Research in Port Harcourt
Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State University and University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 4 4 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 23k ▲ 140% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 4.8% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Port Harcourt?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Port HarcourtUniversity | 11,518 | #3,517 | |
| 2 | Rivers State UniversityUniversity | 8,519 | #4,296 | |
| 3 | University of Port Harcourt Teaching HospitalHospital / health system | 2,071 | #13,601 | |
| 4 | Social ActionNonprofit | 434 | #21,613 |
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
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What is Port Harcourt strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Port Harcourt is most concentrated in Library and Information Sciences, Pollution and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (20.6× the world share in Library and Information Sciences).
- Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 29.8 works21×
- PollutionSubfield · 195.0 works6.5×
- Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 58.4 works6.4×
- PharmacologySubfield · 74.5 works5.3×
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 183.0 works4.6×
- General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 88.3 works4.6×
- EndocrinologySubfield · 24.9 works4.2×
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 Port Harcourt?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Nigeria, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Health Effects, Education and Economic Growth.
- Community Health Workers
- Multivariate Statistical Techniques
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Gas Flaring
- Health Impacts
- Economic Evaluation
- Youth Unemployment
- Quality Assurance
- Air Pollution
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Maternal Mortality
- Toxicity
- Antioxidants
- Nigeria
- Health Effects
- Globalization
- Machine Learning
- Sustainable Development
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Environmental Impact
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Education
- Oxidative Stress
- Economic Growth
- Antioxidant
- Development
- Information Technology
- Gender Equality
- Medicinal Plants
- Teacher Education
- Fiscal Policy
- Bioactive Compounds
- Principal Component Analysis
- Respiratory Infections
- Black Carbon Emissions
- Household Fuel Use
- Biodegradation
- Water Quality Index
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
- Environmental Impact393▲ 3.0×57 topics
- Sustainability332▲ 1.79×83 topics
- Epidemiology323◆ 1.08×119 topics
- Renewable Energy291▲ 2.7×49 topics
- Climate Change283▲ 1.38×96 topics
- Sustainable Development265▲ 2.2×63 topics
- Education251▲ 1.93×64 topics
- Machine Learning239◆ 0.96×77 topics
- Oxidative Stress220▲ 1.78×56 topics
- Globalization191▲ 1.28×81 topics
- Economic Growth188▲ 2.9×24 topics
- Health Effects184▲ 4.0×23 topics
- Antioxidant167▲ 3.2×48 topics
- Nigeria167▲ 125×3 topics
- Development132▲ 5.0×13 topics
- Antioxidants125▲ 3.7×16 topics
- Information Technology121▲ 3.3×18 topics
- Toxicity120▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Gender Equality116▲ 5.5×13 topics
- Maternal Mortality114▲ 6.8×5 topics
- Medicinal Plants114▲ 3.7×18 topics
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions109▲ 5.3×9 topics
- Teacher Education97▲ 10×7 topics
- Air Pollution96▲ 10.0×4 topics
- Fiscal Policy93▲ 5.7×7 topics
- Quality Assurance92▲ 7.2×6 topics
- Bioactive Compounds91▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Youth Unemployment84▲ 119×1 topic
- Principal Component Analysis82▲ 7.7×4 topics
- Economic Evaluation82▲ 8.8×4 topics
- Respiratory Infections80▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Health Impacts79▲ 12×2 topics
- Black Carbon Emissions78▲ 143×1 topic
- Gas Flaring78▲ 143×1 topic
- Household Fuel Use77▲ 14×1 topic
- Indoor Air Pollution77▲ 14×1 topic
- Biodegradation76▲ 10×6 topics
- Multivariate Statistical Techniques76▲ 24×1 topic
- Water Quality Index76▲ 24×1 topic
- Community Health Workers73▲ 11×2 topics
What research is done in Port Harcourt?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 African Education and Politics Education 84 works
- 2 Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 78 works
- 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 77 works
- 4 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 76 works
- 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 68 works
- 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 64 works
- 7 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 58 works
- 8 Natural Resources and Economic Development General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 53 works
- 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 53 works
- 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 51 works
Research output over time
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