University of Nigeria 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).
26
researchers on the list
1
rank in Nigeria
2,133
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onwujekwe, Obinna E. | Health Policy & Services | 108 / 23,941 | 26 / 23,941 |
| Okeke, Emmanuel Sunday | Environmental Sciences | — | 992 / 140,934 |
| Ezema, Fabian Ifeanyichukwu | Applied Physics | 5,520 / 323,282 | 1,347 / 323,282 |
| Okoye, Charles Obinwanne | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,770 / 140,934 |
| Akpomie, Kovo Godfrey | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,956 / 140,934 |
| Attama Anthony, A. Amaechi | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 1,630 / 166,116 | 600 / 166,116 |
| Madu, Christian Ndubuisi | Business & Management | 1,077 / 68,786 | — |
| Niermeyer, Susan N. | Pediatrics | 601 / 81,129 | 470 / 81,129 |
| Nwanya, Assumpta Chinwe | Materials | — | 3,018 / 330,896 |
| Mbagwu, Joe S.C. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 888 / 95,377 | — |
| Ulasi, Ifeoma Isabella | Urology & Nephrology | — | 1,109 / 96,288 |
| Aisida, Samson O. | Materials | — | 4,999 / 330,896 |
| Ibem, Eziyi Offia | Building & Construction | 637 / 56,454 | — |
| Akah, Peter Achunike | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 837 / 120,621 | — |
| Uzochukwu, Benjamin S.Chudi | Health Policy & Services | — | 442 / 23,941 |
| Ezike, Tobechukwu Christian | Biotechnology | — | 939 / 69,700 |
| Osilike, Micah Okwuchukwu | General Mathematics | 1,770 / 76,268 | — |
| Nweze, Emeka Innocent | Microbiology | — | 4,721 / 232,186 |
| Igwe, Ogbonnaya J. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,580 / 82,760 | — |
| Okpala, Iheanyi E. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,540 / 360,081 | 5,008 / 360,081 |
| Okoye, Chukwuemeka Madubuko Ijeoma | General Physics | 2,023 / 87,024 | 1,607 / 87,024 |
| Gever, Celestine Verlumun | Information & Library Sciences | — | 216 / 15,996 |
| Agu, Reginald C. | Food Science | 2,052 / 107,913 | — |
| Okagu, Innocent Uzochukwu | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 1,935 / 120,621 |
| Uzor, Philip F. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 3,473 / 166,116 |
| Ugwu, Izuchukwu David | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 2,368 / 120,621 |
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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