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Skyline University Nigeria

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,608
of 22,385 · #26,438 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#134
of 183
Research works
179
▲ 562% vs 2018-21
Citations
440
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Skyline University Nigeria

Which fields of science does Skyline University Nigeria work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Skyline University Nigeria is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Computer Science (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 73 fractional works · 45.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 24 fractional works · 14.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 32.1% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 15.6% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 11.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 8.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSkylineUniversity…159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences2817.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2414.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance106.3%
    4. Decision Sciences95.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Psychology10.6%
    1. Computer Science2515.6%
    2. Environmental Science127.3%
    3. Engineering106.4%
    4. Chemistry10.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Materials Science10.4%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences106.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Medicine148.7%
    2. Health Professions31.8%
    3. Nursing10.6%
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: 1.26× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.00× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.60× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.56× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.96× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.56×9 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.60×24 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.96×10 works
  4. Computer Science2.00×25 works
  5. Environmental Science1.47×12 works
  6. Social Sciences1.39×28 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.26×10 works
  8. Nursing1.18×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×6 works
  11. Health Professions0.68×3 works
  12. Chemistry0.56×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×1 works
  14. Medicine0.45×14 works
  15. Engineering0.43×10 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×1 works
  17. Energy0.35×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.28×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.25×1 works
  21. Psychology0.21×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Skyline University Nigeria?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Ashok Kumar, Innocent Ojeba Musa and Abdulhakeem Idris Abdulhakeem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Skyline University Nigeria.

  1. 1 M. Ashok Kumar Nigeria · #1,324,281 worldwide 158 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Innocent Ojeba Musa Nigeria · #2,072,220 worldwide 145 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Abdulhakeem Idris Abdulhakeem Nigeria · #2,938,010 worldwide 5 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Sunday Zeal Bala Nigeria · #3,100,188 worldwide 86 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Yemi Daniel Ogundare Nigeria · #3,112,440 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mustapha Abdulsalam Nigeria · #3,347,752 worldwide 227 citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Miracle Uwa Livinus Nigeria · #3,564,115 worldwide 57 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Aliyu Mohammed Nigeria · #3,572,993 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Trimisiyu Omotayo Lawal Nigeria · #3,652,887 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Shanmugam Sundararajan Nigeria · #3,686,103 worldwide 34 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Skyline University Nigeria

What are the most cited papers from Skyline University Nigeria?

The most cited paper from Skyline University Nigeria is "Micro- and Nanoplastics in Environment: Degradation, Detection, and Ecological Impact" (Innocent Ojeba Musa, Helen Shnada Auta, Ummulkhair Salamah Ilyasu et al., 2023), with 70 citations. Next come "Internet of Nano-Things (IoNT): A Comprehensive Review from Architecture to Security and Privacy Challenges" (59) and "Neuroprotective effects of catechin and quercetin in experimental Parkinsonism through modulation of dopamine metabolism and expression of IL-1β, TNF-α, NF-κB, IκKB, and p53 genes in male Wistar rats" (56).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Micro- and Nanoplastics in Environment: Degradation, Detection, and Ecological Impact Innocent Ojeba Musa, Helen Shnada Auta, Ummulkhair Salamah Ilyasu et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research 22 Nov 2023 70
2 Internet of Nano-Things (IoNT): A Comprehensive Review from Architecture to Security and Privacy Challenges Abdullah Alabdulatif, Navod Neranjan Thilakarathne, Zaharaddeen Karami Lawal et al. · Sensors Open access 3 Mar 2023 59
3 Neuroprotective effects of catechin and quercetin in experimental Parkinsonism through modulation of dopamine metabolism and expression of IL-1β, TNF-α, NF-κB, IκKB, and p53 genes in male Wistar rats Sunday Solomon Josiah, Courage Dele Famusiwa, Olamide Olajusi Crown et al. · NeuroToxicology 23 Mar 2022 56
4 Lights, Camera, Metaverse! Aman Kumar, Amit Shankar, Abhishek Behl et al. · Journal of Global Information Management Open access 7 Nov 2023 48
5 Microarray Gene Expression Data Classification via Wilcoxon Sign Rank Sum and Novel Grey Wolf Optimized Ensemble Learning Models Yakub Kayode Saheed, Bukola Fatimah Balogun, Joseph Odunayo Braimah et al. · IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 15 Aug 2023 48
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Skyline University Nigeria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Social Capital, Healthcare, Smart Cities, Digital Transformation, Big Data and Organizational Performance.

▲ 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. Machine Learning19▲ 3.5×37 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management12▲ 8.6×8 topics
  3. Healthcare10▲ 5.7×11 topics
  4. Sustainability10▲ 2.5×18 topics
  5. Social Capital9▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Big Data9▲ 5.7×12 topics
  7. Innovation9▲ 5.2×16 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  9. Smart Cities8▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Sustainable Development8▲ 3.3×19 topics
  11. Digital Transformation8▲ 8.7×9 topics
  12. Internet of Things8▲ 5.5×13 topics
  13. Knowledge Management7▲ 8.3×7 topics
  14. Organizational Performance7▲ 18×5 topics
  15. IoT7▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Environmental Management7▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Information Technology6▲ 8.5×9 topics
  18. Customer Satisfaction6▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Leadership6▲ 7.3×8 topics
  20. Entrepreneurial Orientation5▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Opportunity Recognition5▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Social Media Marketing5▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Governance5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  24. Cybersecurity4▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  26. Big Data Analytics4▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Politics4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  28. Predictive Analytics4▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Cloud Computing4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Information Systems4▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Power4▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Firm Performance4▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Gender Equality3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Inequality3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Race3▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Analytics3▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Business Intelligence3▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Employee Engagement3▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Herbal Medicine3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  40. Political Economy3▲ 7.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Skyline University Nigeria publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Organizational and Employee Performance, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management and Technology.

Organizational and Employee Performance: 5 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 5 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksKnowledge Management and Technology: 3 fractional worksSocial Movements and Cultural Identity: 3 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksComplementary and Altern…2Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …2Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI2Internet of Things and AI: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…2Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceManagement of Technology and InnovationManagement Information SystemsManagement Science and Operations Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  4. 4 Knowledge Management and Technology Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  5. 5 Social Movements and Cultural Identity Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion 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 available78.9%not open21.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Skyline University Nigeria's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 562% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Skyline University Nigeria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Skyline University Nigeria0.00070% in 202520102020

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