{
  "id": 13793130,
  "title": "BUK’s Auwal Abdullahi makes global scientists’ list",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/buks-auwal-abdullahi-makes-global-scientists-list",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:53:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/buks-auwal-abdullahi-makes-global-scientists-list/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}