Usman M. Gana

798 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 525 citations indexed

About

Usman M. Gana is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Usman M. Gana has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 525 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Usman M. Gana's work include Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (8 papers), Energy Load and Power Forecasting (6 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (5 papers). Usman M. Gana is often cited by papers focused on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (8 papers), Energy Load and Power Forecasting (6 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (5 papers). Usman M. Gana collaborates with scholars based in Nigeria, Malaysia and India. Usman M. Gana's co-authors include Muhammad Ubale Kiru, Humaira Arshad, Abiodun Esther Omolara, Oludare Isaac Abiodun, Kamal Alieyan, Aman Jantan, Amit Kumar Mishra, Rita Orji, Mohd Ekhwan Toriman and J. E. Sani and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, Communications in computer and information science and SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.

In The Last Decade

Usman M. Gana

13 papers receiving 504 citations

Hit Papers

Comprehensive Review of Artificial Neural Network Applica... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Comprehensive Review of Artificial Neural Network Applications to Pattern Recognition
    2019 456 citations Oludare Isaac Abiodun, Muhammad Ubale Kiru et al. IEEE Access profile →

Peers

Usman M. Gana
Muhammad Ubale Kiru Malaysia
Esra’a Alkafaween Jordan
Saptarshi Sengupta United States
Susmita Ray India
Jia-Wei Chang Taiwan
G. Maragatham India
Muhammad Zubair Rehman Malaysia
Anurag Sharma India
Srishti Verma India
Vinod Kumar Chauhan United Kingdom
Muhammad Ubale Kiru Malaysia
Usman M. Gana
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Usman M. Gana

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All Works

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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2022). The Effect of Varying Aerosol Concentrations on Visibility and Particle Size Distribution in Urban Atmosphere: Validating OPAC Results using MERRA Satellite Aerosol Data. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 282–298. 1 indexed citations
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2021). The Effect of Varying Soot Concentration and Relative Humidity on Visibility and Particle Size Distribution in Urban Atmosphere. 8(1). 83–101.
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2021). Analysis of the Impact of Relative Humidity and Mineral Nuclei Mode Aerosols Particle Concentration on the Visibility of Desert Aerosols. 8(1). 114–131.
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Jantan, Aman, et al.. (2021). A Review on TLS Encryption Malware Detection: TLS Features, Machine Learning Usage, and Future Directions. Communications in computer and information science. 213–229. 8 indexed citations
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2020). Empirical models for estimation of global solar radiation using the monthly average daily sunshine hours data for Makurdi, Benue State. Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 12(1). 32–39. 1 indexed citations
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2019). Time Series and Empirical Orthogonal Transformation Using Meteorological Parameters across the Climatic Zones in Nigeria. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 257–272.
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2019). New temperature dependent models for estimating global solar radiation across the midland climatic zone of Nigeria. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 7(2). 70–80. 11 indexed citations
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2019). New Temperature Dependent Models for Estimating Global Solar Radiation across the Coastal Climatic Zone of Nigeria. International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering. 5(9). 126–141. 10 indexed citations
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Abiodun, Oludare Isaac, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive Review of Artificial Neural Network Applications to Pattern Recognition. IEEE Access. 7. 158820–158846. 456 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mishra, Amit Kumar, et al.. (2017). The Importance of Usability of a Website. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Toriman, Mohd Ekhwan, et al.. (2015). The Correlation Functions and Estimation of Global Solar Radiation Studies Using Sunshine Based Model for Kano, Nigeria. Advances in physics theories and applications. 39. 55–61. 3 indexed citations
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2015). Expert system for detecting and diagnosing car engine starter cranks fault using dynamic control system. 14(27). 41–62.
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Gana, Usman M., et al.. (2012). Avoiding Cybercrime Pandemic in Cashless Society using HMM. International Journal of Computer Applications. 60(7). 35–43. 1 indexed citations

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