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Fountain University

In research, Fountain University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,741 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,107
of 28,054 · #17,757 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#129
of 191
Research works
441
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Fountain 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 #8,741 of 10,521 12.6%60 #11428

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fountain 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).

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: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 2.86× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.74× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.69× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fountain University?

Ranked on the composite score, L. Crome and B. H. Kirman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fountain University.

  1. 1 L. Crome Nigeria · #300,939 worldwide 85 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 B. H. Kirman Nigeria · #839,032 worldwide 41 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Fountain University

Which keywords describe research at Fountain University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Economic Growth, ICT, Governance, Risk Management, Institutional Quality, Education and Stock Market.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance8▲ 8.5×10 topics
  2. Economic Growth6▲ 5.9×12 topics
  3. Education6▲ 2.8×9 topics
  4. ICT5▲ 33×2 topics
  5. Machine Learning5▲ 1.23×15 topics
  6. Sustainability5▲ 1.65×14 topics
  7. Globalization5▲ 1.88×11 topics
  8. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.3×12 topics
  9. Renewable Energy4▲ 2.5×9 topics
  10. Economic Development4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  11. Governance4▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Risk Management4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  13. Institutional Quality4▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Stock Market4▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Financial Stability4▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Ethical Identity3▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Finance3▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Inequality3▲ 12×1 topic
  19. Islamic Banking3▲ 6.6×1 topic
  20. Monetary Policy3▲ 11×3 topics
  21. financial access3▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Academic Libraries3▲ 125×3 topics
  23. Regulation3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  24. Financial Performance3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  25. Digital Divide3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  26. Economic Policy Uncertainty3▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Oil Price Shocks3▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Development2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Social Capital2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  30. Fiscal Policy2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  31. Gender Equality2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Financial Development2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Panel Data Analysis2▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Broadband2▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Financial Constraints2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Information Behavior2▲ 176×1 topic
  37. Information Literacy2▲ 5.9×1 topic
  38. Telecommunications2▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Financial Reporting2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Firm Performance2▲ 7.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Fountain University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Growth and Development, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Market Dynamics and Volatility and Library Science and Information Literacy.

Economic Growth and Development: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…3Market Dynamics and Volatility: 3 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…2Library Science and Information Literacy: 2 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 1 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 1 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsAccountingEconomics and EconometricsLibrary and Information Sciences3 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 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  3. 3 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 2 works
  5. 5 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  8. 8 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 African Education and Politics Education 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fountain University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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