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Wellspring University

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,622
of 22,385 · #29,625 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#171
of 183
Research works
174
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
571
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Wellspring University

Which fields of science does Wellspring University work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Wellspring University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (20%), Social Sciences (19%), Computer Science (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 61 fractional works · 55.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 19.6% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 9.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 24.0% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 12.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 7.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWellspringUniversity110fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences55%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting2219.6%
    2. Social Sciences2119.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance119.8%
    4. Decision Sciences43.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.7%
    6. Psychology21.4%
    1. Computer Science1412.5%
    2. Engineering54.7%
    3. Environmental Science22.0%
    4. Mathematics21.6%
    5. Energy11.0%
    6. Materials Science10.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine87.5%
    2. Health Professions44.0%
    3. Nursing32.7%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Wellspring University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 21.6 works6.1×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.61× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 5.50× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.07× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.01× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.57× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting6.07×22 works
  2. Nursing5.50×3 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.57×11 works
  4. Decision Sciences4.01×4 works
  5. Computer Science1.61×14 works
  6. Health Professions1.51×4 works
  7. Social Sciences1.50×21 works
  8. Mathematics1.33×2 works
  9. Dentistry1.09×1 works
  10. Energy1.04×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×4 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.61×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×0 works
  14. Psychology0.46×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.41×2 works
  17. Medicine0.39×8 works
  18. Neuroscience0.34×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.34×1 works
  20. Engineering0.32×5 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.25×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wellspring University?

Ranked on the quality score, Godfrey Perfectson Oise, Tosin Comfort Olayinka and Okhueleigbe, Osemhantie Amos, Ph.D. lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellspring University.

  1. 1 Godfrey Perfectson Oise Nigeria · #1,112,192 worldwide 93 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Tosin Comfort Olayinka Nigeria · #3,721,476 worldwide 45 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Okhueleigbe, Osemhantie Amos, Ph.D. Nigeria · #3,894,213 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 James Okolie-Osemene Nigeria · #4,038,968 worldwide 98 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Solomon Edem Effiong Nigeria · #4,420,668 worldwide 68 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Robert Ike Eke Nigeria · #4,515,680 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Wellspring University

What are the most cited papers from Wellspring University?

The most cited paper from Wellspring 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 "Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research" (573) and "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).

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 Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research Edward A. Miguel, Colin F. Camerer, Katherine Casey et al. · Science Open access 2 Jan 2014 573
3 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
4 FINANCING OPTIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN NIGERIA Eleazar Chibuzor Gbandi, G. Amissah · European Scientific Journal ESJ Open access 31 Jan 2014 145
5 Immersion treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity: the first review of a promising intervention Kristina Pecora Kelly, Daniel S. Kirschenbaum · Obesity Reviews 13 Jan 2010 103
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wellspring University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, Machine Learning, Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Data Mining, Small and Medium Enterprises and Leadership.

▲ 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. Machine Learning11▲ 3.0×19 topics
  2. Corporate Governance10▲ 13×10 topics
  3. Financial Performance8▲ 13×8 topics
  4. Deep Learning8▲ 2.0×16 topics
  5. Sustainability8▲ 2.8×14 topics
  6. Economic Growth6▲ 6.6×9 topics
  7. Data Mining6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  8. Fiscal Policy5▲ 23×5 topics
  9. Small and Medium Enterprises5▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Leadership5▲ 9.0×6 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.0×11 topics
  12. Financial Reporting4▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Social Capital4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  14. Technology Acceptance Model4▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Earnings Management4▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Information Asymmetry4▲ 61×2 topics
  17. Qualitative Research4▲ 3.8×6 topics
  18. Innovation3▲ 3.0×5 topics
  19. Monetary Policy3▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction3▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Anomaly Detection3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  22. Financial Literacy3▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Governance3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  24. IoT Security3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  25. Accounting Information Systems3▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Fraud Prevention3▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Accounting Quality3▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Audit Committee3▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Big Data Analytics3▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Institutional Quality3▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Corporate Finance2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Economic Crisis2▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Profitability2▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Stock Market2▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Case Study2▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Human Capital Development2▲ 849×1 topic
  37. Human Resource Management2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Organizational Performance2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  39. Social Responsibility2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  40. Financial Development2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Wellspring University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Financial Literacy and Behavior, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Methodology and Impact of Social Science Research and Working Capital and Financial Performance.

Financial Literacy and B…3Financial Literacy and Behavior: 3 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Manag…3Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 3 fractional worksMethodology and Impact of Social Science Research: 2 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceComputer Networks and CommunicationsEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Financial Literacy and Behavior Accounting 3 works
  2. 2 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 3 works
  3. 3 Methodology and Impact of Social Science Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 2 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  6. 6 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 1 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 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 available80.5%not open19.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wellspring University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% 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 Wellspring University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Wellspring University0.00059% in 20251990200020102020

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

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