Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
City · Nigeria

Research in Oyo

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Oyo, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ajayi Crowther University and Bowen University Teaching Hospital.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
942
▲ 184% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
3.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Oyo

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 Oyo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ajayi Crowther UniversityUniversity 757 #6,032
2Bowen University Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 185 #19,958

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 Oyo work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Oyo is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (12%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 246 fractional works · 39.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 116 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 49 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 4.0% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 185 fractional works · 30.0% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 9.1% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 8.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 100 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMedicine: 75 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 86 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 51 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKOyo617fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences16%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 Sciences11618.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting498.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance355.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities254.0%
    5. Psychology142.2%
    6. Decision Sciences81.3%
    1. Computer Science569.1%
    2. Engineering538.6%
    3. Environmental Science426.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences121.9%
    5. Materials Science71.1%
    6. Mathematics50.9%
    7. Energy50.9%
    8. Chemistry20.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine7512.2%
    2. Health Professions152.4%
    3. Nursing81.4%
    4. Veterinary20.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences518.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology213.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.7%
    5. Neuroscience40.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Oyo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Development, Economic Growth, Education, Gender Equality, Nigeria, Governance, Globalization and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Education27▲ 2.6×29 topics
  2. Machine Learning25▲ 1.21×37 topics
  3. Globalization25▲ 2.0×33 topics
  4. Sustainable Development22▲ 2.3×20 topics
  5. Economic Growth22▲ 4.3×18 topics
  6. Sustainability18▲ 1.22×36 topics
  7. Remote Sensing17▲ 2.3×12 topics
  8. Development17▲ 7.7×10 topics
  9. Environmental Impact16▲ 1.50×31 topics
  10. Gender Equality16▲ 8.9×7 topics
  11. Corporate Governance15▲ 3.2×11 topics
  12. Governance13▲ 6.7×6 topics
  13. Nigeria13▲ 95×3 topics
  14. Democracy12▲ 5.7×6 topics
  15. Information Technology12▲ 4.2×6 topics
  16. Curriculum Development12▲ 2.9×4 topics
  17. Antioxidant12▲ 2.8×36 topics
  18. Risk Management11▲ 3.7×8 topics
  19. Teacher Education11▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Political Economy10▲ 6.5×6 topics
  21. Quality Assurance10▲ 9.5×1 topic
  22. Youth Unemployment10▲ 136×1 topic
  23. ICT10▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Institutional Quality10▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Inequality9▲ 6.4×3 topics
  26. Urbanization9▲ 3.6×5 topics
  27. Knowledge Economy9▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Corruption9▲ 9.0×4 topics
  29. Inclusive Development8▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Institutions8▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Mobile Phones8▲ 30×2 topics
  32. financial access8▲ 35×1 topic
  33. GIS8▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Fiscal Policy8▲ 6.3×4 topics
  35. Global Governance8▲ 5.3×7 topics
  36. Groundwater Potential8▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Machine Learning Models8▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Transparency7▲ 8.4×3 topics
  39. Financial Reporting7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  40. Information Asymmetry6▲ 19×2 topics

What research is done in Oyo?

Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 8 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 6 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…6Economic Growth and Development: 6 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…4Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 4 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…4Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 4 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 4 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 4 fractional worksCorruption and Economic …4Corruption and Economic Development: 4 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringEducationInformation SystemsGeophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 African Education and Politics Education 6 works
  3. 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 6 works
  4. 4 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 4 works
  10. 10 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 4 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Oyo4.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2018.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Oyo. Posts are plain text and can be reported.