A professor of Applied Biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA), Ganiyu Oboh, has been rated number one among Nigerian scientists by the influential and leading global ranking body, the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index, via its 2021 world’s scientists and university rankings.
The information was disclosed by the FUTA spokesman, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, in a statement on Thursday last week.
Oboh was trailed on the ranking by Professor Olatunbi Farombi of the University of Ibadan, and Professor Obinna Onwujekwe of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in the second and third place respectively.
The statement said the AD Scientific Index “unlike other systems that provide evaluations of journals and universities, is a ranking and analysis system that is based on the scientific performance and the added value of the scientific productivity of individual scientists.”
The statement reads: “It ranks institutions based on the scientific characteristics of affiliated scientists.
“One of the major differences of the AD Scientific Index is the provision of the last five years’ scores and total scores of the h-index, i10 index, total and last five years’ number of citations.
“Thus, scientists and universities can obtain their academic rankings and monitor developments in the ranking over time. The ‘AD Scientific Index’, uses a different methodology based on the principle of including only meritorious scientists.”
It also added that for institutions’ ranking, the University of Ibadan was ranked first, followed by the University of Nigeria, University of Calabar, FUTA and Ahmadu Bello University in second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively
The statement noted that the ranking was based on the competence of institutions to attract prized scientists and the ability of institutions to encourage advances and retain scientists.
Professor Oboh was admitted to the Federal University of Technology, Akure, where he bagged a B.Tech. degree in Biochemistry in 1992. He later had his M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Biochemistry from the same university in 1997 and 2002.
Vice Chancellor FUTA, Professor Joseph Fuwape, congratulated Oboh whom he described as a first rate researcher and consummate academic who has contributed immensely to the development of the body of knowledge in the area of his core competence.
He said FUTA would continue to support its members of staff and student so that they can keep appearing on national and international stages.
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