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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LagosUniversity | 14,062 | #2,540 | |
| 2 | National Open University of NigeriaUniversity | 1,732 | #4,934 | |
| 3 | Lagos University Teaching HospitalHospital / health system | 1,615 | #13,940 | |
| 4 | Redeemer's UniversityUniversity | 1,577 | #5,968 | |
| 5 | Pan-Atlantic UniversityUniversity | 1,481 | #9,391 | |
| 6 | Lagos State Health Service CommissionGovernment institution | 1,204 | #8,809 | |
| 7 | Yaba College of TechnologyUniversity | 804 | #21,492 | |
| 8 | Nigerian Institute of Medical ResearchHospital / health system | 746 | #11,258 | |
| 9 | Federal Neuro Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system | 637 | #21,473 | |
| 10 | Caleb UniversityUniversity | 602 | #17,817 | |
| 11 | National Postgraduate Medical College of NigeriaUniversity | 496 | #41,661 all time | |
| 12 | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine ResearchResearch facility | 342 | #23,344 | |
| 13 | Mountain Top UniversityUniversity | 302 | #19,440 | |
| 14 | Federal College of Fisheries and Marine TechnologyUniversity | 271 | #20,868 | |
| 15 | Centre for Healthy Start InitiativeHospital / health system | 252 | #29,357 all time | |
| 16 | West Africa Vocational EducationUniversity | 163 | #30,522 all time | |
| 17 | West African College of PhysiciansUniversity | 79 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Evangelical Church Winning AllInstitution | 59 | not ranked | |
| 19 | First Consultants Medical CenterHospital / health system | 15 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Cleen FoundationNonprofit | 11 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Centre for Contemporary ArtNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Center for Public Policy AlternativesNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 23 | LEAP AfricaNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Private Sector Health Alliance of NigeriaNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 25 | The Initiative for Equal RightsNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Action Health IncorporatedNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Tony Elumelu FoundationNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Adamore (Nigeria)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Media Rights AgendaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Community Life ProjectInstitution | 0 | not ranked | |
| 31 | The Orderly Society TrustInstitution | 0 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Nobex Technology (Nigeria)Company | 0 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Eko-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.
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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).
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 94.4 works4.4×
- Business and International ManagementSubfield · 31.8 works3.9×
- PollutionSubfield · 108.2 works3.5×
- Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 48.5 works3.4×
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 28.3 works3.3×
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.
- Community Health Workers
- financial access
- Mobile Phones
- Poverty Reduction
- Slum Upgrading
- Urban Poverty
- Maternal Mortality
- ICT
- Health Equity
- Gender Equality
- Governance
- Development
- Supply Chain Management
- Social Media
- Public Health
- Renewable Energy
- Education
- Economic Growth
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Change
- COVID-19
- Risk Management
- Social Capital
- Urbanization
- Poverty Alleviation
- Social Impact
- Entrepreneurship
- Fiscal Policy
- Institutional Quality
- Land Tenure
- Housing Policy
- Nigeria
- Knowledge Economy
- Inclusive Development
- gender inclusion
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
- Epidemiology410▲ 1.33×129 topics
- Sustainability314▲ 1.65×98 topics
- Machine Learning258◆ 1.01×88 topics
- Globalization253▲ 1.65×106 topics
- Environmental Impact250▲ 1.89×61 topics
- Economic Growth248▲ 3.7×30 topics
- Sustainable Development242▲ 1.96×71 topics
- Education222▲ 1.66×76 topics
- Climate Change215◆ 1.02×99 topics
- Renewable Energy212▲ 1.89×51 topics
- COVID-19191▲ 1.80×28 topics
- Public Health168▲ 1.49×59 topics
- Risk Management167▲ 4.4×16 topics
- Social Media156▲ 1.40×30 topics
- Social Capital150▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Supply Chain Management143▲ 1.97×22 topics
- Urbanization121▲ 3.8×10 topics
- Development110▲ 4.1×18 topics
- Poverty Alleviation102▲ 13×2 topics
- Governance99▲ 3.9×15 topics
- Social Impact98▲ 3.2×15 topics
- Gender Equality96▲ 4.5×13 topics
- Entrepreneurship94▲ 3.1×16 topics
- Health Equity94▲ 4.4×6 topics
- Fiscal Policy92▲ 5.5×8 topics
- ICT87▲ 8.5×4 topics
- Institutional Quality82▲ 9.8×3 topics
- Maternal Mortality81▲ 4.7×5 topics
- Land Tenure77▲ 23×2 topics
- Urban Poverty74▲ 21×2 topics
- Housing Policy72▲ 32×1 topic
- Slum Upgrading72▲ 32×1 topic
- Nigeria71▲ 52×3 topics
- Poverty Reduction71▲ 6.9×5 topics
- Knowledge Economy68▲ 8.3×4 topics
- Mobile Phones66▲ 19×2 topics
- Inclusive Development66▲ 20×2 topics
- financial access66▲ 22×1 topic
- gender inclusion66▲ 22×1 topic
- Community Health Workers60▲ 9.1×2 topics
What research is done in Lagos?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 72 works
- 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 66 works
- 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 53 works
- 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 51 works
- 5 African Education and Politics Education 48 works
- 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 47 works
- 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 45 works
- 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 45 works
- 9 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 33 works
- 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 32 works
Research output over time
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