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Research in Abakaliki

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Abakaliki, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ebonyi State University and Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
8.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Abakaliki

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Abakaliki?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ebonyi State UniversityUniversity 3,147 #4,214
2Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiHospital / health system 859 #12,887
3Safe Motherhood Ladies AssociationNonprofit 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Abakaliki work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Abakaliki is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 496 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 252 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEducation: 89 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 63 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 74 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 61 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 47 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 482 fractional works · 31.1% of its workMedicine: 390 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEpidemiology: 46 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 42 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 36 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 67 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 311 fractional works · 20.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 89 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPollution: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 68 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 56 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 259 fractional works · 16.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 149 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPlant Science: 57 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKAbakaliki1,549fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences25216.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting744.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance614.0%
    4. Psychology513.3%
    5. Decision Sciences291.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities281.8%
    1. Medicine39025.2%
    2. Health Professions674.3%
    3. Nursing211.4%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Environmental Science895.8%
    2. Computer Science684.4%
    3. Engineering563.6%
    4. Materials Science342.2%
    5. Mathematics161.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences140.9%
    7. Energy140.9%
    8. Chemistry140.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy60.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1499.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology684.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology231.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.8%
    5. Neuroscience80.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Abakaliki?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Development, Education, Gender Equality, Nigeria, Teacher Education, Maternal Mortality and Economic Growth.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology107▲ 1.73×114 topics
  2. Education65▲ 2.4×35 topics
  3. Sustainable Development52▲ 2.1×40 topics
  4. Public Health50▲ 2.2×45 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress48▲ 1.86×46 topics
  6. Development45▲ 8.2×14 topics
  7. Environmental Impact45▲ 1.71×39 topics
  8. Sustainability45▲ 1.18×55 topics
  9. Climate Change43◆ 1.02×59 topics
  10. Economic Growth42▲ 3.3×23 topics
  11. Risk Factors38▲ 2.2×32 topics
  12. COVID-1938▲ 1.89×25 topics
  13. Gender Equality36▲ 8.2×8 topics
  14. Information Technology35▲ 4.7×10 topics
  15. Mental Health35▲ 1.56×33 topics
  16. Nigeria35▲ 103×3 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 1.87×31 topics
  18. Teacher Education32▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Curriculum Development32▲ 3.1×6 topics
  20. Antioxidant32▲ 3.0×43 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality29▲ 8.3×5 topics
  22. Vaccine29▲ 4.7×11 topics
  23. Quality Assurance28▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity27▲ 2.8×29 topics
  25. Global Burden27▲ 3.2×12 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance27▲ 3.8×10 topics
  27. Youth Unemployment27▲ 145×1 topic
  28. Medicinal Plants25▲ 4.1×18 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity23▲ 3.5×20 topics
  30. Infectious Diseases23▲ 4.5×8 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance22▲ 3.6×14 topics
  32. Antioxidants22▲ 3.1×16 topics
  33. Smallholder Farmers21▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Fiscal Policy20▲ 6.4×6 topics
  35. Sustainable Agriculture19▲ 4.0×9 topics
  36. Health Inequalities17▲ 9.2×5 topics
  37. Community Health Workers17▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Child Mortality16▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Health Systems16▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Phytochemicals14▲ 8.8×7 topics

What research is done in Abakaliki?

Global Maternal and Chil…15Global Maternal and Child Health: 15 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…12African Education and Politics: 12 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 10 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 8 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 8 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 8 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…8Economic Growth and Development: 8 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 8 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEducationEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismHealth6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  2. 2 African Education and Politics Education 12 works
  3. 3 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 8 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 8 works
  7. 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 8 works
  9. 9 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 8 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Abakaliki9.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 2012.

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