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![Ayodele Samuel Jegede](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f7/104596.jpg)
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,339
0.565
![Olayinka Akanle](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c7/96297.jpg)
Sociology
Migration and Diaspora Studies
Development Studies.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,530
0.774
![Funmilola O. Omotayo|Funmilola Olubunmi Omotayo, F. O. Omotayo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3c/97919.jpg)
Social Informatics
Information Behaviour
Information Policy
Knowledge Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,476
1,193
0.808
![Aderinto Yinka](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Deviance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
550
0.515
![Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f0/104600.jpg)
Sociology
Contextual Studies
Qualitative Methodology
Political Sociology
Development Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,038
651
0.627
![Ifeanyi P. Onyeonoru](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/41/99463.jpg)
Employment Relations
Gender and Work
Trade Union and Democracy
Labour Migration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
542
183
0.338
![Stella O. Odebode](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/90949.jpg)
Gender issues and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
241
0.450
![Femi O. Omololu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b5/97646.jpg)
Social Demography
Policy Analysis and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513
249
0.485
![Okewumi Ewajesu Opeyemi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8c/4907636.jpg)
Sociology of Development
Childhood Studies
Gender studies
Social Policy
Social Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
![Ephraim Ifediri Nwokporo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/87/4918128.jpg)
Sociology of development and social policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
![Olumuyiwa A. Akande](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/79/5030661.jpg)
Tourism
Entertainment
Sociology of Arts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
![Anthony Obemeata](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
sociology of work
research methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
6
0.462
![Dinne Chinedu Ernest](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/5066766.jpg)
Criminology
Penology
Security Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Ayodele Samuel Jegede
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,368
1,339
0.565
Sociology
public health
anthropology
bioethics
Olayinka Akanle
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,530
0.774
Sociology
Migration and Diaspora Studies
Development Studies.
Funmilola O. Omotayo|Funmilola Olubunmi Omotayo, F. O. Omotayo
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,476
1,193
0.808
Social Informatics
Information Behaviour
Information Policy
Knowledge Management
Aderinto Yinka
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,067
550
0.515
Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,038
651
0.627
Sociology
Contextual Studies
Qualitative Methodology
Political Sociology
Development Sociology
Ifeanyi P. Onyeonoru
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
542
183
0.338
Employment Relations
Gender and Work
Trade Union and Democracy
Labour Migration
Stella O. Odebode
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
535
241
0.450
Femi O. Omololu
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513
249
0.485
Social Demography
Policy Analysis and Development
Okewumi Ewajesu Opeyemi
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
Sociology of Development
Childhood Studies
Gender studies
Social Policy
Social Theory
Ephraim Ifediri Nwokporo
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
22
0.957
Sociology of development and social policy
Olumuyiwa A. Akande
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
21
1.000
Tourism
Entertainment
Sociology of Arts
Anthony Obemeata
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
6
0.462
Dinne Chinedu Ernest
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000