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Crawford University

In research, Crawford University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,917 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#11,925 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,685
of 22,385 · #13,425 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#158
of 183
Research works
415
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Crawford University

What is Crawford University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #10,917 of 17,446 4.3%123
Social SciencesDomain #11,925 of 14,833 5.6%195

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

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Crawford University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 59 fractional works · 56.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 23.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 25.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCrawfordUniversity106fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences56%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2523.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1513.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1312.4%
    4. Decision Sciences43.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities32.6%
    6. Psychology10.5%
    1. Computer Science88.0%
    2. Engineering76.4%
    3. Environmental Science55.1%
    4. Materials Science21.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.6%
    6. Mathematics11.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    8. Energy00.3%
    1. Medicine65.6%
    2. Health Professions43.7%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences76.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.32× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.47× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.80× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.80×13 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.32×15 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.47×4 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.31×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.83×24 works
  6. Health Professions1.39×4 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.35×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.34×7 works
  9. Mathematics1.14×1 works
  10. Computer Science1.03×8 works
  11. Environmental Science1.02×5 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×2 works
  13. Veterinary0.99×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.90×3 works
  15. Nursing0.70×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.56×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×0 works
  18. Engineering0.43×7 works
  19. Energy0.29×0 works
  20. Medicine0.29×6 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  22. Psychology0.17×1 works
  23. Neuroscience0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Crawford University?

Ranked on the quality score, Temitope Temitayo Banjo, Matthias Olufemi Dada Ojo and Toluwaleke Ajayi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Crawford University.

  1. 1 Temitope Temitayo Banjo Nigeria · #3,709,341 worldwide 120 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Matthias Olufemi Dada Ojo Nigeria · #4,063,661 worldwide 69 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Toluwaleke Ajayi Nigeria · #4,339,174 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Crawford University

What are the most cited papers from Crawford University?

The most cited paper from Crawford University is "Cardiovascular Preparticipation Screening of Competitive Athletes" (Barry J. Maron, Paul D. Thompson, James C. Puffer et al., 1996), with 604 citations. Next come "Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3" (443) and "Androgen-targeted therapy in men with prostate cancer: evolving practice and future considerations" (387).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cardiovascular Preparticipation Screening of Competitive Athletes Barry J. Maron, Paul D. Thompson, James C. Puffer et al. · Circulation 15 Aug 1996 604
2 Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3 David Vallado, Paul Crawford, Ricahrd Hujsak et al. · AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit Conference paper 15 Jun 2006 443
3 Androgen-targeted therapy in men with prostate cancer: evolving practice and future considerations E. David Crawford, Axel Heidenreich, Nathan Lawrentschuk et al. · Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases Open access 21 Aug 2018 387
4 Improved results of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic coronary disease: an analysis of 1,546 consecutive carotid operations. Coyness L. Ennix, Gerald M. Lawrie, G. C. Morris et al. · Stroke Open access Mar 1979 244
5 Comparative accuracy of apical biplane cross-sectional echocardiography and gated equilibrium radionuclide angiography for estimating left ventricular size and performance. Mark R. Starling, Michael H. Crawford, Sherman G. Sorensen et al. · Circulation May 1981 241
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Crawford University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Economic Growth, Globalization, Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Governance, Economic Development and Institutional Quality.

▲ 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. Social Capital7▲ 13×10 topics
  2. Economic Growth7▲ 8.1×14 topics
  3. Globalization7▲ 3.3×20 topics
  4. Economic Development5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  5. Education5▲ 2.6×6 topics
  6. Sustainability5▲ 1.81×13 topics
  7. Inequality4▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Corporate Governance4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  9. Fiscal Policy4▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Governance4▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Institutional Quality4▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Development4▲ 9.8×7 topics
  13. Financial Performance3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  14. Healthcare3▲ 2.8×10 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  16. ICT3▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Knowledge Economy3▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Risk Management3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  19. financial access3▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Political Economy3▲ 9.6×8 topics
  21. Entrepreneurial Orientation2▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Neoliberalism2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Opportunity Recognition2▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Taxation2▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Urban Development2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  26. Academic Libraries2▲ 98×3 topics
  27. Income Tax2▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Gender Equality2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  30. Labor Market2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  31. Corruption2▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Income Inequality2▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Religious Studies2▲ 74×2 topics
  34. Poverty2▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Shareholder Value2▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Domestication2▲ 35×3 topics
  37. Financial Reporting2▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Infrastructure2▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Public Investment2▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Small and Medium Enterprises2▲ 9.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Crawford University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Growth and Development, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria.

Economic Growth and Development: 3 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…2Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksReligion and Sociopoliti…2Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 2 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 1 fractional worksSoybean genetics and cul…1Soybean genetics and cultivation: 1 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 1 fractional worksWorking Capital and Fina…1Working Capital and Financial Performance: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsManagement of Technology and InnovationEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Social Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 3 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 2 works
  5. 5 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 2 works
  6. 6 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 1 works
  7. 7 Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 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 available62.4%not open37.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.7%domestic only63.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Crawford University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Crawford University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Crawford University0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Crawford 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 2025Crawford University2.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2013.

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