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The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti

In research, The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,065 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,272 of 6,365 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#792 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Animal Science and Zoology and Pharmacology — Forestry is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,850
of 28,054 · #9,273 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#18
of 191
Research works
5.4k
▲ 199% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti 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 #2,065 of 10,521 8.6%694 #3685
Social SciencesField #1,272 of 6,365 8.3%273 #1995
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #792 of 3,409 5.1%307 #1466
Physical SciencesDomain #3,813 of 12,888 5.6%1,104 #7845
EngineeringField #2,909 of 6,636 3.9%478 #5971
Life SciencesDomain #3,529 of 7,800 4.6%409 #6735
Environmental ScienceField #1,776 of 3,551 6.6%200 #3667
Health SciencesDomain #7,449 of 11,982 3.3%227 #15499
MedicineField #7,089 of 10,443 3.3%129 #15070
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,837 of 2,578 8.5%176 #2607

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti 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#3,685 #2,065
  2. Social Sciences#1,995 #1,272
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,466 #792
  4. Physical Sciences#7,845 #3,813
  5. Engineering#5,971 #2,909
  6. Life Sciences#6,735 #3,529
  7. Environmental Science#3,667 #1,776
  8. Health Sciences#15,499 #7,449
  9. Medicine#15,070 #7,089
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#2,607 #1,837
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 The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 20.1 works7.9×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 26.0 works4.8×
  3. PharmacologySubfield · 20.2 works4.5×
  4. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 45.2 works4.3×
  5. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 45.8 works3.8×
← 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: 2.66× its world share, 307 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.63× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 224 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.49× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 478 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.65× its world share, 200 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 3.79× its world share, 45 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.24× its world share, 176 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 273 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti?

Ranked on the composite score, E.O. Fatunmbi, Francis Olawale Abulude and Najeem Olawale Adelakun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.

  1. 1 E.O. Fatunmbi Nigeria · #953,803 worldwide 58 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Francis Olawale Abulude Nigeria · #1,379,520 worldwide 21 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Najeem Olawale Adelakun Nigeria · #1,490,782 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti

Which keywords describe research at The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Risk Management, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, IoT and 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 2022–2025 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. Machine Learning126▲ 1.58×77 topics
  2. Environmental Impact117▲ 2.8×57 topics
  3. Sustainability111▲ 1.88×70 topics
  4. Sustainable Development87▲ 2.2×53 topics
  5. Renewable Energy86▲ 2.5×43 topics
  6. Deep Learning85◆ 1.02×58 topics
  7. Education79▲ 1.88×44 topics
  8. Climate Change74◆ 1.14×67 topics
  9. Risk Management70▲ 5.9×13 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management57▲ 2.5×22 topics
  11. Antioxidant56▲ 3.3×47 topics
  12. Economic Growth54▲ 2.6×22 topics
  13. IoT50▲ 5.5×13 topics
  14. Internet of Things48▲ 2.3×19 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity47▲ 3.0×24 topics
  16. Corporate Governance44▲ 2.5×19 topics
  17. Security44▲ 2.8×19 topics
  18. Information Technology43▲ 3.7×15 topics
  19. Bioactive Compounds41▲ 6.5×13 topics
  20. Medicinal Plants40▲ 4.1×16 topics
  21. Development38▲ 4.5×12 topics
  22. Health Benefits38▲ 4.7×12 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity37▲ 3.4×17 topics
  24. Gender Equality35▲ 5.2×8 topics
  25. Dietary Fiber34▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Sustainable Agriculture33▲ 4.3×13 topics
  27. Principal Component Analysis33▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. ICT32▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Smallholder Farmers31▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Phytochemicals30▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Nigeria29▲ 68×3 topics
  32. Nutritional Value29▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Institutional Quality27▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Phytochemistry27▲ 9.1×8 topics
  35. Climate Resilience26▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Nutritional Quality26▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Knowledge Economy25▲ 9.7×4 topics
  38. Mobile Phones24▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Multivariate Statistical Techniques24▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Water Quality Index24▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Economic Growth and Development, African Education and Politics and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Water Quality and Pollut…24Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 24 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…24Economic Growth and Development: 24 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 22 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…22Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 22 fractional worksFood composition and pro…21Food composition and properties: 21 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 19 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 19 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…18Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 18 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 17 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 16 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyInformation SystemsEducationAccounting6 others

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

  1. 1 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 24 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 24 works
  3. 3 African Education and Politics Education 22 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 22 works
  5. 5 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 21 works
  6. 6 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 19 works
  7. 7 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 19 works
  8. 8 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 18 works
  9. 9 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 17 works
  10. 10 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 16 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 available82.6%not open17.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 199% 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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