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Research in Lafia

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Lafia, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Federal University Lafia.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5k
▲ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1k
4.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Lafia

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 Lafia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Federal University LafiaUniversity 1,520 #7,085
2Nasarawa State Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 11 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 Lafia work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Lafia is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 288 fractional works · 32.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 161 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 51 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 37 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 48 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 283 fractional works · 32.1% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 9.8% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 67 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPollution: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 172 fractional works · 19.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 116 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 5.8% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 140 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMedicine: 100 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLafia882fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences33%

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 Sciences16118.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance485.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting303.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities232.6%
    5. Psychology161.8%
    6. Decision Sciences91.0%
    1. Computer Science879.8%
    2. Environmental Science677.6%
    3. Engineering485.5%
    4. Materials Science232.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.8%
    6. Mathematics161.8%
    7. Chemistry101.1%
    8. Energy91.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy70.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11613.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology354.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology111.3%
    4. Neuroscience50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
    1. Medicine10011.4%
    2. Health Professions293.3%
    3. Nursing91.0%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Lafia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Machine Learning, Gender Equality, Genetic Diversity, Environmental Impact, Education, Nigeria and Globalization.

▲ 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. Machine Learning51▲ 1.74×57 topics
  2. Epidemiology45▲ 1.29×69 topics
  3. Environmental Impact38▲ 2.5×37 topics
  4. Education35▲ 2.3×35 topics
  5. Globalization35▲ 2.0×41 topics
  6. Economic Growth34▲ 4.7×21 topics
  7. Climate Change31▲ 1.31×58 topics
  8. Sustainable Development28▲ 2.0×33 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity24▲ 6.4×16 topics
  10. Gender Equality23▲ 9.2×8 topics
  11. Renewable Energy22▲ 1.72×25 topics
  12. Economic Development21▲ 3.0×17 topics
  13. Toxicity20▲ 5.2×16 topics
  14. Development19▲ 6.2×11 topics
  15. Antioxidant19▲ 3.2×39 topics
  16. Nigeria19▲ 98×3 topics
  17. Health Effects18▲ 3.3×17 topics
  18. Governance18▲ 6.1×7 topics
  19. Information Technology16▲ 3.9×9 topics
  20. Quality Assurance14▲ 9.7×6 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 5.1×10 topics
  22. Inequality14▲ 6.7×5 topics
  23. Fiscal Policy13▲ 7.4×6 topics
  24. Teacher Education13▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Vaccine13▲ 3.8×9 topics
  26. Political Economy13▲ 5.8×10 topics
  27. Youth Unemployment13▲ 125×1 topic
  28. Heavy Metals13▲ 6.0×6 topics
  29. Inclusive Development12▲ 31×2 topics
  30. ICT12▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Institutional Quality12▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Vaccine Development11▲ 5.0×9 topics
  33. Income Tax11▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Knowledge Economy11▲ 12×1 topic
  35. financial access11▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Ionizing Radiation11▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Drought Tolerance11▲ 8.7×6 topics
  38. Poverty Reduction11▲ 9.3×5 topics
  39. Climate Resilience10▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Postcolonialism10▲ 7.7×5 topics

What research is done in Lafia?

Economic Growth and Deve…8Economic Growth and Development: 8 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…8Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 7 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…7African Education and Politics: 7 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…7Heavy metals in environment: 7 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 6 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 6 fractional worksGlobal Political and Soc…5Global Political and Social Dynamics: 5 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 5 fractional works
Information SystemsArtificial IntelligenceEconomics and EconometricsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 8 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  4. 4 African Education and Politics Education 7 works
  5. 5 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 7 works
  6. 6 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 6 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 6 works
  8. 8 Global Political and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  9. 9 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 5 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 5 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 2025Lafia7.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.0% in 2014.

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