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Taraba State University

In research, Taraba State University stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,386 of 6,403 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,232 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,700 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#5,795
of 22,385 · #10,375 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#38
of 183
Research works
1.2k
▲ 103% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
87%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%

What is Taraba State University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #2,386 of 6,403 4.8%92 #4887
Social SciencesDomain #5,232 of 9,585 5.2%267 #9041
Physical SciencesDomain #7,700 of 10,670 3.9%168 #10749
Social SciencesField #4,348 of 5,988 6.5%165 #6546
EducationSubfield #1,750 of 1,930 5.1%61 -
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,873 of 3,157 2.3%78 #4737
Health SciencesDomain #9,157 of 9,902 4.9%69 #15068

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taraba 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#4,887 #2,386
  2. Social Sciences#9,041 #5,232
  3. Physical Sciences#10,749 #7,700
  4. Social Sciences#6,546 #4,348
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,737 #2,873
  6. Health Sciences#15,068 #9,157
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Taraba State University work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Taraba State University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 343 fractional works · 45.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 222 fractional works · 29.6% of its workEducation: 80 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 67 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 210 fractional works · 28.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 59 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 53 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 110 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 93 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPlant Science: 32 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 87 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTaraba StateUniversity750fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences12%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences22229.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance293.8%
    3. Psychology283.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting283.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities233.1%
    6. Decision Sciences141.8%
    1. Environmental Science597.9%
    2. Computer Science537.1%
    3. Engineering405.3%
    4. Mathematics202.7%
    5. Materials Science101.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy101.3%
    7. Energy71.0%
    8. Chemistry60.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9312.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology81.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.5%
    4. Neuroscience30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Medicine587.8%
    2. Health Professions192.6%
    3. Nursing81.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
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: 2.62× its world share, 93 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.27× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 222 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.62×93 works
  2. Social Sciences2.34×222 works
  3. Mathematics2.27×20 works
  4. Nursing2.15×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.88×14 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.79×29 works
  7. Environmental Science1.59×59 works
  8. Psychology1.23×28 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×28 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.07×23 works
  11. Energy1.05×7 works
  12. Health Professions0.98×19 works
  13. Computer Science0.91×53 works
  14. Veterinary0.89×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.58×10 works
  17. Chemistry0.52×6 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×4 works
  19. Medicine0.40×58 works
  20. Materials Science0.39×10 works
  21. Engineering0.35×40 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×4 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×8 works
  24. Neuroscience0.21×3 works
  25. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Taraba State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Alice Njolke Mafe, Oberiri Destiny Apuke and Nsemba Edward Lenshie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taraba State University.

  1. 1 Alice Njolke Mafe Nigeria · #165,581 worldwide 1.4k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Oberiri Destiny Apuke Nigeria · #515,297 worldwide 3k citations · 106 works
  3. 3 Nsemba Edward Lenshie Nigeria · #762,168 worldwide 384 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Adamu Halilu Jabire Nigeria · #1,759,114 worldwide 486 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Aminu Idris Nigeria · #2,346,770 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Buhari Shehu Miapyen Nigeria · #2,363,032 worldwide 70 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Vincent Nduka Ojeh Nigeria · #3,559,579 worldwide 562 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 BAKARI MUHAMMADU SUKARE Nigeria · #3,789,844 worldwide 3 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Gladys Uzezi Jack Nigeria · #3,939,870 worldwide 100 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Ubong Andem Obong Nigeria · #4,107,308 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Taraba State University

What are the most cited papers from Taraba State University?

The most cited paper from Taraba State University is "Fake news and COVID-19: modelling the predictors of fake news sharing among social media users" (Oberiri Destiny Apuke, Bahiyah Omar, 2020), with 746 citations. Next come "A review on food spoilage mechanisms, food borne diseases and commercial aspects of food preservation and processing" (230) and "University students' usage of the internet resources for research and learning: forms of access and perceptions of utility" (197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fake news and COVID-19: modelling the predictors of fake news sharing among social media users Oberiri Destiny Apuke, Bahiyah Omar · Telematics and Informatics Open access 29 Jul 2020 746
2 A review on food spoilage mechanisms, food borne diseases and commercial aspects of food preservation and processing Alice Njolke Mafe, Great Iruoghene Edo, Raghda S. Makia et al. · Food Chemistry Advances Open access 26 Nov 2024 230
3 University students' usage of the internet resources for research and learning: forms of access and perceptions of utility Oberiri Destiny Apuke, Timothy Onosahwo Iyendo · Heliyon Open access Dec 2018 197
4 Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees Chengjin Chu et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 12 Dec 2018 160
5 Addressing the Urban Heat Islands Effect: A Cross-Country Assessment of the Role of Green Infrastructure Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Wolf, Ricardo Castro-Díaz et al. · Sustainability Open access 14 Jan 2021 137
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Taraba State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Development, Sustainable Development, Curriculum Development, Information Technology, Gender Equality, Nigeria and Teacher Education.

▲ 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. Education52▲ 4.0×31 topics
  2. Sustainable Development48▲ 4.0×33 topics
  3. Climate Change43▲ 2.1×47 topics
  4. Globalization38▲ 2.6×37 topics
  5. Development36▲ 14×12 topics
  6. Curriculum Development34▲ 6.8×9 topics
  7. Machine Learning32▲ 1.27×47 topics
  8. Information Technology31▲ 8.8×8 topics
  9. Social Media31▲ 3.0×23 topics
  10. Sustainability30▲ 1.64×42 topics
  11. Gender Equality29▲ 14×8 topics
  12. Nigeria28▲ 174×3 topics
  13. Environmental Impact28▲ 2.2×35 topics
  14. Teacher Education27▲ 28×6 topics
  15. Quality Assurance24▲ 19×6 topics
  16. Economic Growth23▲ 3.8×17 topics
  17. Youth Unemployment23▲ 257×1 topic
  18. Governance20▲ 8.3×5 topics
  19. Educational Technology17▲ 1.91×20 topics
  20. Political Economy17▲ 8.8×7 topics
  21. Smallholder Farmers14▲ 9.2×5 topics
  22. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 5.8×9 topics
  23. Democracy13▲ 5.1×5 topics
  24. ICT13▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Pedagogy13▲ 3.4×6 topics
  26. Inequality12▲ 7.2×5 topics
  27. Corruption12▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Poverty Reduction12▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Institutions12▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Teaching Strategies10▲ 5.0×4 topics
  31. Social Networks10▲ 5.0×5 topics
  32. Institutional Quality10▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Mobile Phones10▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Knowledge Economy10▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Inclusive Development10▲ 30×1 topic
  36. financial access10▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Health Inequalities9▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Community Health Workers9▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Global Financial Crisis8▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Climate Resilience8▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Taraba State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African Education and Politics, Economic Growth and Development, Global Maternal and Child Health and Education and Islamic Studies.

  1. 1 African Education and Politics Education 23 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 10 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  4. 4 Education and Islamic Studies Education 8 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 6 works
  7. 7 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  9. 9 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 5 works
  10. 10 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 5 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 available86.6%not open13.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Taraba State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 103% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Taraba State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Taraba State University0.0043% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Taraba State University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Taraba State University4.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2014.

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