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Research in Sokoto

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Sokoto, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sokoto State University, Usmanu Danfodiyo University and Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6k
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
5.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1958-2026
69 years on the record
Sokoto

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 Sokoto?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityUniversity 4,214 #7,623
2Sokoto State UniversityUniversity 951 #5,812
3Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, SokotoHospital / health system 848 #16,745

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 Sokoto work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Sokoto is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 791 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 451 fractional works · 18.3% of its workEducation: 153 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 103 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 72 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 110 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 61 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 89 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 69 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 62 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 55 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 654 fractional works · 26.5% of its workMedicine: 519 fractional works · 21.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 60 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 50 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 64 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 584 fractional works · 23.7% of its workEngineering: 147 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 137 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPollution: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 119 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 52 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 43 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 439 fractional works · 17.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 256 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPlant Science: 101 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFood Science: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 104 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKSokoto2,468fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences32%

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 Sciences45118.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1104.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance893.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities622.5%
    5. Psychology552.2%
    6. Decision Sciences241.0%
    1. Medicine51921.0%
    2. Health Professions642.6%
    3. Nursing381.5%
    4. Dentistry210.8%
    5. Veterinary130.5%
    1. Engineering1476.0%
    2. Environmental Science1375.5%
    3. Computer Science1194.8%
    4. Mathematics522.1%
    5. Materials Science431.8%
    6. Chemistry291.2%
    7. Energy271.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy90.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25610.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1044.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology341.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics271.1%
    5. Neuroscience170.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sokoto strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sokoto is most concentrated in Statistics and Probability (5.9× the world share in Statistics and Probability).

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 26.6 works5.9×
← 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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 225 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 87 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.12× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 131 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 115 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 51 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.83× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 444 worksMedicineNursing: 3.09× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.65× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 95 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.76× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 367 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.65×10 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.12×23 works
  3. Nursing3.09×32 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.24×225 works
  5. Mathematics2.06×51 works
  6. Dentistry1.83×19 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.76×79 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×30 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.40×95 works
  10. Social Sciences1.37×367 works
  11. Energy1.27×25 works
  12. Environmental Science1.09×115 works
  13. Medicine1.09×444 works
  14. Health Professions0.98×54 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.87×18 works
  16. Chemistry0.79×26 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×87 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.73×44 works
  19. Psychology0.73×47 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.72×5 works
  21. Computer Science0.66×109 works
  22. Materials Science0.52×38 works
  23. Neuroscience0.43×15 works
  24. Engineering0.41×131 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×13 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.17×8 works

Which keywords describe research in Sokoto?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gender Equality, Medicinal Plants, Development, Curriculum Development, Globalization, Education and Antioxidant.

▲ 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. Epidemiology165▲ 1.67×111 topics
  2. Globalization98▲ 2.0×57 topics
  3. Education90▲ 2.1×41 topics
  4. Sustainable Development73▲ 1.89×49 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress72▲ 1.77×47 topics
  6. Curriculum Development69▲ 4.1×10 topics
  7. Human Rights68▲ 2.7×50 topics
  8. Gender Equality67▲ 9.6×11 topics
  9. Environmental Impact65▲ 1.55×46 topics
  10. Antioxidant64▲ 3.8×47 topics
  11. Medicinal Plants61▲ 6.4×19 topics
  12. Development56▲ 6.4×13 topics
  13. Economic Growth53▲ 2.6×23 topics
  14. Corporate Governance50▲ 2.8×23 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity50▲ 3.2×30 topics
  16. Bioactive Compounds42▲ 6.8×14 topics
  17. Teacher Training42▲ 2.8×13 topics
  18. Pedagogy41▲ 3.3×12 topics
  19. Risk Management40▲ 3.5×13 topics
  20. Antioxidants40▲ 3.6×17 topics
  21. Nigeria38▲ 71×3 topics
  22. Vaccine37▲ 3.8×11 topics
  23. Islamic Education37▲ 4.5×3 topics
  24. Quality Assurance35▲ 8.4×5 topics
  25. Flavonoids34▲ 5.5×10 topics
  26. Teacher Education34▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Herbal Medicine33▲ 4.8×12 topics
  28. Anti-inflammatory33▲ 4.7×26 topics
  29. Youth Unemployment32▲ 109×1 topic
  30. Finance32▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Financial Stability32▲ 6.7×5 topics
  32. Global Financial Crisis32▲ 9.9×3 topics
  33. Religious Education32▲ 7.9×3 topics
  34. Madrasa31▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Muslim Students31▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Ethical Identity30▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Shariah Supervision30▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Fiscal Policy30▲ 5.9×6 topics
  39. Phytochemicals28▲ 10×8 topics
  40. Phytochemistry27▲ 9.1×9 topics

What research is done in Sokoto?

Education and Islamic Studies: 30 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 29 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…23African Education and Politics: 23 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…17Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 17 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 17 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 17 fractional worksSurvey Sampling and Esti…14Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques: 14 fractional worksReligion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 14 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 12 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 11 fractional works
EducationAccountingEconomics and EconometricsNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Islamic Studies Education 30 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 29 works
  3. 3 African Education and Politics Education 23 works
  4. 4 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 17 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 17 works
  6. 6 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 17 works
  7. 7 Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques Statistics and Probability 14 works
  8. 8 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 14 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 12 works
  10. 10 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 11 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sokoto4.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2012.

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