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Usmanu Danfodiyo University

In research, Usmanu Danfodiyo University stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,351 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,660 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,637 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability — Statistics and Probability is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,581
of 28,054 · #12,114 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#56
of 191
Research works
4.2k
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Usmanu Danfodiyo 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,351 of 11,982 5.1%329 #7824
Social SciencesDomain #5,660 of 10,521 5.7%482 #5174
MedicineField #5,637 of 10,443 5.6%260 #10054
Physical SciencesDomain #7,503 of 12,888 4.1%351 #10909
Life SciencesDomain #4,848 of 7,800 4.3%276 #8087
Social SciencesField #4,268 of 6,365 5.5%275 #3325
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,563 of 3,409 4.4%158 #2442
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,300 of 2,578 8.3%67 #3655
EducationSubfield #1,749 of 1,892 6.0%83 #2457
Environmental ScienceField #3,302 of 3,551 4.1%79 #5351

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Usmanu Danfodiyo 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. Health Sciences#7,824 #6,351
  2. Social Sciences#5,174 #5,660
  3. Medicine#10,054 #5,637
  4. Physical Sciences#10,909 #7,503
  5. Life Sciences#8,087 #4,848
  6. Social Sciences#3,325 #4,268
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,442 #2,563
  8. Sociology and Political Science#3,655 #2,300
  9. Education#2,457 #1,749
  10. Environmental Science#5,351 #3,302
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 Usmanu Danfodiyo University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 24.6 works8.0×
← 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: 2.31× its world share, 158 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.39× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.18× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 93 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.58× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 260 worksMedicineNursing: 2.63× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.40× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.64× its world share, 76 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.88× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 275 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Usmanu Danfodiyo University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jimoh Amzat, Muhammad Bashir Bello and Mustapha Umar Imam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Usmanu Danfodiyo University.

  1. 1 Jimoh Amzat Nigeria · #233,470 worldwide 148 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Bashir Bello Nigeria · #347,740 worldwide 143 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Mustapha Umar Imam Nigeria · #528,507 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Bashiru Garba Nigeria · #862,855 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 A. Bello Nigeria · #918,458 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Shaibu Oricha Bello Nigeria · #942,656 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Deborah Deborah Nigeria · #1,046,686 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Yauba Saidu Nigeria · #1,142,521 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 A.A. Aliero Nigeria · #1,145,023 worldwide 55 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 U. Abubakar Nigeria · #1,147,058 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Usmanu Danfodiyo University

Which keywords describe research at Usmanu Danfodiyo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gender Equality, Globalization, Medicinal Plants, Human Rights, Curriculum Development, Antioxidant and Corporate Governance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology101▲ 1.78×103 topics
  2. Globalization64▲ 2.2×39 topics
  3. Education48▲ 1.93×30 topics
  4. Human Rights45▲ 3.1×37 topics
  5. Sustainable Development43▲ 1.89×41 topics
  6. Curriculum Development39▲ 3.9×9 topics
  7. Antioxidant39▲ 3.9×42 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress38▲ 1.61×45 topics
  9. Gender Equality37▲ 9.3×9 topics
  10. Corporate Governance36▲ 3.4×16 topics
  11. Medicinal Plants35▲ 6.1×17 topics
  12. Economic Growth34▲ 2.8×22 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity32▲ 3.5×25 topics
  14. Risk Management29▲ 4.2×12 topics
  15. Islamic Banking28▲ 4.8×3 topics
  16. Teacher Training27▲ 3.0×12 topics
  17. Development27▲ 5.3×11 topics
  18. Islamic Education26▲ 5.2×3 topics
  19. Pedagogy26▲ 3.8×9 topics
  20. Vaccine25▲ 4.3×11 topics
  21. Finance24▲ 8.7×3 topics
  22. Financial Stability24▲ 8.4×4 topics
  23. Bioactive Compounds24▲ 6.5×14 topics
  24. Global Financial Crisis24▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Anti-inflammatory23▲ 5.8×23 topics
  26. Ethical Identity23▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Genetic Diversity23▲ 3.6×18 topics
  28. Shariah Supervision23▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Religious Education22▲ 9.1×3 topics
  30. Madrasa22▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Muslim Students22▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Fiscal Policy21▲ 6.8×6 topics
  33. Flavonoids21▲ 5.5×10 topics
  34. Herbal Medicine19▲ 4.7×11 topics
  35. Nigeria19▲ 75×3 topics
  36. Legal Regulation19▲ 5.9×7 topics
  37. Quality Assurance18▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Teacher Education16▲ 9.0×3 topics
  39. Phytochemistry16▲ 8.9×8 topics
  40. Youth Unemployment16▲ 116×1 topic

Which research topics does Usmanu Danfodiyo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Education and Islamic Studies, African Education and Politics and Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques.

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 23 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 22 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…16African Education and Politics: 16 fractional worksSurvey Sampling and Esti…13Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques: 13 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 12 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 11 fractional worksReligion and Sociopoliti…11Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 11 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 8 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 8 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 8 fractional works
AccountingEducationStatistics and ProbabilityEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 23 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 22 works
  3. 3 African Education and Politics Education 16 works
  4. 4 Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques Statistics and Probability 13 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  6. 6 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 11 works
  7. 7 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 11 works
  8. 8 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  10. 10 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 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 available80.6%not open19.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Usmanu Danfodiyo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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