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Wesley University

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,664
of 22,385 · #12,941 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#157
of 183
Research works
297
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Wesley University

Which fields of science does Wesley University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Wesley University is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 66 fractional works · 54.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 9.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 19.0% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWesley University122fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences54%

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 Sciences3528.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting119.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities97.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance64.5%
    5. Psychology43.2%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Computer Science86.8%
    2. Environmental Science32.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy32.5%
    4. Engineering32.4%
    5. Materials Science22.0%
    6. Chemistry11.1%
    7. Energy11.0%
    8. Mathematics10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine118.8%
    2. Health Professions43.4%
    3. Nursing21.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences108.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 3.06× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.55× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.82× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.06×2 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.84×1 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.82×11 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.55×9 works
  5. Social Sciences2.26×35 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.11×6 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×10 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.44×2 works
  9. Health Professions1.27×4 works
  10. Energy1.11×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.10×3 works
  12. Psychology1.06×4 works
  13. Computer Science0.87×8 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.68×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.58×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.54×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×3 works
  19. Medicine0.46×11 works
  20. Mathematics0.39×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  22. Engineering0.16×3 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wesley University?

Ranked on the quality score, Lukman Abiodun Oyebode and Adewale Olufunlola Yoade lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wesley University.

  1. 1 Lukman Abiodun Oyebode Nigeria · #4,453,660 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Adewale Olufunlola Yoade Nigeria · #5,104,522 worldwide 84 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Wesley University

What are the most cited papers from Wesley University?

The most cited paper from Wesley University is "Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia" (Eric H. Kim, Jeffrey A. Larson, Gerald L. Andriole, 2015), with 305 citations. Next come "Algorithms for bestL 1 andL ∞ linear approximations on a discrete set" (135) and "Corrosion inhibition potentials of ampicillin for mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution" (78).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Eric H. Kim, Jeffrey A. Larson, Gerald L. Andriole · Annual Review of Medicine ReviewOpen access 2 Sep 2015 305
2 Algorithms for bestL 1 andL ∞ linear approximations on a discrete set I. Barrodale, Andrew John Young · Numerische Mathematik May 1966 135
3 Corrosion inhibition potentials of ampicillin for mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution Isaiah Ajibade Adejoro, F Ojo, S.K. Obafemi · Journal of Taibah University for Science Open access 4 Nov 2014 78
4 Unilateral, 3D Arm Movement Kinematics Are Encoded in Ipsilateral Human Cortex David T. Bundy, Nicholas P. Szrama, Mrinal Pahwa et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 9 Oct 2018 73
5 Investigation of Corrosion Inhibition Potentials of Some Aminopyridine Schiff Bases Using Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation Oluwatoba Emmanuel Oyeneyin, Nathanael Damilare Ojo, Nureni Ipinloju et al. · Chemistry Africa 22 Jan 2022 65
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Which keywords describe research at Wesley University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nigeria, Sustainable Development, Development, Leadership, Information Technology, Education, Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  2. Education7▲ 3.5×7 topics
  3. Nigeria6▲ 227×3 topics
  4. Development6▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Sustainability5▲ 1.80×17 topics
  6. Curriculum Development5▲ 6.4×5 topics
  7. Globalization5▲ 2.2×16 topics
  8. Leadership5▲ 8.8×13 topics
  9. Information Technology5▲ 8.9×4 topics
  10. Corporate Governance5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  11. Innovation4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  12. Public Health4▲ 2.3×15 topics
  13. Quality Assurance4▲ 20×1 topic
  14. Youth Unemployment4▲ 283×1 topic
  15. Gender Differences4▲ 8.6×9 topics
  16. Religion4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  17. Social Media4▲ 2.1×10 topics
  18. Colonialism4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Antioxidant3▲ 4.0×16 topics
  20. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 10×9 topics
  21. Higher Education3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  22. Governance3▲ 7.6×2 topics
  23. Institutional Quality3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Inequality3▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Health Equity3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  26. ICT3▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Corruption2▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Decolonization2▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Knowledge Economy2▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Organizational Performance2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  31. financial access2▲ 52×1 topic
  32. African Philosophy2▲ 165×1 topic
  33. Social Networks2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  34. Ubuntu2▲ 165×1 topic
  35. Employee Engagement2▲ 11×6 topics
  36. Succession Planning2▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Mediatization2▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Aquaculture2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  39. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Community Development2▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Wesley University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African Education and Politics, Economic Growth and Development, African cultural and philosophical studies and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

African Education and Po…4African Education and Politics: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…2African cultural and philosophical studies: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…2Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 2 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 2 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 2 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…2Media Studies and Communication: 2 fractional worksOil, Gas, and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 1 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 1 fractional works
EducationInformation SystemsUrban StudiesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 African Education and Politics Education 4 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 2 works
  7. 7 Media Studies and Communication Communication 2 works
  8. 8 Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  9. 9 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 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 available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wesley University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wesley University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Wesley University0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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