A renowned polymer scientist and a foremost member of the Ogidi Ela Forum, Professor Rotimi Sadiku has emerged Number one researcher across the world, beating 379 others who were assessed in Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. Professor Sadiku has been teaching in the same university and conducting researches for the past 20 years.
According to information reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper, the rating of the research works was contained in the AD Scientific Index 2025 and coordinated by Elsevier Publishers and Stanford University.
It was gathered that by the rating, Professor Sadiku stands at number 154 out of the 19,145 researchers rated in South Africa and 262 out of the 170,834 assessed in Africa.
“Of the 2,400,171 rated globally, Sadiku stands at number 46,951. By that, he stands tall among the top two percent of global researchers.”
According to Meta Artificial Intelligence (AI), AD Scientific Index is a database that evaluates and ranks scientists based on their scientific performance and publication metrics. It provides a comprehensive list of researchers worldwide, considering factors such as: H-Index (a measure of research productivity and citation impact), citations, publications, international collaboration and scientific output.
AD Scientific Index aims to promote transparency in scientific research, identify leading researchers and institutions, facilitate collaboration and networking and Support research evaluation and policy-making.
