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Nigerian Defence Academy

In research, Nigerian Defence Academy stands highest in Accounting (#177 of 389 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,791 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,943 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting, Business, Management and Accounting and Strategy and Management — Accounting is 18.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,696
of 28,054 · #19,753 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#77
of 191
Research works
2.2k
▲ 207% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Nigerian Defence Academy 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
AccountingSubfield #177 of 389 19.8%98 #757
Physical SciencesDomain #6,791 of 12,888 6.0%352 #12862
Social SciencesDomain #5,943 of 10,521 13.0%359 #9976
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,748 of 2,578 15.3%164 #2958
EngineeringField #5,169 of 6,636 3.9%137 #9489
Social SciencesField #5,357 of 6,365 9.7%104 #7429
Computer ScienceField #4,043 of 4,667 9.8%76 #6402
Health SciencesDomain #10,546 of 11,982 7.3%72 #18821
Environmental ScienceField #3,236 of 3,551 6.9%68 #5885
Life SciencesDomain #7,130 of 7,800 4.9%83 #11904

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nigerian Defence Academy 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. Accounting#757 #177
  2. Physical Sciences#12,862 #6,791
  3. Social Sciences#9,976 #5,943
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,958 #1,748
  5. Engineering#9,489 #5,169
  6. Social Sciences#7,429 #5,357
  7. Computer Science#6,402 #4,043
  8. Health Sciences#18,821 #10,546
  9. Environmental Science#5,885 #3,236
  10. Life Sciences#11,904 #7,130
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 Nigerian Defence Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 18.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 97.8 works18×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 164.0 works5.9×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 38.5 works5.1×
← 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: 1.30× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.13× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.74× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 137 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.87× its world share, 164 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.10× its world share, 57 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nigerian Defence Academy?

Ranked on the composite score, Usman A. Tar, Onipe Adabenege Yahaya and Onipe Adabenege Yahaya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nigerian Defence Academy.

  1. 1 Usman A. Tar Nigeria · #328,754 worldwide 86 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Onipe Adabenege Yahaya Nigeria · #733,946 worldwide 82 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Onipe Adabenege Yahaya Nigeria · #1,551,923 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Abel E. Airoboman Nigeria · #1,579,332 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Nigerian Defence Academy

Which keywords describe research at Nigerian Defence Academy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, Financial Constraints, Capital Structure, Firm Performance, Investor Protection, Ownership Structure and Economic Growth.

▲ 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 Governance90▲ 14×16 topics
  2. Financial Performance52▲ 10×10 topics
  3. Financial Constraints45▲ 48×2 topics
  4. Machine Learning41▲ 1.45×48 topics
  5. Deep Learning40▲ 1.33×47 topics
  6. Renewable Energy34▲ 2.7×28 topics
  7. Capital Structure34▲ 24×2 topics
  8. Economic Growth34▲ 4.6×14 topics
  9. Firm Performance32▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Investor Protection32▲ 45×1 topic
  11. Ownership Structure32▲ 45×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact31▲ 2.1×32 topics
  13. Risk Management26▲ 6.1×11 topics
  14. Financial Reporting25▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Security23▲ 4.1×15 topics
  16. Shareholder Value23▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Earnings Management22▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Performance Measurement21▲ 8.6×4 topics
  19. Information Asymmetry21▲ 48×2 topics
  20. Fiscal Policy20▲ 11×5 topics
  21. International Financial Reporting Standards19▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Accounting Quality18▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Audit Committee18▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Cash Flow Valuation17▲ 80×1 topic
  25. Economic Value Added17▲ 80×1 topic
  26. Institutional Quality16▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Supply Chain16▲ 8.9×6 topics
  28. Financial Stability16▲ 9.2×4 topics
  29. Finance16▲ 9.3×3 topics
  30. Corporate Finance15▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Profitability15▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Global Financial Crisis15▲ 12×3 topics
  33. ICT15▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Heavy Metals14▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Inequality14▲ 7.2×3 topics
  36. Performance Analysis14▲ 7.6×2 topics
  37. Ethical Identity14▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Shariah Supervision14▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Trade Credit13▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Working Capital Management13▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Nigerian Defence Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Corporate Finance and Go…32Corporate Finance and Governance: 32 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 18 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and …17Financial Reporting and Valuation Research: 17 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…14Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 14 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 13 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 12 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…10Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 10 fractional worksRisk Management in Financial Firms: 9 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 7 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 6 fractional works
AccountingStrategy and ManagementInformation SystemsEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 32 works
  2. 2 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 18 works
  3. 3 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 17 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 14 works
  5. 5 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 13 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 12 works
  7. 7 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  8. 8 Risk Management in Financial Firms Accounting 9 works
  9. 9 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  10. 10 African Education and Politics Education 6 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 available83.1%not open16.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nigerian Defence Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 207% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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