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Yobe State University

In research, Yobe State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,363 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#6,221 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,866 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,879
of 28,054 · #23,558 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#78
of 191
Research works
809
▲ 409% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Yobe State 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,363 of 12,888 8.7%108 #16162
Life SciencesDomain #6,221 of 7,800 7.7%69 #12411
Social SciencesDomain #8,866 of 10,521 9.3%119 #13639
Social SciencesField #5,514 of 6,365 11.7%69 #8907

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yobe State 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. Physical Sciences#16,162 #8,363
  2. Life Sciences#12,411 #6,221
  3. Social Sciences#13,639 #8,866
  4. Social Sciences#8,907 #5,514
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.

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: 3.04× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.89× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.85× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.68× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 4.17× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.24× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 69 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Yobe State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainable Agriculture, Social Capital, Smallholder Farmers, COVID-19, Radicalization, Terrorism 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization24▲ 3.5×26 topics
  2. Climate Change16▲ 1.67×36 topics
  3. Sustainability13▲ 1.51×32 topics
  4. Sustainable Development13▲ 2.3×17 topics
  5. COVID-1913▲ 2.6×14 topics
  6. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.1×19 topics
  7. Education12▲ 1.99×19 topics
  8. Renewable Energy12▲ 2.3×18 topics
  9. Sustainable Agriculture10▲ 9.1×8 topics
  10. Social Capital10▲ 5.2×7 topics
  11. Antioxidant9▲ 3.6×20 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 3.9×17 topics
  13. Curriculum Development8▲ 3.4×4 topics
  14. Economic Growth8▲ 2.8×13 topics
  15. Pandemic8▲ 2.2×10 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Gender Equality7▲ 7.7×4 topics
  18. Democracy7▲ 5.8×7 topics
  19. Poverty Reduction7▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Radicalization7▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Terrorism7▲ 44×1 topic
  22. Development7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  23. Nutritional Value7▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Bioactive Compounds6▲ 7.0×13 topics
  25. Urbanization6▲ 4.2×4 topics
  26. Toxicity6▲ 3.9×9 topics
  27. Urban Development6▲ 4.5×4 topics
  28. Anti-inflammatory6▲ 5.6×14 topics
  29. Fiscal Policy5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Agroforestry5▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Nigeria5▲ 84×3 topics
  32. Climate Resilience5▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition5▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene5▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Religious Education5▲ 8.0×2 topics
  36. Religious Studies5▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Ritual5▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Gender Inequality4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  39. Indigenous Fruits4▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Tree Domestication4▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Yobe State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Terrorism, Counterterror…7Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 7 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…5Child Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksReligion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 5 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 4 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…4African Education and Politics: 4 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceNutrition and DieteticsGeneral Social SciencesForestry5 others

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

  1. 1 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  3. 3 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 5 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 4 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 4 works
  6. 6 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 African Education and Politics Education 4 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 3 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 3 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 available83.2%not open16.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yobe State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 409% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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