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Fountain University

In research, Fountain University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,581 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,151
of 22,385 · #14,482 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#131
of 183
Research works
441
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Fountain University

What is Fountain 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 #8,581 of 9,585 6.2%60 #9944

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Fountain University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Fountain University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 79 fractional works · 50.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 25.1% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 10.3% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 15.2% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFountainUniversity157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences3824.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1811.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance138.1%
    4. Decision Sciences42.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities32.2%
    6. Psychology21.3%
    1. Computer Science1610.3%
    2. Engineering84.9%
    3. Environmental Science63.9%
    4. Materials Science42.7%
    5. Chemistry21.5%
    6. Energy21.2%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine1811.5%
    2. Health Professions42.3%
    3. Nursing21.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    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: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 2.66× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.58× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.78× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.78×13 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.58×18 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.75×4 works
  4. Nursing2.66×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.92×38 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.87×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.33×16 works
  8. Energy1.30×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.95×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.89×7 works
  11. Health Professions0.88×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.79×6 works
  13. Materials Science0.78×4 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.75×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×6 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×1 works
  17. Medicine0.60×18 works
  18. Psychology0.42×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  20. Engineering0.32×8 works
  21. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fountain University?

Ranked on the quality score, Abdulazeez Tunbosun Lawal, Rasheed Adewale Adigun and L. Crome lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fountain University.

  1. 1 Abdulazeez Tunbosun Lawal Nigeria · #1,075,072 worldwide 2.3k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Rasheed Adewale Adigun Nigeria · #1,151,545 worldwide 302 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 L. Crome Nigeria · #2,899,459 worldwide 1.7k citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Mohammed Lawal Nigeria · #3,047,186 worldwide 135 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Kazeem Adelani Alabi Nigeria · #3,358,868 worldwide 273 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Olusegun Fariudeen Liadi Nigeria · #3,795,167 worldwide 75 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Lukman O. Animasahun Nigeria · #4,231,444 worldwide 269 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Ibrahim Alley Nigeria · #4,308,847 worldwide 217 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Ibrahim Olasegun Abdulsalami Nigeria · #4,408,525 worldwide 144 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Simiat Olanike Jimoh Nigeria · #4,417,141 worldwide 153 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Fountain University

What are the most cited papers from Fountain University?

The most cited paper from Fountain University is "LT codes" (Michael G. Luby, 2003), with 2,786 citations. Next come "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A review" (617) and "Graphene-based nano composites and their applications. A review" (349).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 LT codes Michael G. Luby Conference paper 26 Jun 2003 2,786
2 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. A review Abdulazeez Tunbosun Lawal · Sustainable Environment Open access 2017 617
3 Graphene-based nano composites and their applications. A review Abdulazeez Tunbosun Lawal · Biosensors and Bioelectronics 3 Jun 2019 349
4 Biosynthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of gold nanoparticles from leaf extracts of Annona muricata Aderonke Similoluwa Folorunso, Sunday Adewale Akintelu, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji et al. · Journal of nanostructure in chemistry Open access 29 Apr 2019 252
5 Progress in utilisation of graphene for electrochemical biosensors Abdulazeez Tunbosun Lawal · Biosensors and Bioelectronics 30 Jan 2018 211
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fountain University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, ICT, Economic Growth, Education, Governance, Institutional Quality, Sustainable Development and Risk Management.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance8▲ 7.0×11 topics
  2. Education8▲ 2.9×12 topics
  3. Machine Learning7▲ 1.41×21 topics
  4. Economic Growth7▲ 5.1×12 topics
  5. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.6×12 topics
  6. Globalization6▲ 2.0×14 topics
  7. ICT6▲ 27×2 topics
  8. Sustainability6▲ 1.44×15 topics
  9. Social Media5▲ 2.4×14 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 2.2×18 topics
  11. Healthcare5▲ 2.6×10 topics
  12. Economic Development5▲ 3.6×7 topics
  13. Governance5▲ 9.0×4 topics
  14. Renewable Energy4▲ 1.99×9 topics
  15. Risk Management4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  16. Institutional Quality4▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management4▲ 2.9×6 topics
  18. Development4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  19. Social Capital4▲ 4.6×6 topics
  20. Regulation4▲ 4.4×9 topics
  21. Financial Stability4▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Inequality4▲ 10×1 topic
  23. Stock Market4▲ 10×3 topics
  24. financial access4▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Academic Libraries4▲ 101×3 topics
  26. Ethical Identity4▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Finance4▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Islamic Banking4▲ 5.9×1 topic
  29. Gender Equality3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Monetary Policy3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  31. Digital Divide3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Economic Policy Uncertainty3▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Nigeria3▲ 81×3 topics
  34. Oil Price Shocks3▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Fiscal Policy2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. User Satisfaction2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  37. Decentralization2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  38. Information Behavior2▲ 145×1 topic
  39. Quality Assurance2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 8.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Fountain University publish most on?

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

Economic Growth and Deve…4Economic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…4Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 4 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Vola…3Market Dynamics and Volatility: 3 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…2Library Science and Information Literacy: 2 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 2 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…2Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…2Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 2 fractional works
Information SystemsAccountingEconomics and EconometricsLibrary and Information Sciences4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 4 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 African Education and Politics Education 2 works
  6. 6 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  9. 9 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fountain University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% 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 Fountain University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Fountain University0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fountain 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 2025Fountain University6.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2023.

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