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Research in Akure

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Akure, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Federal University of Technology and Joseph Ayo Babalola University.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
100k
9.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Akure

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 Akure?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Federal University of TechnologyUniversity 10,151 #7,248
2Joseph Ayo Babalola UniversityUniversity 888 #11,074
3Ondo State Primary Health Care Development BoardGovernment institution 72 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 Akure work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Akure is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,895 fractional works · 46.3% of its workEngineering: 799 fractional works · 19.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 137 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 131 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 120 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 98 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 425 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 84 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 61 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 59 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 52 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 272 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 93 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 81 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 117 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 91 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 84 fractional works · 2.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 833 fractional works · 20.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 597 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPlant Science: 233 fractional works · 5.7% of its workFood Science: 107 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHorticulture: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 147 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 782 fractional works · 19.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 310 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 105 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 150 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 103 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 83 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 103 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 86 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 578 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMedicine: 404 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 86 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 85 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 81 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAkure4,088fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering79919.6%
    2. Environmental Science42510.4%
    3. Computer Science2726.7%
    4. Materials Science1172.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences912.2%
    6. Mathematics842.0%
    7. Chemistry411.0%
    8. Energy330.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy270.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences59714.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1473.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics391.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology330.8%
    5. Neuroscience170.4%
    1. Social Sciences3107.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1503.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1032.5%
    4. Decision Sciences1032.5%
    5. Psychology581.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities581.4%
    1. Medicine4049.9%
    2. Nursing862.1%
    3. Health Professions812.0%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Akure strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Akure is most concentrated in Forestry, Animal Science and Zoology and Building and Construction (7.0× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 25.1 works7.0×
  2. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 41.7 works5.5×
  3. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 112.7 works5.2×
  4. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 24.9 works5.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.15× its world share, 518 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.79× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 232 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 80 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 677 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.11× its world share, 363 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 97 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 73 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 351 worksMedicineNursing: 4.41× its world share, 75 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 243 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.41×75 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.15×518 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.79×34 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.55×86 works
  5. Environmental Science2.11×363 works
  6. Mathematics1.79×73 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.47×80 works
  8. Engineering1.30×677 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×87 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.07×120 works
  11. Computer Science0.86×232 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.83×29 works
  13. Health Professions0.82×74 works
  14. Materials Science0.80×97 works
  15. Energy0.78×25 works
  16. Veterinary0.73×4 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×131 works
  18. Chemistry0.64×35 works
  19. Social Sciences0.55×243 works
  20. Medicine0.53×351 works
  21. Psychology0.45×48 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.42×42 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.32×4 works
  24. Neuroscience0.27×15 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.25×19 works
  26. Dentistry0.19×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Akure?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Risk Management, Antioxidant, Antioxidant Activity, Climate Change, Machine Learning and Bioactive Compounds.

▲ 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. Sustainability232▲ 2.3×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning193▲ 1.42×80 topics
  3. Environmental Impact188▲ 2.7×55 topics
  4. Climate Change184▲ 1.66×81 topics
  5. Risk Management121▲ 6.2×15 topics
  6. Remote Sensing121▲ 2.4×29 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties116▲ 2.9×35 topics
  8. Antioxidant114▲ 4.1×48 topics
  9. Antioxidant Activity110▲ 4.3×29 topics
  10. Renewable Energy108▲ 1.82×43 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress104▲ 1.55×53 topics
  12. Sustainable Development104▲ 1.63×49 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management101▲ 2.8×24 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation82▲ 5.3×14 topics
  15. Health Benefits80▲ 5.9×15 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity77▲ 4.3×21 topics
  17. Bioactive Compounds76▲ 7.5×14 topics
  18. Antioxidants72▲ 4.0×16 topics
  19. Medicinal Plants72▲ 4.5×17 topics
  20. Smallholder Farmers65▲ 7.5×6 topics
  21. Food Security64▲ 2.9×20 topics
  22. Construction Projects60▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture60▲ 4.7×13 topics
  24. Urbanization59▲ 3.5×7 topics
  25. Flavonoids57▲ 5.5×11 topics
  26. Dietary Fiber56▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Leadership Style54▲ 9.6×3 topics
  28. Phytochemicals54▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Bioavailability53▲ 6.6×6 topics
  30. Stakeholder Analysis52▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Cost Overruns52▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Project Success52▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Rheological Properties48▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Nutritional Quality47▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Nutritional Value46▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Climate Resilience44▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Facilities Management42▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Phytochemistry40▲ 8.1×9 topics
  39. Land Tenure40▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Agroforestry39▲ 14×3 topics

What research is done in Akure?

Construction Project Management and Performance: 47 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 31 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…29Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 29 fractional worksBIM and Construction Int…27BIM and Construction Integration: 27 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 24 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 22 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…22Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 22 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 21 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 18 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…18Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 18 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchNutrition and DieteticsUrban StudiesBuilding and Construction5 others

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

  1. 1 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 47 works
  2. 2 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 31 works
  3. 3 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 29 works
  4. 4 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 27 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 24 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 22 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 22 works
  8. 8 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 21 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 18 works
  10. 10 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 18 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 2025Akure9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2009.

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