7 BUK Staff Among Best Scientists in Nigeria

Seven staff of Bayero University have been listed among the over 500 best scientists in the
Ranking of Scientists in Nigerian Institutions according to their Google Scholar Citation public
profile.
According to the ranking based on staff of the university, Dr. Mohammed Ajiya, the Head of
Electrical Engineering, tops the chart after emerging the 173rd in the whole ranking list. The chart
is as follows:...


Name                                          Department                    Position in BUK                       Web Rank
Dr. Mohammed Ajiya                  Elect. Engr.                           1                                           173
Prof. Yusuf M. Adamu               Geography                              2                                           235
Dr. Umar Ibrahim Gaya              Chemistry                               3                                           291
Dr. Dahiru Sani Shu’aibu             Electr. Engr                           4                                           361
Dr. Bashir Ali                              Mathematical Sci.                  5                                           398
Dr. Ahmad A. Maiyaki               Business Admin                     6                                           471
Dr. M.Y Waziri                           Mathematical Sci.                  7                                           483

The scholars were ranked based on the h-index. It is an index that attempts to measure both the
scientific productivity and the apparent scientific impact of a scientist. The index is based on the
set of the scientist’s most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other
people’s publications.