Obafemi Awolowo University in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
12
researchers on the list
4
rank in Nigeria
3,968
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folayan, Morenike O. | Dentistry | 468 / 101,728 | 55 / 101,728 |
| Ayanlade, Ayansina | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,201 / 84,638 |
| Dada, James Temitope | Economics | — | 790 / 54,592 |
| Olasunkanmi, Lukman O. | Chemical Physics | — | 1,437 / 121,889 |
| Betiku, Eriola A. | Energy | 7,321 / 371,959 | 3,964 / 371,959 |
| Adebiyi, Festus Mayowa | Energy | — | 4,864 / 371,959 |
| Kehinde, Ayodeji Damilola | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,259 / 95,377 |
| Adeniyi, Abidemi Emmanuel | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 7,458 / 517,648 |
| Horton, Robin | Cultural Studies | 155 / 8,723 | — |
| Sofowora, Abayomi | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 2,670 / 120,621 | 1,833 / 120,621 |
| Akinpelu, David Ayinde | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,760 / 120,621 | — |
| Adedoyin, Rufus A. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 6,369 / 360,081 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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