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The Polytechnic Ibadan

In research, The Polytechnic Ibadan stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,482 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,645
of 22,385 · #11,870 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#135
of 183
Research works
474
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
The Polytechnic Ibadan

What is The Polytechnic Ibadan 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,482 of 9,585 3.7%67 #8714

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Polytechnic Ibadan 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 fields of science does The Polytechnic Ibadan work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at The Polytechnic Ibadan is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 81 fractional works · 48.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 33.5% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 13.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 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 · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKThe PolytechnicIbadan167fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences49%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3520.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2112.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance127.5%
    4. Psychology63.4%
    5. Decision Sciences53.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    1. Engineering2213.3%
    2. Computer Science148.2%
    3. Environmental Science116.6%
    4. Materials Science31.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    6. Energy10.9%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Mathematics10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences148.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine53.2%
    2. Health Professions52.8%
    3. Nursing10.5%
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: 1.74× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.21× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.99× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.50× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.99×22 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.50×12 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.40×6 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.21×2 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.74×14 works
  6. Social Sciences1.65×35 works
  7. Environmental Science1.33×11 works
  8. Psychology1.13×6 works
  9. Health Professions1.07×5 works
  10. Computer Science1.05×14 works
  11. Nursing1.05×1 works
  12. Energy0.95×2 works
  13. Engineering0.89×22 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×2 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.57×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.57×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.48×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.47×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×3 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.25×1 works
  21. Medicine0.17×5 works
  22. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Polytechnic Ibadan?

Ranked on the quality score, Olaoluwa John Adeleke, Abosede O. Fawole and Isaac Ayanniran Adesokan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Polytechnic Ibadan.

  1. 1 Olaoluwa John Adeleke Nigeria · #1,827,281 worldwide 115 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Abosede O. Fawole Nigeria · #3,086,677 worldwide 76 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Isaac Ayanniran Adesokan Nigeria · #4,922,596 worldwide 150 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Maryam Abdus-Salam Nigeria · #5,215,243 worldwide 16 citations · 11 works
All ranked researchers at The Polytechnic Ibadan

What are the most cited papers from The Polytechnic Ibadan?

The most cited paper from The Polytechnic Ibadan is "Structure and properties of mortar and concrete with rice husk ash as partial replacement of ordinary Portland cement – A review" (Christopher Ajiboye Fapohunda, Bolatito Akinbile, Ahmed Shittu, 2017), with 328 citations. Next come "COVID-19 Knowledge, Risk Perception, and Precautionary Behavior Among Nigerians: A Moderated Mediation Approach" (173) and "Determination of natural radioactivity and hazard in soil samples in and around gold mining area in Itagunmodi, south-western, Nigeria" (163).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Structure and properties of mortar and concrete with rice husk ash as partial replacement of ordinary Portland cement – A review Christopher Ajiboye Fapohunda, Bolatito Akinbile, Ahmed Shittu · International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment Open access 9 Jul 2017 328
2 COVID-19 Knowledge, Risk Perception, and Precautionary Behavior Among Nigerians: A Moderated Mediation Approach Steven Kator Iorfa, Iboro F. A. Ottu, Rotimi Oguntayo et al. · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 19 Nov 2020 173
3 Determination of natural radioactivity and hazard in soil samples in and around gold mining area in Itagunmodi, south-western, Nigeria Augustine Kolapo Ademola, Adekunle Kazeem Bello, Adeniyi Caleb Adejumobi · Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences Open access 17 Jun 2014 163
4 Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age Viren Swami et al. · Body Image Open access253 authors 13 Aug 2023 105
5 The impact of organizational culture on total quality management in SMEs in Nigeria Anthony Abiodun Eniola, Gabriel Kolade Olorunleke, Olamide Akintimehin et al. · Heliyon Open access Aug 2019 102
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Polytechnic Ibadan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Information Technology, Sustainable Development, Development, Sustainability and Gender Equality.

▲ 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. Sustainability8▲ 2.0×23 topics
  2. Sustainable Development7▲ 2.9×6 topics
  3. Economic Growth7▲ 5.4×13 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 1.23×21 topics
  5. Corporate Governance6▲ 5.3×7 topics
  6. Education6▲ 2.2×10 topics
  7. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.1×15 topics
  8. Renewable Energy6▲ 2.4×11 topics
  9. Social Capital6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  10. Information Technology5▲ 6.9×8 topics
  11. Development5▲ 7.6×4 topics
  12. Human Rights4▲ 2.6×9 topics
  13. Financial Performance4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  14. Curriculum Development4▲ 3.7×5 topics
  15. Risk Management4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  16. Gender Equality4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  17. Quality Assurance4▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Fiscal Policy4▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Nigeria4▲ 108×2 topics
  20. Performance Measurement4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  21. Entrepreneurial Orientation3▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Opportunity Recognition3▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Urbanization3▲ 4.9×2 topics
  24. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  25. Teacher Education3▲ 15×1 topic
  26. Youth Unemployment3▲ 163×1 topic
  27. Toxicity3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  28. Land Tenure3▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Poverty Alleviation3▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Financial Reporting3▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Earnings Management3▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Facilities Management3▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Heavy Metals2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Institutions2▲ 19×3 topics
  35. RFID Technology2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  36. Corruption2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  37. User Satisfaction2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. Institutional Quality2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Slum Upgrading2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Urban Poverty2▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does The Polytechnic Ibadan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, African Education and Politics, Urban and Rural Development Challenges and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 3 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 3 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…2Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…2Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksAccounting and Organizational Management: 2 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Prod…2Economic Growth and Productivity: 2 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 2 fractional worksFacilities and Workplace Management: 2 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Manag…2Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 2 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationEducationUrban StudiesEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  2. 2 African Education and Politics Education 3 works
  3. 3 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Accounting and Organizational Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Facilities and Workplace Management Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 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 available74.0%not open26.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Polytechnic Ibadan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 The Polytechnic Ibadan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The Polytechnic Ibadan0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Polytechnic Ibadan 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 2025The Polytechnic Ibadan1.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2014.

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