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Research in Kaduna

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Kaduna, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna Polytechnic and Kaduna State University.

Research institutions
5
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.7k
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
4.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kaduna

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 Kaduna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nigerian Defence AcademyUniversity 2,196 #5,250
2Kaduna State UniversityUniversity 2,000 #7,546
3Kaduna PolytechnicUniversity 951 #7,423
4Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis ResearchResearch facility 448 #19,574
5National Eye CentreHospital / health system 141 #34,443 all time

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.

Nigerian Defence Academy: 38.3%Kaduna State University: 34.9%Kaduna Polytechnic: 16.6%Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research: 7.8%1 other listed: 2.5%38%largest
Nigerian Defence Academy2,196 · 38.3%Kaduna State University2,000 · 34.9%Kaduna Polytechnic951 · 16.6%Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research448 · 7.8%1 other listed141 · 2.5%

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

Which fields of science does Kaduna work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Kaduna is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (16%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,163 fractional works · 39.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 482 fractional works · 16.4% of its workAccounting: 273 fractional works · 9.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 122 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 345 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 106 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 70 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 199 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 131 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFinance: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 56 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 46 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,016 fractional works · 34.6% of its workEngineering: 345 fractional works · 11.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 81 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 217 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInformation Systems: 99 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 49 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 210 fractional works · 7.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 95 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 384 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMedicine: 289 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEpidemiology: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 59 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 372 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 221 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPlant Science: 84 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 51 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 83 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKaduna2,936fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences40%

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 Sciences1,16339.6%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting48216.4%
    2. Social Sciences34511.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1996.8%
    4. Decision Sciences561.9%
    5. Psychology511.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities301.0%
    1. Engineering34511.7%
    2. Computer Science2177.4%
    3. Environmental Science2107.2%
    4. Materials Science953.2%
    5. Chemistry431.5%
    6. Energy401.4%
    7. Mathematics250.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences240.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy120.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Medicine2899.8%
    2. Health Professions592.0%
    3. Nursing311.0%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2217.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology832.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics321.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology260.9%
    5. Neuroscience100.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kaduna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kaduna is most concentrated in Accounting, Pharmacology and Pollution (10.3× the world share in Accounting).

  1. AccountingSubfield · 136.7 works10×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 20.3 works5.0×
  3. PollutionSubfield · 32.3 works3.8×
← 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: 1.82× its world share, 188 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.50× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 157 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 301 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 180 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 77 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 245 worksMedicineNursing: 2.63× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.36× its world share, 236 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.19× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 255 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.50×27 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.36×236 works
  3. Nursing2.63×28 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.19×102 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.82×188 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.68×35 works
  7. Environmental Science1.67×180 works
  8. Energy1.51×30 works
  9. Chemistry1.11×38 works
  10. Materials Science1.01×77 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.93×20 works
  12. Computer Science0.93×157 works
  13. Social Sciences0.93×255 works
  14. Engineering0.92×301 works
  15. Health Professions0.92×53 works
  16. Mathematics0.84×21 works
  17. Psychology0.63×42 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×69 works
  19. Medicine0.59×245 works
  20. Veterinary0.59×2 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.58×4 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×20 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.39×25 works
  24. Dentistry0.24×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.21×10 works
  26. Neuroscience0.20×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Kaduna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, Financial Reporting, Financial Constraints, Earnings Management, Information Asymmetry, Capital Structure and International Financial Reporting Standards.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance278▲ 13×22 topics
  2. Financial Performance147▲ 8.9×10 topics
  3. Machine Learning115▲ 1.18×66 topics
  4. Financial Reporting112▲ 31×3 topics
  5. Financial Constraints107▲ 36×2 topics
  6. Environmental Impact107▲ 2.1×49 topics
  7. Education106▲ 2.1×37 topics
  8. Economic Growth99▲ 4.1×21 topics
  9. Earnings Management99▲ 34×2 topics
  10. Information Asymmetry97▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Renewable Energy92▲ 2.1×39 topics
  12. Sustainable Development89▲ 1.94×49 topics
  13. Capital Structure85▲ 19×2 topics
  14. International Financial Reporting Standards82▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Accounting Quality82▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Audit Committee82▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Firm Performance80▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Investor Protection78▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Ownership Structure78▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Governance76▲ 7.9×9 topics
  21. Institutional Quality72▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Shareholder Value69▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Inequality68▲ 10×3 topics
  24. ICT68▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Antioxidant66▲ 3.3×44 topics
  26. Risk Management64▲ 4.6×14 topics
  27. Sustainability Reporting63▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Knowledge Economy61▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Mobile Phones61▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Inclusive Development61▲ 48×1 topic
  31. financial access61▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Medicinal Plants60▲ 5.3×18 topics
  33. Fiscal Policy58▲ 9.7×5 topics
  34. Gender Equality56▲ 6.8×11 topics
  35. Business Ethics48▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Corporate Social Responsibility48▲ 9.8×6 topics
  37. Institutional Theory46▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Environmental Disclosure46▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Stakeholder Theory46▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Profitability39▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Kaduna?

Corporate Finance and Governance: 39 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 25 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…22Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 22 fractional worksWorking Capital and Fina…22Working Capital and Financial Performance: 22 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and Valuation Research: 22 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 18 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…18Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 18 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 16 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 15 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…14African Education and Politics: 14 fractional works
AccountingStrategy and ManagementInformation SystemsUrban Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 39 works
  2. 2 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 25 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 22 works
  4. 4 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 22 works
  5. 5 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 22 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 18 works
  7. 7 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 18 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 16 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  10. 10 African Education and Politics Education 14 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 2025Kaduna6.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2015.

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