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Caritas University

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,501
of 22,385 · #27,646 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#162
of 183
Research works
153
▲ 101% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Caritas University

Which fields of science does Caritas University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Caritas University is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Social Sciences (11%), Medicine (9%).

Physical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 48.3% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 24.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 27.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCaritasUniversity81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering2024.3%
    2. Environmental Science68.0%
    3. Computer Science67.4%
    4. Materials Science33.8%
    5. Energy22.7%
    6. Chemistry11.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences910.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance67.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting67.1%
    4. Decision Sciences11.2%
    5. Psychology00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences78.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine78.7%
    2. Health Professions22.0%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. 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: 1.73× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.98× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.62× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.21× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.64× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.64×6 works
  2. Energy2.98×2 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.21×6 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.80×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×7 works
  6. Engineering1.62×20 works
  7. Environmental Science1.61×6 works
  8. Nursing1.41×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.27×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.23×1 works
  11. Materials Science1.08×3 works
  12. Chemistry0.97×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.96×6 works
  14. Social Sciences0.85×9 works
  15. Health Professions0.76×2 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.59×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×2 works
  18. Medicine0.45×7 works
  19. Veterinary0.44×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  21. Psychology0.17×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Caritas University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hillary Chijindu Ezeaku, Barnabas E. Nwankwo and Idoko Alexander lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Caritas University.

  1. 1 Hillary Chijindu Ezeaku Nigeria · #2,242,696 worldwide 440 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Barnabas E. Nwankwo Nigeria · #5,180,924 worldwide 115 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Idoko Alexander Nigeria · #5,211,426 worldwide 121 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Caritas University

What are the most cited papers from Caritas University?

The most cited paper from Caritas University is "Molecular docking as a tool for the discovery of molecular targets of nutraceuticals in diseases management" (Peter Chinedu Agu, Celestine Azubuike Afiukwa, O.U. Orji et al., 2023), with 1,197 citations. Next come "The Effect of Financial Leverage on Financial Performance: Evidence of Quoted Pharmaceutical Companies in Nigeria" (155) and "Removal of crude oil from aqueous medium by sorption on hydrophobic corncobs: Equilibrium and kinetic studies" (145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Molecular docking as a tool for the discovery of molecular targets of nutraceuticals in diseases management Peter Chinedu Agu, Celestine Azubuike Afiukwa, O.U. Orji et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 17 Aug 2023 1,197
2 The Effect of Financial Leverage on Financial Performance: Evidence of Quoted Pharmaceutical Companies in Nigeria Chinedu Innocent Enekwe, Charles Ikechukwu Agu, Eziedo Kenneth Nnagbogu · IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance Open access 2014 155
3 Removal of crude oil from aqueous medium by sorption on hydrophobic corncobs: Equilibrium and kinetic studies Joseph O. Nwadiogbu, V.I.E. Ajiwe, P. A. C. Okoye · Journal of Taibah University for Science Open access 29 May 2015 145
4 Isotherm, kinetics, thermodynamics, recyclability and mechanism of ultrasonic assisted adsorption of methylene blue and lead (II) ions using green synthesized nickel oxide nanoparticles Dominic Chukwu Onu, Akinpelu Kamoru Babayemi, Titus Chinedu Egbosiuba et al. · Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management Apr 2023 81
5 Evaluation of some amino benzoic acid and 4-aminoantipyrine derived Schiff bases as corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in acidic medium: Synthesis, experimental and computational studies Nnamdi C. Okey, Nnamdi Lawrence Obasi, Paul Madus Ejikeme et al. · Journal of Molecular Liquids 8 Jul 2020 63
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Caritas University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Economic Growth, Urbanization, Fiscal Policy, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Flavonoids and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy8▲ 7.0×17 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 2.0×16 topics
  3. Economic Growth4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  4. Deep Learning4▲ 1.36×7 topics
  5. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.7×14 topics
  6. Neural Networks4▲ 2.9×6 topics
  7. Sustainability3▲ 1.70×13 topics
  8. Fiscal Policy3▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Urbanization3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  10. Antioxidant2▲ 4.3×12 topics
  11. Internet of Things2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  13. Flavonoids2▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Development2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  15. Economic Development2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  16. Income Tax2▲ 34×2 topics
  17. IoT2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  18. Smart Grid2▲ 6.9×6 topics
  19. Security2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  20. Antioxidants2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  21. Classification2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  22. Infrastructure2▲ 18×1 topic
  23. Solar Energy2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  24. Taxation2▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Financial Reporting2▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Probabilistic Forecasting2▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Short-Term Forecasting2▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Urban Development2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  29. Energy Consumption2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  30. Sensors2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Smart Sensors2▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Institutional Quality1▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Phenolic Compounds1▲ 9.8×4 topics
  34. Electricity Price Forecasting1▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Encrypted Traffic1▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Internet Traffic1▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Load Forecasting1▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Local Government1▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Phytochemicals1▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Tax Avoidance1▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Caritas University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Energy Load and Power Forecasting, Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth.

Fiscal Policy and Econom…2Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Fo…1Energy Load and Power Forecasting: 1 fractional worksInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting: 1 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 1 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and Water Management: 1 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance …1Taxation and Compliance Studies: 1 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 1 fractional worksReligion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceAutomotive Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 1 works
  8. 8 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 1 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 available83.2%not open16.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Caritas University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 101% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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 Caritas University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Caritas University0.00025% in 202520102020

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

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