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Research in Lagos

Science Explorer records 33 research institutions in Lagos, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Lagos, National Open University of Nigeria and Redeemer's University.

Research institutions
33
13 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 82% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.3%
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 Lagos?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LagosUniversity 14,062 #2,540
2National Open University of NigeriaUniversity 1,732 #4,934
3Lagos University Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 1,615 #13,940
4Redeemer's UniversityUniversity 1,577 #5,968
5Pan-Atlantic UniversityUniversity 1,481 #9,391
6Lagos State Health Service CommissionGovernment institution 1,204 #8,809
7Yaba College of TechnologyUniversity 804 #21,492
8Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchHospital / health system 746 #11,258
9Federal Neuro Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system 637 #21,473
10Caleb UniversityUniversity 602 #17,817
11National Postgraduate Medical College of NigeriaUniversity 496 #41,661 all time
12Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine ResearchResearch facility 342 #23,344
13Mountain Top UniversityUniversity 302 #19,440
14Federal College of Fisheries and Marine TechnologyUniversity 271 #20,868
15Centre for Healthy Start InitiativeHospital / health system 252 #29,357 all time
16West Africa Vocational EducationUniversity 163 #30,522 all time
17West African College of PhysiciansUniversity 79 not ranked
18Evangelical Church Winning AllInstitution 59 not ranked
19First Consultants Medical CenterHospital / health system 15 not ranked
20Cleen FoundationNonprofit 11 not ranked
21Centre for Contemporary ArtNonprofit 6 not ranked
22Center for Public Policy AlternativesNonprofit 5 not ranked
23LEAP AfricaNonprofit 5 not ranked
24Private Sector Health Alliance of NigeriaNonprofit 4 not ranked
25The Initiative for Equal RightsNonprofit 1 not ranked
26Action Health IncorporatedNonprofit 1 not ranked
27Tony Elumelu FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
28Adamore (Nigeria)Company 1 not ranked
29Media Rights AgendaNonprofit 1 not ranked
30Community Life ProjectInstitution 0 not ranked
31The Orderly Society TrustInstitution 0 not ranked
32Nobex Technology (Nigeria)Company 0 not ranked
33Eko-KonnectNonprofit 0 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 Lagos: 53.1%National Open University of Nigeria: 6.5%Lagos University Teaching Hospital: 6.1%Redeemer's University: 6.0%25 others listed: 28.3%53%largest
University of Lagos14k · 53.1%National Open University of Nigeria1,732 · 6.5%Lagos University Teaching Hospital1,615 · 6.1%Redeemer's University1,577 · 6.0%25 others listed7,489 · 28.3%

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

What is Lagos strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lagos is most concentrated in Urban Studies, Business and International Management and Pollution (4.4× the world share in Urban Studies).

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 94.4 works4.4×
  2. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 31.8 works3.9×
  3. PollutionSubfield · 108.2 works3.5×
  4. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 48.5 works3.4×
  5. General Social SciencesSubfield · 28.3 works3.3×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Lagos?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Risk Management, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Development, Globalization and Social Capital.

▲ 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. Epidemiology410▲ 1.33×129 topics
  2. Sustainability314▲ 1.65×98 topics
  3. Machine Learning258◆ 1.01×88 topics
  4. Globalization253▲ 1.65×106 topics
  5. Environmental Impact250▲ 1.89×61 topics
  6. Economic Growth248▲ 3.7×30 topics
  7. Sustainable Development242▲ 1.96×71 topics
  8. Education222▲ 1.66×76 topics
  9. Climate Change215◆ 1.02×99 topics
  10. Renewable Energy212▲ 1.89×51 topics
  11. COVID-19191▲ 1.80×28 topics
  12. Public Health168▲ 1.49×59 topics
  13. Risk Management167▲ 4.4×16 topics
  14. Social Media156▲ 1.40×30 topics
  15. Social Capital150▲ 3.6×18 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management143▲ 1.97×22 topics
  17. Urbanization121▲ 3.8×10 topics
  18. Development110▲ 4.1×18 topics
  19. Poverty Alleviation102▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Governance99▲ 3.9×15 topics
  21. Social Impact98▲ 3.2×15 topics
  22. Gender Equality96▲ 4.5×13 topics
  23. Entrepreneurship94▲ 3.1×16 topics
  24. Health Equity94▲ 4.4×6 topics
  25. Fiscal Policy92▲ 5.5×8 topics
  26. ICT87▲ 8.5×4 topics
  27. Institutional Quality82▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Maternal Mortality81▲ 4.7×5 topics
  29. Land Tenure77▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Urban Poverty74▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Housing Policy72▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Slum Upgrading72▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Nigeria71▲ 52×3 topics
  34. Poverty Reduction71▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Knowledge Economy68▲ 8.3×4 topics
  36. Mobile Phones66▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Inclusive Development66▲ 20×2 topics
  38. financial access66▲ 22×1 topic
  39. gender inclusion66▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Community Health Workers60▲ 9.1×2 topics

What research is done in Lagos?

Urban and Rural Developm…72Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 72 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…66Economic Growth and Development: 66 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 53 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 51 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 48 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 47 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 45 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…45Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 45 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 33 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 32 fractional works
Urban StudiesInformation SystemsEconomics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and Rural Development ChallengesUrban Studies 72 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and DevelopmentInformation Systems 66 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics and Econometrics 53 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 51 works
  5. 5 African Education and PoliticsEducation 48 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics and Econometrics 47 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment ImpactsPollution 45 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesAccounting 45 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics and Econometrics 33 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 32 works

Research output over time

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