Research in Abuja
Science Explorer records 51 research institutions in Abuja, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Abuja, Nile University of Nigeria and Baze University.
- Research institutions
- 51 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 16k ▲ 51% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 135k 8.5 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 11.8% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Abuja?
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.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Abuja work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research in Abuja is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences2,40934.2%
- Social Sciences1,11415.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance4886.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting4666.6%
- Psychology1321.9%
- Decision Sciences1111.6%
- Arts and Humanities971.4%
- Physical Sciences2,07329.4%
- Engineering6609.4%
- Environmental Science4856.9%
- Computer Science4726.7%
- Energy1111.6%
- Materials Science1031.5%
- Mathematics801.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences711.0%
- Chemistry470.7%
- Physics and Astronomy350.5%
- Chemical Engineering70.1%
- Health Sciences1,67023.7%
- Medicine1,30218.5%
- Health Professions2773.9%
- Nursing681.0%
- Veterinary120.2%
- Dentistry120.2%
- Life Sciences89412.7%
What is Abuja strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Abuja is most concentrated in Modeling and Simulation, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Infectious Diseases (5.1× the world share in Modeling and Simulation).
- Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 40.4 works5.1×
- General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 68.9 works4.8×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 175.4 works4.5×
- PollutionSubfield · 82.6 works3.7×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.36×410 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.03×374 works
- Nursing2.02×56 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.78×36 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.62×440 works
- Decision Sciences1.62×89 works
- Energy1.59×84 works
- Health Professions1.55×234 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.53×88 works
- Environmental Science1.33×378 works
- Veterinary1.28×10 works
- Social Sciences1.14×821 works
- Mathematics1.07×72 works
- Medicine1.00×1,099 works
- Computer Science0.83×368 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.68×61 works
- Engineering0.66×562 works
- Psychology0.57×100 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×162 works
- Chemistry0.47×42 works
- Materials Science0.45×90 works
- Arts and Humanities0.42×69 works
- Dentistry0.35×10 works
- Chemical Engineering0.29×6 works
- Neuroscience0.24×22 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.24×31 works
Which keywords describe research in Abuja?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Sustainability, Governance, Environmental Impact, Globalization and Development.
- Poverty Reduction
- Child Mortality
- Transport Infrastructure
- Health Inequalities
- Community Health Workers
- financial access
- Inclusive Development
- Infectious Diseases
- Institutional Quality
- Gender Equality
- ICT
- Risk Management
- Immune Response
- Development
- Public Health
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Economic Growth
- Globalization
- Education
- Renewable Energy
- COVID-19
- Vaccine
- Governance
- Corporate Governance
- Fiscal Policy
- Nigeria
- Inequality
- Knowledge Economy
- Maternal Mortality
- Mobile Phones
- gender inclusion
- Infrastructure
- Quality Assurance
- Socio-economic Factors
- Health Systems
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
- Epidemiology423▲ 1.51×128 topics
- Sustainability300▲ 1.74×93 topics
- Economic Growth286▲ 5.0×30 topics
- Machine Learning269◆ 1.15×87 topics
- Globalization268▲ 1.93×101 topics
- Environmental Impact255▲ 2.1×62 topics
- Education250▲ 2.1×82 topics
- Climate Change234▲ 1.22×100 topics
- Renewable Energy224▲ 2.2×50 topics
- Sustainable Development214▲ 1.95×77 topics
- COVID-19180▲ 1.97×32 topics
- Public Health172▲ 1.68×62 topics
- Vaccine163▲ 5.8×11 topics
- Development147▲ 5.8×18 topics
- Governance146▲ 6.4×13 topics
- Immune Response143▲ 3.6×22 topics
- Corporate Governance138▲ 2.7×24 topics
- Risk Management135▲ 4.0×14 topics
- Fiscal Policy123▲ 8.6×7 topics
- ICT121▲ 13×5 topics
- Nigeria119▲ 78×3 topics
- Gender Equality119▲ 6.0×14 topics
- Inequality118▲ 7.3×10 topics
- Institutional Quality111▲ 15×3 topics
- Knowledge Economy102▲ 13×7 topics
- Infectious Diseases101▲ 4.3×9 topics
- Maternal Mortality101▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Inclusive Development100▲ 33×2 topics
- Mobile Phones100▲ 31×2 topics
- financial access100▲ 36×1 topic
- gender inclusion100▲ 36×1 topic
- Community Health Workers87▲ 14×2 topics
- Infrastructure84▲ 10×6 topics
- Health Inequalities83▲ 9.7×5 topics
- Quality Assurance82▲ 6.8×8 topics
- Transport Infrastructure81▲ 14×3 topics
- Socio-economic Factors80▲ 10×2 topics
- Child Mortality79▲ 16×1 topic
- Health Systems79▲ 16×1 topic
- Poverty Reduction79▲ 8.6×5 topics
What research is done in Abuja?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 67 works
- 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 64 works
- 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 64 works
- 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 49 works
- 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 46 works
- 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 46 works
- 7 African Education and Politics Education 40 works
- 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 38 works
- 9 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 37 works
- 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 36 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2009.
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