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Kaduna State University

In research, Kaduna State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,173 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,488 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,257 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting — Accounting is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,878
of 28,054 · #15,557 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#57
of 191
Research works
2k
▲ 180% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Kaduna State 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 #5,173 of 10,521 10.4%231 #6670
Physical SciencesDomain #6,488 of 12,888 8.3%269 #11714
Social SciencesField #3,257 of 6,365 12.6%109 #3549
Life SciencesDomain #5,575 of 7,800 3.4%153 #10538
Health SciencesDomain #9,817 of 11,982 4.9%179 #16153
MedicineField #8,650 of 10,443 5.5%136 #15585
EngineeringField #5,730 of 6,636 9.0%66 #10057
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,036 of 3,409 2.8%87 #4226
Environmental ScienceField #3,317 of 3,551 5.4%70 #5537

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaduna State 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#6,670 #5,173
  2. Physical Sciences#11,714 #6,488
  3. Social Sciences#3,549 #3,257
  4. Life Sciences#10,538 #5,575
  5. Health Sciences#16,153 #9,817
  6. Medicine#15,585 #8,650
  7. Engineering#10,057 #5,730
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,226 #3,036
  9. Environmental Science#5,537 #3,317
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.

What does Kaduna State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 28.1 works5.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.20× its world share, 87 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.99× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.44× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 66 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 3.50× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.76× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 109 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kaduna State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Adamu Yunusa Ugya and Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaduna State University.

  1. 1 Adamu Yunusa Ugya Nigeria · #1,303,187 worldwide 47 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Yusuf Zuntu Abdullahi Nigeria · #1,609,481 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Kaduna State University

Which keywords describe research at Kaduna State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Environmental Impact, Medicinal Plants, Anti-inflammatory, Epidemiology, Corporate Governance, Bioactive Compounds and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 1.27×68 topics
  2. Environmental Impact33▲ 2.4×31 topics
  3. Machine Learning32▲ 1.18×39 topics
  4. Climate Change30▲ 1.33×52 topics
  5. Sustainable Development27▲ 2.0×33 topics
  6. Antioxidant26▲ 4.6×33 topics
  7. Sustainability26▲ 1.30×46 topics
  8. Renewable Energy23▲ 1.93×27 topics
  9. Globalization21▲ 1.31×34 topics
  10. Corporate Governance21▲ 3.5×13 topics
  11. Education21▲ 1.48×24 topics
  12. Medicinal Plants20▲ 6.0×13 topics
  13. Remote Sensing20▲ 1.95×14 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity19▲ 3.6×21 topics
  15. Anti-inflammatory18▲ 7.6×21 topics
  16. Urbanization15▲ 4.4×6 topics
  17. Bioactive Compounds15▲ 7.1×11 topics
  18. Economic Growth15▲ 2.1×14 topics
  19. Financial Performance15▲ 3.1×9 topics
  20. Risk Management14▲ 3.6×10 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity14▲ 3.9×15 topics
  22. Toxicity14▲ 3.9×12 topics
  23. Financial Constraints12▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Development12▲ 4.1×11 topics
  25. Gender Equality12▲ 5.1×9 topics
  26. Pharmacology11▲ 5.3×13 topics
  27. Phytochemistry11▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Efficiency10▲ 4.1×5 topics
  29. Herbal Medicine10▲ 4.3×8 topics
  30. Supply Chain10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  31. Poverty Alleviation9▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Global Financial Crisis8▲ 7.3×2 topics
  33. Urban Poverty8▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Housing Policy8▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition8▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Slum Upgrading8▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Water Sanitation Hygiene8▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Cytotoxicity8▲ 7.1×9 topics
  39. Nigeria8▲ 53×3 topics
  40. Community Health Workers8▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Kaduna State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Global Maternal and Child Health and Working Capital and Financial Performance.

Child Nutrition and Wate…8Child Nutrition and Water Access: 8 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…8Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 8 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 6 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 6 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollut…5Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 4 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsUrban StudiesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 8 works
  2. 2 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 8 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  4. 4 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 6 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 6 works
  6. 6 African Education and Politics Education 6 works
  7. 7 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  8. 8 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 5 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 works
  10. 10 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 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 available77.2%not open22.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kaduna State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 180% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.