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Osun State University

In research, Osun State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,712 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,505 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,698 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Modeling and Simulation and Animal Science and Zoology — Modeling and Simulation is 16.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,166
of 28,054 · #7,015 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#5
of 191
Research works
3.2k
▲ 127% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Osun 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,712 of 12,888 13.1%452 #5686
Social SciencesDomain #2,505 of 10,521 12.9%482 #4266
Social SciencesField #1,698 of 6,365 12.9%239 #2543
Health SciencesDomain #4,199 of 11,982 13.8%289 #8641
MedicineField #3,783 of 10,443 15.2%226 #8058
Environmental ScienceField #1,385 of 3,551 14.7%125 #3341
Life SciencesDomain #3,283 of 7,800 10.3%268 #6849
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,903 of 3,409 9.1%164 #2623
EngineeringField #4,658 of 6,636 8.4%125 #9015
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,858 of 2,578 13.5%73 #3022

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Osun 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. Physical Sciences#5,686 #1,712
  2. Social Sciences#4,266 #2,505
  3. Social Sciences#2,543 #1,698
  4. Health Sciences#8,641 #4,199
  5. Medicine#8,058 #3,783
  6. Environmental Science#3,341 #1,385
  7. Life Sciences#6,849 #3,283
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,623 #1,903
  9. Engineering#9,015 #4,658
  10. Sociology and Political Science#3,022 #1,858
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 Osun State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Modeling and Simulation takes 16.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 34.5 works17×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 21.7 works6.6×
← 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: 2.32× its world share, 164 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.22× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 125 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 125 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.07× its world share, 54 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 226 worksMedicineNursing: 2.66× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 93 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.78× its world share, 57 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 239 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Osun State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Juliana Bunmi Adetunji, امین روشندل کاهو and علی مرادزاده lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osun State University.

  1. 1 Juliana Bunmi Adetunji Nigeria · #126,792 worldwide 313 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 امین روشندل کاهو Nigeria · #636,601 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 علی مرادزاده Nigeria · #700,477 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Musa Abidemi Muhibi Nigeria · #1,047,460 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Ebenezer I. O. Ajayi Nigeria · #1,343,381 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Luqmon Azeez Nigeria · #1,414,917 worldwide 66 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Monsuru Adeleke Nigeria · #1,443,117 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Morufu Oyedunsi Olayiwola Nigeria · #1,577,332 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Osun State University

Which keywords describe research at Osun State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Antioxidant, Environmental Impact, Globalization, Gender Equality, COVID-19 and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology90▲ 1.53×100 topics
  2. Environmental Impact57▲ 2.2×44 topics
  3. Globalization55▲ 1.87×51 topics
  4. Sustainability54▲ 1.47×65 topics
  5. Climate Change48▲ 1.20×68 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress48▲ 1.97×49 topics
  7. Education48▲ 1.85×36 topics
  8. COVID-1946▲ 2.2×23 topics
  9. Antioxidant42▲ 4.2×44 topics
  10. Renewable Energy42▲ 1.96×30 topics
  11. Sustainable Development40▲ 1.71×38 topics
  12. Infectious Diseases35▲ 7.2×8 topics
  13. Corporate Governance34▲ 3.1×17 topics
  14. Social Capital30▲ 3.8×11 topics
  15. Toxicity28▲ 4.4×16 topics
  16. Risk Management28▲ 3.8×12 topics
  17. Gender Equality28▲ 6.7×7 topics
  18. Development27▲ 5.3×12 topics
  19. Antioxidant Activity27▲ 2.8×29 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity26▲ 4.0×17 topics
  21. Medicinal Plants25▲ 4.1×16 topics
  22. Antioxidants23▲ 3.5×16 topics
  23. Bioactive Compounds22▲ 5.7×14 topics
  24. Nonlinear Equations19▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Modeling19▲ 5.0×6 topics
  26. Nigeria19▲ 72×3 topics
  27. Institutional Quality18▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Public Health Interventions18▲ 16×1 topic
  29. transmission dynamics18▲ 17×1 topic
  30. ICT18▲ 8.9×4 topics
  31. Teacher Education17▲ 9.2×5 topics
  32. Land Tenure17▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Fractional Calculus17▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Quality Assurance16▲ 6.5×3 topics
  35. Anomalous Diffusion16▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Homotopy Analysis Method16▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Gender Inequality16▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Youth Unemployment15▲ 111×1 topic
  39. Mobile Phones15▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Knowledge Economy15▲ 9.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Osun State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, African Education and Politics and Economic Growth and Development.

COVID-19 epidemiological…18COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 18 fractional worksFractional Differential …16Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 16 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…15African Education and Politics: 15 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…15Economic Growth and Development: 15 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 14 fractional worksMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 12 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterror…11Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 11 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…10Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 10 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…9African history and culture studies: 9 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…8Online and Blended Learning: 8 fractional works
Modeling and SimulationEducationInformation SystemsAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 18 works
  2. 2 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 16 works
  3. 3 African Education and Politics Education 15 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 15 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 14 works
  6. 6 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  7. 7 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  8. 8 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 10 works
  9. 9 African history and culture studies Anthropology 9 works
  10. 10 Online and Blended Learning Education 8 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 available75.6%not open24.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Osun State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 127% 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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