The University of Ibadan Nigeria has been ranked as the number one university in Nigeria while the University of Nigeria Nsukka and the University of Calabar came second and third places respectively.
An influential and leading global ranking body, the AD Scientific Index, which recently released the list of its 2021 world’s scientists and university rankings, which was sighted by Tribune Online on its website www.adscientificindex.com, ranked University of Ibadan as the number one university ahead of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University of Calabar, which came second and third respectively.
Also, one of the dons of the University of Ibadan, Professor Farombi, a Professor of Biochemistry, Toxicology and Translational Medicine, was ranked the best out of the 287 professors from the university that were assessed by the scientific index.
According to the AD Scientific Index on its website: “In the presence of many different university ranking systems, as the ‘AD Scientific Index’, we have developed a ranking system with a different methodology based on the principle of including only meritorious scientists.
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“Based on Google Scholar’s total h-index scores, we have listed all academicians, who are ranked in the world in the top 10,000 and top 100,000 in university rankings. Furthermore, we have listed the breakdown of this ranking by main subjects.
“As the order of ranking principles, we used the overall top 10,000 scientists list primarily. Secondly and thirdly, we used the ranking in the top 100,000 and top 200.000 scientists list. Fourthly, the total number of scientists in the AD Scientific Index was ranked by the universities.
“In the case of equalities within a university ranking, we used the highest rank of the scientist in the respective university as it is listed in the world ranking.”
It also said the ranking “reveals the competency of institutions to attract prized scientists and the ability of institutions to encourage advances and retain scientists.”
Source: Nigerian Tribune
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