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Usmanu Danfodiyo University

In research, Usmanu Danfodiyo University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,396 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,103 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,261 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability and Animal Science and Zoology (Statistics and Probability is 6.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,623
of 22,385 · #18,864 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#75
of 183
Research works
4.2k
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.55×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Usmanu Danfodiyo University

What is Usmanu Danfodiyo 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,396 of 9,585 3.8%482 #10693
Physical SciencesDomain #9,103 of 10,670 1.7%351 #16319
Social SciencesField #5,261 of 5,988 3.7%275 #7103
Health SciencesDomain #8,707 of 9,902 3.6%329 #16091
MedicineField #7,705 of 8,541 3.7%260 #14077
Life SciencesDomain #5,814 of 6,403 1.9%276 #9862
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,747 of 2,964 1.9%69 #5332
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,965 of 3,157 1.8%158 #4503
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,392 of 2,526 3.4%67 #3740
EducationSubfield #1,860 of 1,930 6.2%83 #2885

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 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. Social Sciences#10,693 #7,396
  2. Physical Sciences#16,319 #9,103
  3. Social Sciences#7,103 #5,261
  4. Health Sciences#16,091 #8,707
  5. Medicine#14,077 #7,705
  6. Life Sciences#9,862 #5,814
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,332 #2,747
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,503 #2,965
  9. Sociology and Political Science#3,740 #2,392
  10. Education#2,885 #1,860
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 Usmanu Danfodiyo University work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Usmanu Danfodiyo University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 583 fractional works · 34.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 338 fractional works · 20.1% of its workEducation: 95 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 84 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 59 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 86 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAccounting: 49 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 65 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 49 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 392 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEngineering: 106 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 94 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 74 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 44 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 391 fractional works · 23.2% of its workMedicine: 310 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 318 fractional works · 18.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 179 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPlant Science: 70 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFood Science: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 82 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUsmanu DanfodiyoUniversity1,684fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences35%

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 Sciences33820.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting865.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance653.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities412.5%
    5. Psychology352.1%
    6. Decision Sciences171.0%
    1. Engineering1066.3%
    2. Environmental Science945.6%
    3. Computer Science744.4%
    4. Mathematics442.6%
    5. Materials Science211.3%
    6. Energy181.0%
    7. Chemistry171.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences110.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine31018.4%
    2. Health Professions402.4%
    3. Nursing221.3%
    4. Veterinary100.6%
    5. Dentistry90.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences17910.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology824.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology261.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics211.2%
    5. Neuroscience100.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Usmanu Danfodiyo University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 24.9 works6.9×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 21.0 works5.7×
← 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: 2.24× its world share, 179 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 82 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.52× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 74 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 106 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 94 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.22× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 310 worksMedicineNursing: 2.68× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.51× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.59× its world share, 86 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 338 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.51×10 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.52×21 works
  3. Nursing2.68×22 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.24×179 works
  5. Mathematics2.22×44 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.80×65 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.59×86 works
  8. Social Sciences1.59×338 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.53×26 works
  10. Energy1.13×18 works
  11. Environmental Science1.12×94 works
  12. Dentistry1.08×9 works
  13. Decision Sciences1.06×17 works
  14. Medicine0.96×310 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×82 works
  16. Health Professions0.91×40 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.85×42 works
  18. Psychology0.68×35 works
  19. Chemistry0.64×17 works
  20. Computer Science0.57×74 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×11 works
  22. Engineering0.42×106 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.40×2 works
  24. Materials Science0.37×22 works
  25. Neuroscience0.36×10 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.13×5 works

Who are the top researchers at Usmanu Danfodiyo University?

Ranked on the quality score, Aminu Shittu, Bilyaminu Abubakar and Suleiman Adeiza Shuaibu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Usmanu Danfodiyo University.

  1. 1 Aminu Shittu Nigeria · #16,229 worldwide 34k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Bilyaminu Abubakar Nigeria · #779,516 worldwide 11k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Suleiman Adeiza Shuaibu Nigeria · #1,379,529 worldwide 610 citations · 14 works
  4. 4 Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi Nigeria · #1,726,520 worldwide 2.3k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Adamu Muhammad Ibrahim Nigeria · #2,052,510 worldwide 201 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Muhammad Bashir Bello Nigeria · #2,464,753 worldwide 9.4k citations · 95 works
  7. 7 Ibrahim Idris Nigeria · #2,546,504 worldwide 331 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Nafiu Aminu Nigeria · #2,627,549 worldwide 1.8k citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Jimoh Amzat Nigeria · #2,669,211 worldwide 4.8k citations · 134 works
  10. 10 Aminu Shittu Nigeria · #2,709,009 worldwide 90 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Usmanu Danfodiyo University

What are the most cited papers from Usmanu Danfodiyo University?

The most cited paper from Usmanu Danfodiyo University is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500) and "Impacts of renewable energy consumption on the German economic growth: Evidence from combined cointegration test" (407).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
3 Impacts of renewable energy consumption on the German economic growth: Evidence from combined cointegration test Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi, Ilhan Tekin Ozturk · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 17 Nov 2016 407
4 Population Differences in Breast Cancer: Survey in Indigenous African Women Reveals Over-Representation of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Dezheng Huo, Francis Ikpatt, Andrey Khramtsov et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 25 Aug 2009 374
5 Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease in adults, 1990–2023, and its attributable risk factors: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Patrick B Mark et al. · The Lancet Open access597 authors Nov 2025 366
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Usmanu Danfodiyo University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 1.70×104 topics
  2. Globalization72▲ 2.2×48 topics
  3. Human Rights61▲ 3.5×49 topics
  4. Education60▲ 2.1×32 topics
  5. Sustainable Development55▲ 2.1×46 topics
  6. Gender Equality48▲ 10×11 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress48▲ 1.72×47 topics
  8. Curriculum Development47▲ 4.1×9 topics
  9. Antioxidant46▲ 4.0×45 topics
  10. Environmental Impact43▲ 1.50×43 topics
  11. Corporate Governance42▲ 3.4×23 topics
  12. Medicinal Plants40▲ 6.1×18 topics
  13. Economic Growth39▲ 2.8×23 topics
  14. Development38▲ 6.3×13 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity34▲ 3.3×29 topics
  16. Risk Management30▲ 3.8×12 topics
  17. Bioactive Compounds30▲ 7.0×14 topics
  18. Teacher Training29▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Islamic Banking29▲ 4.6×3 topics
  20. Vaccine29▲ 4.2×11 topics
  21. Pedagogy27▲ 3.2×9 topics
  22. Islamic Education27▲ 4.9×3 topics
  23. Nigeria27▲ 74×3 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity26▲ 3.6×19 topics
  25. Antioxidants26▲ 3.5×17 topics
  26. Anti-inflammatory26▲ 5.5×25 topics
  27. Finance26▲ 8.4×3 topics
  28. Financial Stability26▲ 8.0×5 topics
  29. Global Financial Crisis26▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Quality Assurance24▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Ethical Identity24▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Shariah Supervision24▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Teacher Education23▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Religious Education23▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Flavonoids23▲ 5.3×10 topics
  36. Madrasa23▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Muslim Students23▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Youth Unemployment22▲ 110×1 topic
  39. Fiscal Policy22▲ 6.4×6 topics
  40. Phytochemistry19▲ 9.6×9 topics

Which research topics does Usmanu Danfodiyo University publish most on?

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

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 24 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 23 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…22African Education and Politics: 22 fractional worksSurvey Sampling and Esti…13Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques: 13 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 12 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 12 fractional worksReligion and Sociopoliti…11Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 11 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 11 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 9 fractional works
AccountingEducationStatistics and ProbabilityEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 24 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 23 works
  3. 3 African Education and Politics Education 22 works
  4. 4 Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques Statistics and Probability 13 works
  5. 5 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 12 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  7. 7 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 11 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 11 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 works
  10. 10 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 9 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Usmanu Danfodiyo University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher 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 Usmanu Danfodiyo University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Usmanu Danfodiyo University0.0072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Usmanu Danfodiyo 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 2025Usmanu Danfodiyo University2.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2009.

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