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By Ehigimetor Igbaugba<\/p>\n
The University of Calabar (UniCal) says four of its academics have been named among the world\u2019s top two per cent of scientists in the 2026 Elsevier\/Stanford Global Ranking.<\/p>\n
The university\u2019s Public Relations Unit through its Public Relations Officer, Mr Effiong Eyo, disclosed this on Saturday in a statement in Calabar.<\/p>\n
The statement described the recognition as a boost to the institution\u2019s global research visibility.<\/p>\n
The university listed the scholars to include; Prof. Edet Aniekan, in Engineering, with 23 citations and Dr Ikeuba Alexander, in Enabling and Strategic Technologies, with 26 citations.<\/p>\n
Others are; Prof. Meremikwu Madu, Clinical Medicine, with 35 citations as well as Prof. Chukwuemeka Okafor, Enabling and Strategic Technologies, also with 35 citations.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the recognition is based on the latest release of the Elsevier\/Stanford author databases, which cover citation indicators upto the end of 2025, \u00a0for career-long impact and the 2025 calendar year, for single-year impact.<\/p>\n
It added that the feat was captured in the Nigerian University Representation Analysis independently compiled by Dr Valentine Owan of the university, \u00a0from the official Elsevier\/Stanford 2026 data.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, the analysis was conducted by extracting Nigerian records from both databases.<\/p>\n
It added that it also grouped \u00a0authors according to their university affiliations and counting each author once, within the relevant database.<\/p>\n
The statement explained that affiliations linked to constituent colleges or teaching hospitals were grouped under their parent universities where the relationships were clear.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, research institutes, standalone hospitals, government organisations and polytechnics were not assigned to universities in the analysis,\u201d it explained.<\/p>\n
Quoting Owan, the statement clarified that the rankings measured the number of authors associated with each university in the respective databases.<\/p>\n
It added that this should not be interpreted as a ranking of universities by research quality or overall institutional performance.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, inclusion of the four academics in the global ranking underscore their research visibilityand represent a source of pride for the university community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recognition further highlighted the contributions of UniCal scholars to research in Engineering, Clinical Medicine as well as \u00a0Enabling and Strategic Technologies,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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