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Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, a renowned polymer scientist, has been listed among the top 500 African researchers by scholarly output between 2015 and 2020.

The listing was made by SciVal, a web-based analytics solution that provides comprehensive access to the research performance of over 20,100 research institutions and their associated researchers from 231 nations worldwide.

The top 10 African researchers

According to SciVal, Sadiku has 170 scholarly outputs.

Sadiku was also credited with 1,562 citations and an H-index of 31.

The H-index is an author level metric measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or researcher.

Rotimi Sadiku is 145th on the list

The Nigerian-born researcher is well known for his exceptional work in polymer circles in Nigeria, Scotland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, and India.

He is currently a professor at the faculty of engineering and the built environment of Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.

After obtaining a national diploma in textile technology from Kaduna Polytechnic, Sadiku received a scholarship to enroll for a degree in fibres and polymer science at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. He also completed his PhD at the same institution.

Sadiku has authored and co-authored many articles and book chapters on aspects relating to polymers.

His field of expertise and research specialisation is material sciences and technologies, as well as polymer sciences.​