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Research in Ibadan

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Ibadan, Lead City University and Babcock University.

Research institutions
14
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
42k
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.8%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Ibadan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of IbadanUniversity 25,980 #1,465
2University College Hospital, IbadanHospital / health system 4,754 #9,195
3Babcock UniversityUniversity 3,888 #6,177
4Lead City UniversityUniversity 1,976 #5,749
5Forestry Research Institute of NigeriaGovernment institution 1,418 #13,851
6Abiola Ajimobi Technical University IbadanUniversity 1,014 #13,074
7International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNonprofit 973 #17,389
8Cocoa Research Institute of NigeriaResearch facility 619 #7,926
9National Horticultural Research InstituteResearch facility 566 #22,480
10The Polytechnic IbadanUniversity 474 #26,483
11French Institute for Research in AfricaNonprofit 379 #26,140
12National Centre for Genetic Resources and BiotechnologyResearch facility 100 not ranked
13Basel Convention Co-Ordinating CentreNonprofit 3 not ranked
14International Centre for Mathematical and Computer SciencesNonprofit 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

University of Ibadan: 61.6%University College Hospital, Ibadan: 11.3%Babcock University: 9.2%Lead City University: 4.7%10 others listed: 13.2%62%largest
University of Ibadan26k · 61.6%University College Hospital, Ibadan4,754 · 11.3%Babcock University3,888 · 9.2%Lead City University1,976 · 4.7%10 others listed5,548 · 13.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Ibadan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ibadan is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences, Horticulture and Forestry (17.9× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).

  1. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 32.7 works18×
  2. HorticultureSubfield · 21.6 works17×
  3. ForestrySubfield · 58.1 works5.9×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 91.9 works4.4×
  5. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 150.2 works3.7×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Ibadan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Economic Growth, Antioxidant, Genetic Diversity, Sustainability, Globalization, Environmental Impact and Smallholder Farmers.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology504▲ 1.33×134 topics
  2. Sustainability318▲ 1.37×94 topics
  3. Machine Learning296◆ 0.95×83 topics
  4. Climate Change296◆ 1.15×99 topics
  5. Globalization288▲ 1.54×98 topics
  6. Environmental Impact266▲ 1.64×58 topics
  7. Economic Growth266▲ 3.3×32 topics
  8. Education244▲ 1.49×78 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress233▲ 1.49×60 topics
  10. Mental Health224▲ 1.60×43 topics
  11. Sustainable Development215▲ 1.42×67 topics
  12. Renewable Energy212▲ 1.54×47 topics
  13. COVID-19208▲ 1.60×28 topics
  14. Antioxidant204▲ 3.1×51 topics
  15. Public Health199▲ 1.43×62 topics
  16. Risk Factors196▲ 1.87×37 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity172▲ 4.1×21 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity153▲ 2.5×32 topics
  19. Corporate Governance153▲ 2.2×23 topics
  20. Social Capital149▲ 3.0×18 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture140▲ 4.6×14 topics
  22. Risk Management133▲ 2.9×16 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation131▲ 3.7×15 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants131▲ 3.4×20 topics
  25. Smallholder Farmers127▲ 6.0×6 topics
  26. Development124▲ 3.7×17 topics
  27. Maternal Mortality123▲ 5.8×5 topics
  28. Gender Equality118▲ 4.5×12 topics
  29. Fiscal Policy113▲ 5.5×8 topics
  30. Community Health Workers108▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Health Inequalities100▲ 8.7×5 topics
  32. Socio-economic Factors96▲ 9.1×3 topics
  33. Child Mortality96▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Health Systems96▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Poverty Reduction85▲ 6.8×6 topics
  36. Institutional Quality84▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Nutritional Value83▲ 7.8×5 topics
  38. Climate Resilience83▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Nigeria79▲ 47×3 topics
  40. Agroforestry78▲ 13×4 topics

What research is done in Ibadan?

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 96 works
  2. 2 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 68 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 68 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 64 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 59 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 51 works
  7. 7 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 49 works
  8. 8 African Education and Politics Education 46 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 45 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 44 works

Research output over time

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