Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Nigeria Highly Cited Researchers Citation Social Sciences in Nigeria Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Medical Sociology
Social gerontology with bias in nutrition and mental health
Social Demography
Bioethics
Qualitative data
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,275
27,797
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Library and Information Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,613
3,541
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Organisational behaviour
extra-role behaviour
wellbeing and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,365
3,718
0.852
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Maternal
reproductive and child health
Infectious diseases of Poverty (HIV
Hepatitis
HPV )
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,121
2,342
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Demography of Ageing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,038
2,849
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Demography
Medical Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,916
375
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Demographic dynamics and Interrelations
Fertility and Reproductive health
Migration
Ageing
Family and marriage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,760
1,138
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Political Violence
Terrorism
Violent Extremism
Transnational Threats and Maritime Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,740
2,206
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Information Science
ICT
information Seeking Behaviour
Innovation and Development
Research Methodology and Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,738
2,931
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Comparative Politics
Security and Conflict Studies
Public Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,381
1,302
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
comparative African democratisation
election studies
oil and environmental politics in the Niger Delta
identity politics
pea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
1,410
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,995
2,011
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
counselling psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,636
1,002
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Work Engagement
Work-life Balance
Career Development
Cyberbehaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,504
1,943
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Peace
conflict
defence
security
development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
1,768
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,339
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Health Demography: Maternal & Child Health
Reproductive Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,333
1,831
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Politics
Security
Environment
Human Rights
Elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,084
732
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
physical and forensic anthropology and neuroanatomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,042
813
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Liberal Political Ecology
Security Studies
Gender & Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,029
1,609
0.793
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Sociology
Migration and Diaspora Studies
Development Studies.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,530
0.774
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Psychometrics and Clinical Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,944
1,725
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
information literacy
digital library
institutional repositories
social media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,937
1,231
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Gender and women studies
family studies
reproductive health
health systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,886
1,254
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Public Administration
Ethical Issues
Employee Retention
E-Governance
Gender Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
1,322
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,800
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ago Iwoye, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,275
27,797
0.788
Medical Sociology
Social gerontology with bias in nutrition and mental health
Social Demography
Bioethics
Qualitative data
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,156
87
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Adeyinka Tella
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,613
3,541
0.535
Library and Information Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
226,849
188
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ike E. Onyishi
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,365
3,718
0.852
Organisational behaviour
extra-role behaviour
wellbeing and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,228
206
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Oliver Ezechi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,121
2,342
0.568
Maternal
reproductive and child health
Infectious diseases of Poverty (HIV
Hepatitis
HPV )
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,837
219
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Elias Olukorede Wahab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,038
2,849
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
250,862
227
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Israel Olatunji Orubuloye
Afe Babalola University
Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,916
375
0.096
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
259,954
244
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Uche C Isiugo-Abanihe
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,760
1,138
0.303
Demographic dynamics and Interrelations
Fertility and Reproductive health
Migration
Ageing
Family and marriage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,138
249
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Freedom C. Onuoha
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,740
2,206
0.590
Political Violence
Terrorism
Violent Extremism
Transnational Threats and Maritime Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
261,245
251
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manir Abdullahi Kamba
Bayero University
Gwarzo Road Kano, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,738
2,931
0.784
Information Science
ICT
information Seeking Behaviour
Innovation and Development
Research Methodology and Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,762
296
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Augustine Ikelegbe
University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,381
1,302
0.385
Comparative Politics
Security and Conflict Studies
Public Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,380
348
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
J. Shola Omotola
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,052
1,410
0.462
comparative African democratisation
election studies
oil and environmental politics in the Niger Delta
identity politics
pea
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
315,270
361
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Gabriel Ademola Olatunji
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,995
2,011
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,724
453
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Akinlolu Adeyemo
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,636
1,002
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,008
500
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fabian Ugwu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,504
1,943
0.776
Work Engagement
Work-life Balance
Career Development
Cyberbehaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,581
523
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Usman A. Tar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,455
1,768
0.720
Peace
conflict
defence
security
development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,996
556
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ayodele Samuel Jegede
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,339
0.565
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
384,449
569
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sunday A. Adedini
Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State
Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,333
1,831
0.785
Health Demography: Maternal & Child Health
Reproductive Health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,805
661
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Okechukwu Ibeanu
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,084
732
0.351
Politics
Security
Environment
Human Rights
Elections
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,172
682
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Patrick Igbigbi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,042
813
0.398
physical and forensic anthropology and neuroanatomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
426,109
689
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Al Chukwuma Okoli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,029
1,609
0.793
Liberal Political Ecology
Security Studies
Gender & Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,178
720
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Olayinka Akanle
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,530
0.774
Sociology
Migration and Diaspora Studies
Development Studies.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,387
740
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Joshua Chiroma Gandi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,944
1,725
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,515
746
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ebikabowei Emmanuel Baro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,937
1,231
0.636
information literacy
digital library
institutional repositories
social media
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,127
794
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nkoli Ezumah
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,886
1,254
0.665
Gender and women studies
family studies
reproductive health
health systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,744
798
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Daniel Eseme Gberevbie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,882
1,322
0.702
Public Administration
Ethical Issues
Employee Retention
E-Governance
Gender Politics