Huge Scholarly Output Earns Covenant 1st Position in the Field of Option Pricing; Hedging; Black-Scholes Equation
Most active Institutions in the field of Option Pricing; Hedging; Black-Scholes Equation
Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan, was among the motley crowd that played catch-up as Covenant University emerged No. 1 in the list of the top 5 institutions globally, by scholarly output, in the field of Option Pricing; Hedging; Black-Scholes Equation.
According to the latest computations by Elsevier’s SciVal, the quick and easy access to the research performance of 8500 research institutions and 220 countries worldwide, Covenant had 13 scholarly outputs, 128 views count, field-weighted citation impact of 4.92, and 64 citation count, with the overall research performance worldwide put at 128 scholarly outputs, 1, 080 views count, field-weighted citation impact of 1.02, and 251 citation count.
The University of Ibadan was 2nd with 10 scholarly outputs, 113 views count, field-weighted citation impact of 2.79, and 47 citation count, while the University of Rousse had 9 scholarly outputs, 155 views count, field-weighted citation impact of 0.47, and 23 citation count to emerge 3rd.
Also, two Covenant University authors featured prominently in the list of the top 10 authors globally on this topic. Dr. Sunday Edeki of the Department of Mathematics was ranked 3rd with 13 scholarly outputs, 128 views count, field-weighted citation impact of 4.92, and 46 citation count. His research interests include Stochastic Analysis; Financial Mathematics; and Fractional Calculus.
The other author from Covenant, Mrs. Grace Alao (formerly Akinlabi), also of the Department of Mathematics, placed 7th courtesy of her 4 scholarly outputs, 29 views count, field-weighted citation impact of 10.04, and 20 citation count.
