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Crescent University

In research, Crescent University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,124 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#11,241 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,904 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,044
of 28,054 · #25,600 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#113
of 191
Research works
826
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Crescent 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 SciencesDomain #4,124 of 10,521 6.6%74 #7948
Health SciencesDomain #11,241 of 11,982 4.5%82 #16906
MedicineField #9,904 of 10,443 5.0%64 #17459

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Crescent 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#7,948 #4,124
  2. Health Sciences#16,906 #11,241
  3. Medicine#17,459 #9,904
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.

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: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 3.41× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.39× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.81× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Crescent University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lawson Tait, Jacques Girault and Marco Rosignoli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Crescent University.

  1. 1 Lawson Tait Nigeria · #177,404 worldwide 99 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Jacques Girault Nigeria · #225,754 worldwide 12 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Marco Rosignoli Nigeria · #480,589 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Sparks Henderson Williams Nigeria · #665,938 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 B. P. Block Nigeria · #809,099 worldwide 58 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 M. Masud R. Khan Nigeria · #812,664 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Daniel Hipwell Nigeria · #1,329,482 worldwide 1 citations · 181 works
All ranked researchers at Crescent University

Which keywords describe research at Crescent University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Fiscal Policy, Economic Growth, Machine Learning, Financial Performance, Institutional Quality, Maternal Mortality, Corporate Governance and Shareholder Value.

▲ 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. Machine Learning13▲ 1.67×28 topics
  2. Economic Growth9▲ 4.6×13 topics
  3. Epidemiology9◆ 0.92×56 topics
  4. Fiscal Policy8▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 1.26×32 topics
  6. Public Health6▲ 1.68×22 topics
  7. COVID-196▲ 1.76×21 topics
  8. Education6▲ 1.41×13 topics
  9. Financial Performance5▲ 3.9×8 topics
  10. Corporate Governance5▲ 3.0×11 topics
  11. Mental Health5▲ 1.50×11 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 1.56×13 topics
  13. Mortality4▲ 2.7×11 topics
  14. Institutional Quality4▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Maternal Mortality4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  16. Ethics3▲ 3.0×6 topics
  17. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  18. Health3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  20. Political Economy3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  21. Shareholder Value3▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Infrastructure3▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Performance Measurement3▲ 4.7×3 topics
  24. Regional Development3▲ 3.7×3 topics
  25. Corruption3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  26. Public Investment3▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Taxation3▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Quality Improvement3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  29. Cash Flow Valuation3▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Economic Value Added3▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Financial Reporting3▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Health Inequalities3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. ICT2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  34. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Affect2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Anthropocene2▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Child Mortality2▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Financial Constraints2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Health Systems2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Crescent University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Fiscal Policy and Econom…3Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and …3Financial Reporting and Valuation Research: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policies and Political Economy: 2 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 2 fractional worksCorporate Taxation and Avoidance: 2 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…2Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsStrategy and ManagementNutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 3 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policies and Political Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 2 works
  8. 8 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.1%domestic only60.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Crescent University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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