Edo State University’s Professor of Microbiology and Director of Research and Innovation, Charles Adetunji, has emerged as the number one among the top 500 African authors with scholarly outputs between 2020 and 2023.
Adetunji, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Science, had 70 scholarly outputs and 270 citations in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences within the period. SciVal, an online tool that helps researchers and research institutions visualize their research performance and benchmark it relative to peers, carried out the rating. The tool also identifies and analyses emerging research trends and develops collaborative partnerships.
Adetunji also emerged as the number one author in the area of “all subject areas” with 1,025 citations and 229 scholarly output. The professor recently earned the fellow of the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria.
Esther Akinlabi, a professor of Mechanical Engineering and the deputy faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange) at Northumbria University, emerged fifth, with 176 scholarly output and 594 citations within the given year. Other Nigerian professors in the top ten include Joshua Ighalo, Joseph Awotunde, Adewale Adeniyi, Ojo Fayomi and Moses Emetere.
Adetunji, an alumnus of the University of Ilorin, has been celebrated on the university’s Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) pages. The post read, “We proudly celebrate our distinguished alumnus, Prof Charles Adetunji, who has attained the prestigious number one position among the top 500 prolific authors in Nigeria, a distinction he has maintained since 2020, as recognised by SciVal/SCOPUS.
The don has an impressive track record of publishing scientific journals and conference proceedings in refereed national and international publications. He has more than 580 manuscripts, including over 40 books and multiple scientific patents. His Google Scholar i10-Index is 136.
“Notably, he recently clinched the number one spot in two distinct fields: Biological Sciences and Agricultural Science, surpassing 500 prolific authors hailing from 58 different countries across Africa.
