{"id":13393,"date":"2026-06-20T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-scientist-recognized-as-one-of-the-most-published-scholars-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:39:11","slug":"iita-scientist-recognized-as-one-of-the-most-published-scholars-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-scientist-recognized-as-one-of-the-most-published-scholars-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA scientist recognized as one of the most published scholars in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 23 November 2017, the Director, Research for Development, West Africa, Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/asiedu-robert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Asiedu<\/a>, was cited as one of 28 most published scholars in Nigeria on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opinions.ng\/see-list-28-published-scholars-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opinions.NG website<\/a>. Asiedu, who is also a chartered biologist  and who leads the Institute\u2019s work on Biotechnology  and Crop Improvement, was recognized not only because he is a scientist from an outst anding institute, but also because he was the only scholar out of the 28 from the field of agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_15047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15047\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_6289.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15047\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DSC_6289.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Dr Asiedu. He has been with IITA since 1989.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Asiedu has been with IITA since 1989.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asiedu has 108 publications  and 901 total citations of 533 documents. The publication range is 1990 to the present,  and his h-index is 16. (The h-index is an index to quantify an individual\u2019s research output. The publication record of an individual  and the citation record are used to derive the h-index. When a scholar has an h-index of 10, it means that 10 papers out of his\/her publications have at least 10 citations. \u2013 from Opinions.NG) The \u201cMost published scholars in Nigeria list\u201d was collated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Mohammed_Aminu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammed D. Aminu<\/a>, a PhD researcher at Cranfield University, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Aminu, \u201cThe collation of researchers\u2019 total publications was based on several criteria including being resident in Nigeria only, being currently affiliated to institutions within Nigeria,  and a Scopus record of 100 publications  and above.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to collate the list was influenced by the challenges of being a scholar  and researcher in Nigeria, where scholars are unable to compete favorably with other scholars from around the world. However, some scholars in Nigeria defy the odds  and have published in some of the most notable academic journals around the world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23 November 2017, the Director, Research for Development, West Africa, Dr Robert Asiedu, was cited as one of 28 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[],"class_list":["post-13393","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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