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Research in Jos

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Jos, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Jos and Jos University Teaching Hospital.

Research institutions
8
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
7.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Jos

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 Jos?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of JosUniversity 4,401 #7,555
2Jos University Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 1,361 #14,592
3Christian Health Association of NigeriaNonprofit 130 #24,527 all time
4National Institute of Policy and Strategic StudiesInstitution 61 not ranked
5Pro Health InternationalHospital / health system 33 not ranked
6Carter CenterNonprofit 11 not ranked
7Mission to Save the HelplessNonprofit 3 not ranked
8Justice Development and Peace CaritasNonprofit 0 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.

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 Jos: 73.4%Jos University Teaching Hospital: 22.7%Christian Health Association of Nigeria: 2.2%National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies: 1.0%3 others listed: 0.8%73%largest
University of Jos4,401 · 73.4%Jos University Teaching Hospital1,361 · 22.7%Christian Health Association of Nigeria130 · 2.2%National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies61 · 1.0%3 others listed47 · 0.8%

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

Which fields of science does Jos work in?

In 2022-now, 31% of research in Jos is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 505 fractional works · 30.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 249 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEducation: 74 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 65 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 84 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 70 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 56 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 48 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 498 fractional works · 30.3% of its workMedicine: 409 fractional works · 25.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 51 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 51 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 60 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 383 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 106 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 97 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 83 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 255 fractional works · 15.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 140 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workParasitology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKJos1,640fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences31%

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 Sciences24915.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting845.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance704.3%
    4. Psychology482.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities332.0%
    6. Decision Sciences201.2%
    1. Medicine40925.0%
    2. Health Professions603.7%
    3. Nursing150.9%
    4. Veterinary90.6%
    5. Dentistry40.3%
    1. Environmental Science1066.4%
    2. Engineering975.9%
    3. Computer Science835.1%
    4. Mathematics291.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.0%
    6. Energy150.9%
    7. Chemistry140.8%
    8. Materials Science120.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy120.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1408.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology593.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology352.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.7%
    5. Neuroscience100.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Jos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Economic Growth, Development, Nigeria, Medicinal Plants, Sustainable Development, Gender Equality and Antioxidants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology128▲ 1.96×121 topics
  2. Sustainable Development52▲ 2.0×40 topics
  3. Education50▲ 1.76×35 topics
  4. Economic Growth48▲ 3.5×20 topics
  5. Sustainability46◆ 1.15×55 topics
  6. Environmental Impact46▲ 1.64×45 topics
  7. Globalization42▲ 1.29×42 topics
  8. Public Health39▲ 1.64×45 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress39▲ 1.45×42 topics
  10. Development36▲ 6.1×14 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 1.91×32 topics
  12. Risk Factors36▲ 1.97×33 topics
  13. Treatment35▲ 1.77×40 topics
  14. COVID-1935▲ 1.64×24 topics
  15. Global Burden33▲ 3.7×12 topics
  16. Immune Response33▲ 3.5×18 topics
  17. Medicinal Plants32▲ 5.1×17 topics
  18. Antioxidants31▲ 4.3×14 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance30▲ 4.0×9 topics
  20. Information Technology29▲ 3.8×15 topics
  21. Curriculum Development29▲ 2.6×16 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity29▲ 4.0×20 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity28▲ 2.8×27 topics
  24. Gender Equality28▲ 6.0×7 topics
  25. Nigeria27▲ 77×3 topics
  26. Vaccine27▲ 4.1×11 topics
  27. Social Capital26▲ 3.0×12 topics
  28. Diabetes26▲ 3.1×17 topics
  29. Risk Management25▲ 3.2×14 topics
  30. Teacher Education23▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Vaccine Development22▲ 5.2×11 topics
  32. Quality Assurance21▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality20▲ 5.4×5 topics
  34. Youth Unemployment20▲ 101×1 topic
  35. Herbal Medicine20▲ 4.2×11 topics
  36. Flavonoids19▲ 4.5×8 topics
  37. Community Health Workers17▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Health Inequalities17▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Child Mortality16▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Health Systems16▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Jos?

Global Maternal and Chil…13Global Maternal and Child Health: 13 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…11Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 11 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 10 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…10Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 10 fractional worksPotato Plant Research10Potato Plant Research: 10 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 9 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 8 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…8Economic Growth and Development: 8 fractional worksInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management: 8 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthUrban StudiesEducationManagement of Technology and Innovation6 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 13 works
  2. 2 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 11 works
  3. 3 African Education and Politics Education 10 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 10 works
  5. 5 Potato Plant Research Food Science 10 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 8 works
  9. 9 Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Demography 8 works
  10. 10 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Jos8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 1990.

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