UNILORIN Lecturers Make Top Authors, Scientists Lists

The management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has announced that 11 members of its academic staff have made the 500 top authors list in the last three years.

The University's Weekly also stated that the research findings of 10 of the institution's scientists have also been recognised in academia.

It added that the list of the top authors was compiled by a globally renowned academic publishing giant, Elsevier.

“It showed that 11 distinguished Unilorin academics from across various Departments proved their mettle through high-grade publications between 2019 and 2022.

“The breakdown of the report, which was released on December 24, 2022, equally showed that the University of Ilorin accounted for 2.2 per cent of the listed publications among over 170 public and private universities operating in Nigeria.”

According to the Bulletin, the list includes Dr Adewale Adeniyi, the 2021 Unilorin Researcher of the Year, who posted the highest number of publications, as 135 of his scholarly outputs were listed with 2,251 citations.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Wahab Egbewole SAN, reacting to the achievement said it was a result of the quality services available at the university.

Egbewole urged all academic staff of the university to dive deeper into research and publication of their works.

He noted that publication is a building ground for the quality of an institution.