×10 works
  18. Materials Science0.30×5 works
  19. Medicine0.22×21 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×5 works
  22. Neuroscience0.11×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Caleb University?

Ranked on the quality score, Onyekachi Ernest Nnabuihe, Aondover Eric Msughter and Joshua Kayode Okunade lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Caleb University.

  1. 1 Onyekachi Ernest Nnabuihe Nigeria · #2,323,518 worldwide 65 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Aondover Eric Msughter Nigeria · #2,502,807 worldwide 210 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Joshua Kayode Okunade Nigeria · #2,677,833 worldwide 97 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Perpetua Ogechi Aondover Nigeria · #3,183,427 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Abayomi Oluwaseun Japinye Nigeria · #3,643,397 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Adekunle O. Ogunnaike Nigeria · #3,881,341 worldwide 8 citations · 13 works
  7. 7 Oluyinka Esan Nigeria · #4,074,427 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Joseph Ifeoluwa Joy Nigeria · #4,218,081 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Barine Michael Nwidobie Nigeria · #4,430,079 worldwide 118 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Obafemi A. Ibitoye Nigeria · #4,706,063 worldwide 5 citations · 13 works
All ranked researchers at Caleb University

What are the most cited papers from Caleb University?

The most cited paper from Caleb University is "Optimization Model and Algorithm for Crew Management During Airline Irregular Operations" (Wei Guo, Gang Yu, Mark Song, 1997), with 85 citations. Next come "Capital Structure and Financial Performance in Nigeria" (65) and "Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (61).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Optimization Model and Algorithm for Crew Management During Airline Irregular Operations Wei Guo, Gang Yu, Mark Song · Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Oct 1997 85
2 Capital Structure and Financial Performance in Nigeria Julius Babatunde Adesina, Barine Michael Nwidobie, Oluwatosin Olusola Adesina Open access 16 Feb 2015 65
3 Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Sarah Brooke Sirota et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access1,447 authors 16 Dec 2025 61
4 Comparison of microbial communities involved in souring and corrosion in offshore and onshore oil production facilities in Nigeria Chuma Conlette Okoro, Seun Smith, Leo Chiejina et al. · Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology 29 Jan 2014 60
5 Synthesis and anti-corrosive potential of Schiff bases derived 4-nitrocinnamaldehyde for mild steel in HCl medium: Experimental and DFT studies Olufemi Abiola Odewole, Collins U. Ibeji, Henry Olumayowa Oluwasola et al. · Journal of Molecular Structure 6 Sep 2020 55
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Caleb University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Urbanization, Sustainable Development, Risk Management, Economic Growth, Community Participation, Poverty Alleviation, Health Equity and Land Tenure.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development33▲ 4.4×19 topics
  2. Sustainability30▲ 2.5×33 topics
  3. Urbanization30▲ 15×3 topics
  4. Economic Growth25▲ 6.3×16 topics
  5. Risk Management24▲ 11×10 topics
  6. Education23▲ 2.8×24 topics
  7. Community Participation22▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Poverty Alleviation21▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Social Media21▲ 3.1×16 topics
  10. Health Equity21▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Land Tenure20▲ 101×2 topics
  12. Slum Upgrading20▲ 146×1 topic
  13. Urban Poverty20▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Globalization19▲ 2.0×37 topics
  15. Facilities Management19▲ 51×2 topics
  16. News Media18▲ 81×2 topics
  17. Content Analysis16▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency16▲ 3.5×8 topics
  19. Thermal Comfort15▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Fiscal Policy15▲ 15×7 topics
  21. Mediatization15▲ 57×2 topics
  22. Political Communication14▲ 54×2 topics
  23. Agenda Setting14▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Media Framing14▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Information Technology13▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. Artificial Neural Networks12▲ 5.7×3 topics
  27. Building Energy Consumption12▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Energy Simulation12▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Sustainable Construction12▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Social Sustainability12▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Digital Divide10▲ 8.2×7 topics
  32. Institutional Quality10▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Environmental Assessment Tools10▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Gender Equality10▲ 7.5×7 topics
  35. Green Building10▲ 70×1 topic
  36. RFID Technology10▲ 12×2 topics
  37. ICT10▲ 15×2 topics
  38. BIM10▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Construction10▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Inequality10▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Caleb University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Media Studies and Communication, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment.

Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 20 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 14 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…12Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 12 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…10Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 10 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 10 fractional worksFacilities and Workplace Management: 9 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…8Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 8 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 8 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 7 fractional worksPlace Attachment and Urban Studies: 6 fractional works
Urban StudiesCommunicationBuilding and ConstructionSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 20 works
  2. 2 Media Studies and Communication Communication 14 works
  3. 3 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 12 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 10 works
  5. 5 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 10 works
  6. 6 Facilities and Workplace Management Social Psychology 9 works
  7. 7 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 8 works
  9. 9 Social Media and Politics Communication 7 works
  10. 10 Place Attachment and Urban Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 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 available84.6%not open15.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Caleb University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 355% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Caleb University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Caleb University0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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