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Joseph Ayo Babalola University

In research, Joseph Ayo Babalola University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,178 of 10,521 worldwide), Life Sciences (#6,664 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,398 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,861
of 28,054 · #29,886 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#112
of 191
Research works
888
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Joseph Ayo Babalola 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 #8,178 of 10,521 7.1%139 #13442
Life SciencesDomain #6,664 of 7,800 2.5%67 #13175
Physical SciencesDomain #11,398 of 12,888 6.5%65 #20081
Social SciencesField #5,940 of 6,365 8.3%68 #9384
MedicineField #10,321 of 10,443 2.3%84 #17768
Health SciencesDomain #11,860 of 11,982 2.2%100 #19107

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joseph Ayo Babalola 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#13,442 #8,178
  2. Life Sciences#13,175 #6,664
  3. Physical Sciences#20,081 #11,398
  4. Social Sciences#9,384 #5,940
  5. Medicine#17,768 #10,321
  6. Health Sciences#19,107 #11,860
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: 2.02× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.33× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.41× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.40× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 2.41× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.15× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.63× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Joseph Ayo Babalola University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vaccine, Immune Response, Viral Transmission, Epidemiology, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Pathogenesis and Smallholder Farmers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 1.97×49 topics
  2. Pandemic17▲ 4.4×9 topics
  3. Vaccine17▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Immune Response16▲ 7.8×14 topics
  5. Healthcare16▲ 3.7×10 topics
  6. Viral Transmission15▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Sustainability15▲ 1.62×21 topics
  8. Public Health14▲ 2.6×15 topics
  9. COVID-1914▲ 2.7×18 topics
  10. Pathogenesis14▲ 7.2×16 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-213▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 16×4 topics
  13. ACE2 Receptor11▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Governance11▲ 9.2×7 topics
  15. Economic Growth11▲ 3.4×13 topics
  16. Financial Performance11▲ 4.9×8 topics
  17. Corporate Governance10▲ 3.6×12 topics
  18. Risk Management10▲ 5.3×6 topics
  19. Agroecology8▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Coronavirus8▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Adaptation8▲ 7.7×4 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation8▲ 5.8×6 topics
  23. Zoonotic Disease8▲ 88×2 topics
  24. Host Immunity8▲ 92×2 topics
  25. Immunity8▲ 5.2×4 topics
  26. Thrombosis8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  27. Monkeypox Virus8▲ 132×1 topic
  28. Smallpox Vaccination8▲ 132×1 topic
  29. Agricultural Development8▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Diversity8▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Livestock Farming7▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Work Organization7▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Mutation7▲ 10×2 topics
  34. antibody7▲ 18×1 topic
  35. spike protein7▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Decentralization7▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Health Equity7▲ 6.6×2 topics
  38. Toxins6▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Anthrax6▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Tularemia6▲ 92×1 topic

Which research topics does Joseph Ayo Babalola University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Poxvirus research and outbreaks, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research.

Poxvirus research and ou…8Poxvirus research and outbreaks: 8 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…7Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …7SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 7 fractional worksBacillus and Francisella…6Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 6 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 6 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 5 fractional worksInsurance and Financial …5Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 5 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…4Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…4African Botany and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional works
VirologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInfectious DiseasesMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 8 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  4. 4 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  9. 9 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 4 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 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 available80.5%not open19.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Joseph Ayo Babalola University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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