Alumnus of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH Ogbomoso in the academics have been ranked among the best scientist in world by Alper-Doger Scientific Index.
In a data obtained from the World Scientist and University Rankings via https://www.adscientificindex.com, apart from dominanting the best scentists in Nigeria, the institution was also ranked 11th position in Nigeria.
According to the ranking, Prof Agbaje Lateef an alumni of the University is the 1st in medical and health scentist/microbiology Olugbenga Solomon Bello, the 2nd in Natural Sciences/Chemical Sciences is also a product of the Institution while Prof. Stephen Olatunde Olabiyisi a senior lecturer at the University is the 1st in Engineering & Technology /Computer Science in the University and 4th in Nigeria.
The AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index), is a ranking and analysis system based on the scientific performance and the added value of the scientific productivity of individual scientists.
Unlike other systems that provide evaluations of journals and universities, AD provides rankings of institutions based on the scientific characteristics of affiliated scientists.
Also, “AD Scientific Index” is the first and only study that shows the total and the last five-year productivity coefficients of scientists based on the h-index and i10 index scores and citations in Google Scholar. In other words, the “AD Scientific Index” provides both the academic ranking and analysis results.
Using a total of nine parameters, the
AD Scientific Index shows the ranking of an individual scientist by 12 subject including, Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law / Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Others)
The former chairman Academic Staff Union of the University, ASUU Dr Abiodun Olaniran while reacting said ” I am highly impressed with the outstanding performance and this feat is achieved because of commitment of lecturers to the University
He added that proper funding of the university will help improve the performances of the Lecturers and other and the ranking of the University
