BUK’s Auwal Abdullahi makes global scientists’ list
Dr. Auwal Abdullahi, an associate professor in the Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, has been listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists. Bayero University, Kano, official Bulletin disclosed this on Friday, October 9, 2026. The ranking classifies scientists into 20 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields using the Science-Metrix classification…
Bayero University Kano (BUK) associate professor Dr. Auwal Abdullahi has been recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists. This prestigious listing, announced by the university on October 9, 2026, places him in the top 0.05% of researchers globally. The ranking, compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier, evaluates scientists across 20 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields using the Science-Metrix classification system.
To be included, a scientist must rank within the top 100,000 by their c-score, which measures citation performance, or achieve a sub-field percentile of 2% or higher. Abdullahi, who earned his PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Antwerp in Belgium, is specifically ranked 3,204th out of 379,830 authors in the Neurology and Neurosurgery sub-field under Clinical Medicine.
His H-index, a measure of both the productivity and citation impact of a scholar's publications, stands at 18, with an h-m-index of 3. This marks Abdullahi's inclusion in the 2026 edition of the World's Top 2% Scientists ranking. Other BUK scholars recognized in the list include Professor Abdulrazaq Garba Habib, ranked 83rd in the Tropical Medicine sub-field, and Dr. Sunusi Marwana Manladan, ranked 6,002nd in the Materials sub-field.
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