Research in Kano
Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Kano, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Bayero University Kano, Federal College of Education, Kano and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
- Research institutions
- 7 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 14k ▲ 106% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 9.9% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Kano?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayero University KanoUniversity | 5,978 | #3,881 | |
| 2 | Federal College of Education, KanoUniversity | 4,393 | #8,257 | |
| 3 | Aminu Kano Teaching HospitalHospital / health system | 1,188 | #15,476 | |
| 4 | International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNonprofit | 1,077 | #13,315 | |
| 5 | Maitama Sule University KanoUniversity | 450 | #14,459 | |
| 6 | Development Research and Projects CentreNonprofit | 369 | #19,243 | |
| 7 | Skyline University NigeriaUniversity | 179 | #22,052 |
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.
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What is Kano strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Kano is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences, Numerical Analysis and Forestry (22.0× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).
- Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 20.2 works22×
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 22.6 works5.5×
- ForestrySubfield · 26.6 works5.3×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 24.1 works4.6×
- PollutionSubfield · 71.9 works3.8×
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 40.2 works3.5×
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 Kano?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Gender Equality, Sustainable Development, Curriculum Development, Development, Teacher Education, Nigeria and Quality Assurance.
- Poverty Reduction
- Climate Resilience
- Coronavirus
- Student Satisfaction
- Drought Tolerance
- Risk Management
- Technology Integration
- Teacher Training
- Social Capital
- Nigeria
- Teacher Education
- Genetic Diversity
- Social Media
- Development
- E-Learning
- Curriculum Development
- Environmental Impact
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Sustainable Development
- Education
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Educational Technology
- Gender Equality
- Renewable Energy
- Information Technology
- Online Learning
- Pandemic
- Pedagogy
- Quality Assurance
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Youth Unemployment
- Student Engagement
- Medicinal Plants
- Smallholder Farmers
- Nutritional Quality
- Professional Development
- Breeding
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
- Education259▲ 3.1×67 topics
- Sustainable Development203▲ 2.7×71 topics
- Epidemiology201◆ 1.06×120 topics
- Globalization174▲ 1.85×72 topics
- Sustainability172▲ 1.47×83 topics
- Machine Learning147◆ 0.93×81 topics
- Climate Change145◆ 1.12×88 topics
- Environmental Impact141▲ 1.73×59 topics
- Educational Technology136▲ 2.4×37 topics
- Curriculum Development135▲ 4.0×15 topics
- Gender Equality122▲ 9.2×11 topics
- E-Learning110▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Renewable Energy108▲ 1.55×44 topics
- Development106▲ 6.4×16 topics
- Information Technology106▲ 4.5×19 topics
- Social Media105▲ 1.53×29 topics
- Online Learning102▲ 2.5×19 topics
- Genetic Diversity97▲ 4.5×22 topics
- Pandemic96▲ 1.87×13 topics
- Teacher Education93▲ 15×6 topics
- Pedagogy93▲ 4.0×15 topics
- Nigeria92▲ 109×3 topics
- Quality Assurance85▲ 11×6 topics
- Social Capital84▲ 3.3×17 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture82▲ 5.3×15 topics
- Teacher Training81▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Youth Unemployment80▲ 179×1 topic
- Technology Integration76▲ 5.2×11 topics
- Student Engagement75▲ 3.9×15 topics
- Risk Management74▲ 3.2×16 topics
- Medicinal Plants70▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Drought Tolerance70▲ 10×9 topics
- Smallholder Farmers62▲ 5.8×6 topics
- Student Satisfaction59▲ 6.4×3 topics
- Nutritional Quality55▲ 15×4 topics
- Coronavirus54▲ 5.4×4 topics
- Professional Development51▲ 5.3×11 topics
- Climate Resilience50▲ 17×2 topics
- Breeding48▲ 13×5 topics
- Poverty Reduction48▲ 7.5×5 topics
What research is done in Kano?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 African Education and PoliticsEducation 80 works
- 2 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 39 works
- 3 Online and Blended LearningEducation 37 works
- 4 Education and Islamic StudiesEducation 34 works
- 5 Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentWater Science and Technology 32 works
- 6 Discourse Analysis and Cultural CommunicationCultural Studies 32 works
- 7 Agricultural pest management studiesPlant Science 27 works
- 8 Energy and Environment ImpactsPollution 26 works
- 9 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 26 works
- 10 Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducation 24 works
Research output over time
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