Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University
Short name
ABU
Country, city
Nigeria, Zaria
Publications
6 278
Citations
78 946
h-index
88
Top-3 journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (77 publications)
Heliyon
Heliyon (61 publications)
Top-3 organizations
Bayero University, Kano
Bayero University, Kano (228 publications)
University of Ilorin
University of Ilorin (197 publications)
University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan (195 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
from chars
 / 
 / 
 / 
 / 
Publications found: 0

Since 1963

Total publications
6278
Total citations
78931
Citations per publication
12.57
Average publications per year
101.26
Average authors per publication
5.71
h-index
88
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
General Medicine, 947, 15.08%
General Medicine
947 publications, 15.08%
Agronomy and Crop Science, 468, 7.45%
Agronomy and Crop Science
468 publications, 7.45%
Infectious Diseases, 391, 6.23%
Infectious Diseases
391 publications, 6.23%
Animal Science and Zoology, 333, 5.3%
Animal Science and Zoology
333 publications, 5.3%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 297, 4.73%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
297 publications, 4.73%
General Veterinary, 288, 4.59%
General Veterinary
288 publications, 4.59%
General Environmental Science, 227, 3.62%
General Environmental Science
227 publications, 3.62%
Multidisciplinary, 222, 3.54%
Multidisciplinary
222 publications, 3.54%
General Engineering, 220, 3.5%
General Engineering
220 publications, 3.5%
Biochemistry, 218, 3.47%
Biochemistry
218 publications, 3.47%
Pharmacology, 211, 3.36%
Pharmacology
211 publications, 3.36%
Parasitology, 210, 3.35%
Parasitology
210 publications, 3.35%
Pollution, 204, 3.25%
Pollution
204 publications, 3.25%
Mechanical Engineering, 191, 3.04%
Mechanical Engineering
191 publications, 3.04%
General Materials Science, 189, 3.01%
General Materials Science
189 publications, 3.01%
Soil Science, 188, 2.99%
Soil Science
188 publications, 2.99%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 179, 2.85%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
179 publications, 2.85%
Food Animals, 173, 2.76%
Food Animals
173 publications, 2.76%
Environmental Chemistry, 172, 2.74%
Environmental Chemistry
172 publications, 2.74%
Plant Science, 169, 2.69%
Plant Science
169 publications, 2.69%
Condensed Matter Physics, 162, 2.58%
Condensed Matter Physics
162 publications, 2.58%
General Chemical Engineering, 154, 2.45%
General Chemical Engineering
154 publications, 2.45%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 150, 2.39%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
150 publications, 2.39%
General Chemistry, 149, 2.37%
General Chemistry
149 publications, 2.37%
Food Science, 145, 2.31%
Food Science
145 publications, 2.31%
Drug Discovery, 141, 2.25%
Drug Discovery
141 publications, 2.25%
Genetics, 137, 2.18%
Genetics
137 publications, 2.18%
Molecular Biology, 136, 2.17%
Molecular Biology
136 publications, 2.17%
Materials Chemistry, 135, 2.15%
Materials Chemistry
135 publications, 2.15%
Microbiology (medical), 134, 2.13%
Microbiology (medical)
134 publications, 2.13%
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000

Journals

10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
SSRN Electronic Journal
77 publications, 1.23%
Tropical Animal Health and Production
70 publications, 1.12%
Heliyon
61 publications, 0.97%
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
61 publications, 0.97%
Comparative Clinical Pathology
56 publications, 0.89%
Bulletin of the National Research Centre
48 publications, 0.76%
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
46 publications, 0.73%
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
43 publications, 0.68%
Crop Protection
43 publications, 0.68%
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection
42 publications, 0.67%
Scientific African
42 publications, 0.67%
Theriogenology
40 publications, 0.64%
Journal of Agricultural Science
39 publications, 0.62%
Astrophysics and Space Science
39 publications, 0.62%
PLoS ONE
36 publications, 0.57%
Chemistry Africa
35 publications, 0.56%
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
34 publications, 0.54%
Experimental Agriculture
32 publications, 0.51%
Scientific Reports
31 publications, 0.49%
Advanced Materials Research
31 publications, 0.49%
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems
29 publications, 0.46%
Veterinary Parasitology
29 publications, 0.46%
Tropical Doctor
29 publications, 0.46%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
29 publications, 0.46%
FASEB Journal
28 publications, 0.45%
British Veterinary Journal
27 publications, 0.43%
Research in Veterinary Science
25 publications, 0.4%
SN Applied Sciences
25 publications, 0.4%
The Lancet
23 publications, 0.37%
Animal Reproduction Science
23 publications, 0.37%
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80

Publishers

200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
Elsevier
1755 publications, 27.95%
Springer Nature
1367 publications, 21.77%
Taylor & Francis
548 publications, 8.73%
Wiley
516 publications, 8.22%
MDPI
206 publications, 3.28%
Cambridge University Press
178 publications, 2.84%
SAGE
165 publications, 2.63%
Oxford University Press
147 publications, 2.34%
Hindawi Limited
91 publications, 1.45%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
77 publications, 1.23%
Walter de Gruyter
58 publications, 0.92%
IOP Publishing
54 publications, 0.86%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
51 publications, 0.81%
Frontiers Media S.A.
49 publications, 0.78%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
46 publications, 0.73%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
42 publications, 0.67%
Trans Tech Publications
39 publications, 0.62%
King Saud University
36 publications, 0.57%
Emerald
31 publications, 0.49%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
30 publications, 0.48%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
28 publications, 0.45%
BMJ
26 publications, 0.41%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
25 publications, 0.4%
AIP Publishing
22 publications, 0.35%
IGI Global
22 publications, 0.35%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
21 publications, 0.33%
Inderscience Publishers
20 publications, 0.32%
IOS Press
17 publications, 0.27%
American Society for Microbiology
17 publications, 0.27%
Scientific Scholar
16 publications, 0.25%
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800

With other organizations

50
100
150
200
250
Bayero University, Kano
228 publications, 3.63%
University of Ilorin
197 publications, 3.14%
University of Ibadan
195 publications, 3.11%
University of Maiduguri
161 publications, 2.56%
University of Jos
121 publications, 1.93%
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
118 publications, 1.88%
University of Abuja
103 publications, 1.64%
Obafemi Awolowo University
103 publications, 1.64%
Petronas University of Technology
99 publications, 1.58%
University of Technology, Malaysia
98 publications, 1.56%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
97 publications, 1.55%
University of Science, Malaysia
91 publications, 1.45%
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
91 publications, 1.45%
University Putra Malaysia
85 publications, 1.35%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
83 publications, 1.32%
University of Ghana
82 publications, 1.31%
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
81 publications, 1.29%
University of Lagos
76 publications, 1.21%
University of Calabar
75 publications, 1.19%
Federal University of Technology Minna
72 publications, 1.15%
Central South University
67 publications, 1.07%
Federal University Dutse
56 publications, 0.89%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
56 publications, 0.89%
University of Pretoria
55 publications, 0.88%
King Abdulaziz University
54 publications, 0.86%
Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi
53 publications, 0.84%
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
45 publications, 0.72%
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
43 publications, 0.68%
University of California, San Francisco
43 publications, 0.68%
University of Malaya
42 publications, 0.67%
50
100
150
200
250

With foreign organizations

10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Petronas University of Technology
99 publications, 1.58%
University of Technology, Malaysia
98 publications, 1.56%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
97 publications, 1.55%
University of Science, Malaysia
91 publications, 1.45%
University Putra Malaysia
85 publications, 1.35%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
83 publications, 1.32%
University of Ghana
82 publications, 1.31%
Central South University
67 publications, 1.07%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
56 publications, 0.89%
University of Pretoria
55 publications, 0.88%
King Abdulaziz University
54 publications, 0.86%
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
45 publications, 0.72%
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
43 publications, 0.68%
University of California, San Francisco
43 publications, 0.68%
University of Malaya
42 publications, 0.67%
Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
40 publications, 0.64%
University of Edinburgh
35 publications, 0.56%
University of Tokyo
35 publications, 0.56%
Minjiang University
30 publications, 0.48%
Harvard University
30 publications, 0.48%
University of Strathclyde
27 publications, 0.43%
Nazarbayev University
26 publications, 0.41%
University College London
26 publications, 0.41%
University of Rwanda
26 publications, 0.41%
Heidelberg University
25 publications, 0.4%
Imperial College London
25 publications, 0.4%
Johns Hopkins University
25 publications, 0.4%
Stellenbosch University
25 publications, 0.4%
University of Cape Town
24 publications, 0.38%
Karolinska Institute
23 publications, 0.37%
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

With other countries

50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
United Kingdom, 479, 7.63%
United Kingdom
479 publications, 7.63%
USA, 450, 7.17%
USA
450 publications, 7.17%
Malaysia, 437, 6.96%
Malaysia
437 publications, 6.96%
China, 309, 4.92%
China
309 publications, 4.92%
South Africa, 306, 4.87%
South Africa
306 publications, 4.87%
Saudi Arabia, 249, 3.97%
Saudi Arabia
249 publications, 3.97%
India, 196, 3.12%
India
196 publications, 3.12%
Ghana, 164, 2.61%
Ghana
164 publications, 2.61%
Germany, 126, 2.01%
Germany
126 publications, 2.01%
Australia, 116, 1.85%
Australia
116 publications, 1.85%
Pakistan, 105, 1.67%
Pakistan
105 publications, 1.67%
Japan, 89, 1.42%
Japan
89 publications, 1.42%
Egypt, 88, 1.4%
Egypt
88 publications, 1.4%
Canada, 85, 1.35%
Canada
85 publications, 1.35%
Kenya, 81, 1.29%
Kenya
81 publications, 1.29%
Brazil, 80, 1.27%
Brazil
80 publications, 1.27%
France, 65, 1.04%
France
65 publications, 1.04%
Uganda, 56, 0.89%
Uganda
56 publications, 0.89%
Spain, 53, 0.84%
Spain
53 publications, 0.84%
Italy, 51, 0.81%
Italy
51 publications, 0.81%
Ethiopia, 50, 0.8%
Ethiopia
50 publications, 0.8%
Cameroon, 46, 0.73%
Cameroon
46 publications, 0.73%
Netherlands, 46, 0.73%
Netherlands
46 publications, 0.73%
Iraq, 44, 0.7%
Iraq
44 publications, 0.7%
Tanzania, 44, 0.7%
Tanzania
44 publications, 0.7%
Bangladesh, 41, 0.65%
Bangladesh
41 publications, 0.65%
Rwanda, 41, 0.65%
Rwanda
41 publications, 0.65%
UAE, 39, 0.62%
UAE
39 publications, 0.62%
Poland, 39, 0.62%
Poland
39 publications, 0.62%
Republic of Korea, 38, 0.61%
Republic of Korea
38 publications, 0.61%
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1963 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.