Yusuf F. Zakariya

Ahmadu Bello University

Also at University of Agder and Tertiary Education Trust Fundfrom their recent papers

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Modeling and Simulation
Applied Mathematics
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Gender Studies

Publications: 322016–2026
Citations: 191to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 6.391.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 34%11 of 32 scored papers
Open access: 91%29 papers free to read

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

32 in all

Computer-based testing in higher education: a phenomenology investigation into undergraduate students’ perspectives through the technology acceptance model
2026Frontiers in PsychologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1602964
Future-ready educators: assessing the effectiveness of technology-driven intervention in preparing pre-service teachers for 21st-century classrooms

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Education2063%
Developmental and Educational Psychology722%
Modeling and Simulation619%
Applied Mathematics413%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology413%
Gender Studies413%
Social Psychology413%
Computer Science Applications39%
Artificial Intelligence26%
Biomedical Engineering26%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods5
African Education and Politics4
E-Learning and COVID-194
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness4
Gender and Technology in Education4
Mathematics Education and Pedagogy4
Mathematics Education and Programs4
Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques4
Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports3
Online Learning and Analytics3
Teacher Professional Development and Motivation3
Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

59% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Norway14
Saudi Arabia6
South Africa2
United Arab Emirates1
Australia1
Brunei1
United Kingdom1
New Zealand1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of AgderNO14 papers
Federal College of Education, KanoNG6 papers
King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSA3 papers
Osun State UniversityNG3 papers
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySA2 papers
Tertiary Education Trust FundNG2 papers
Jigawa State College of Education GumelNG2 papers
Federal University DutseNG2 papers
Taibah UniversitySA1 paper
The University of QueenslandAU1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Studies in Science and Mathematics Education9
Frontiers in Education4
Frontiers in Psychology3
African Multidisciplinary Journal of Development1
Cogent Education1
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education16
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
1No poverty1
2Zero hunger1
3Good health and well-being1
6Clean water and sanitation1

Most cited

Job satisfaction of mathematics teachers: an empirical investigation to quantify the contributions of teacher self-efficacy and teacher motivation to teach
Mathematics Education Research Journal
202341 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Development of mathematics anxiety scale: Factor analysis as a determinant of subcategories
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)4
201828 citationsOpen access · Green
On the exponential solutions to three extracts from extended fifth-order KdV equation

Frontiers in Education

Affordances and constraints of a blended learning course: experience of pre-service teachers in an African context

2024Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1057/s41599-024-04136-5

On the exponential solutions to three extracts from extended fifth-order KdV equation

2019Journal of King Saud University - ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.1016/j.jksus.2019.01.007

Development of mathematics anxiety scale: Factor analysis as a determinant of subcategories

2018DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding28 citations

Analytical Solutions to Fractional Fluid Flow and Oscillatory Process Models

2018Fractal and FractionalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.3390/fractalfract2020018

Inverse graphs associated with finite groups

2017Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and ApplicationsJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.5614/ejgta.2017.5.1.14

Investigating Validity of Math 105 as Prerequisite to Math 201 among Undergraduate Students, Nigeria

2016International Journal of InstructionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.12973/iji.2016.919a

Education Research International

Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications1

How it can be read

91% free to read

Diamond 2 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 13 · 41%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 13%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 9 · 28%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 3 · 9%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

7 of 32 papers name a funder

Universitetet i Agder6
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals1
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University1

Journal of King Saud University - Science6

201921 citationsOpen access · Hybrid

Inverse graphs associated with finite groups

Electronic Journal of Graph Theory and Applications

201721 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond