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Research in Umuahia

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Umuahia, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Federal Medical Centre and National Root Crops Research Institute.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
6.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1961-2026
66 years on the record
Umuahia

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 Umuahia?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Michael Okpara University of AgricultureUniversity 4,389 #6,828
2National Root Crops Research InstituteResearch facility 401 #22,039
3Federal Medical CentreHospital / health system 342 #18,555

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 Umuahia work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Umuahia is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (25%), Engineering (13%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 594 fractional works · 34.4% of its workEngineering: 223 fractional works · 12.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 43 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 171 fractional works · 9.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 65 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 543 fractional works · 31.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 423 fractional works · 24.5% of its workPlant Science: 163 fractional works · 9.4% of its workFood Science: 78 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 51 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workForestry: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 312 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMedicine: 215 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNursing: 56 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 56 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 278 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 103 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 78 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAccounting: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 59 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUmuahia1,727fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences16%

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. Engineering22312.9%
    2. Environmental Science1719.9%
    3. Computer Science653.8%
    4. Materials Science372.2%
    5. Chemistry291.7%
    6. Mathematics271.6%
    7. Energy191.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42324.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology724.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics271.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology171.0%
    5. Neuroscience50.3%
    1. Medicine21512.5%
    2. Nursing563.2%
    3. Health Professions301.7%
    4. Veterinary90.5%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Social Sciences1036.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting784.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance593.4%
    4. Decision Sciences171.0%
    5. Psychology140.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities60.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Umuahia strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Umuahia is most concentrated in Animal Science and Zoology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Pharmacology (14.2× the world share in Animal Science and Zoology).

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 45.6 works14×
  2. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 51.9 works8.3×
  3. PharmacologySubfield · 20.0 works7.3×
  4. NursingField · 52.3 works7.3×
← 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.

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: 5.17× its world share, 359 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.18× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 204 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 139 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 180 worksMedicineNursing: 7.29× its world share, 52 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.75× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing7.29×52 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.17×359 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.18×22 works
  4. Veterinary3.75×8 works
  5. Environmental Science1.91×139 works
  6. Mathematics1.54×27 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×48 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.26×59 works
  9. Energy1.20×16 works
  10. Chemistry1.14×26 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.98×14 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×14 works
  13. Engineering0.93×204 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×64 works
  15. Health Professions0.68×26 works
  16. Medicine0.64×180 works
  17. Materials Science0.63×32 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×12 works
  19. Computer Science0.45×52 works
  20. Social Sciences0.44×81 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.35×2 works
  22. Psychology0.27×12 works
  23. Dentistry0.25×2 works
  24. Neuroscience0.18×4 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.14×4 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.10×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Umuahia?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Environmental Impact, Antioxidant Activity, Antioxidant, Sustainable Agriculture, Medicinal Plants, Bioactive Compounds and Health Benefits.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact90▲ 3.1×49 topics
  2. Sustainability72▲ 1.71×57 topics
  3. Epidemiology68◆ 0.99×93 topics
  4. Climate Change67▲ 1.42×64 topics
  5. Antioxidant64▲ 5.4×44 topics
  6. Antioxidant Activity64▲ 5.9×25 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity60▲ 8.0×20 topics
  8. Sustainable Agriculture52▲ 9.7×12 topics
  9. Medicinal Plants48▲ 7.2×13 topics
  10. Renewable Energy47▲ 1.88×31 topics
  11. Bioactive Compounds46▲ 11×13 topics
  12. Health Benefits45▲ 7.9×14 topics
  13. Dietary Fiber44▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Food Security42▲ 4.5×16 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers40▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Economic Growth39▲ 2.8×20 topics
  17. Antioxidants39▲ 5.0×15 topics
  18. Phytochemicals36▲ 20×8 topics
  19. Heavy Metals35▲ 8.4×8 topics
  20. Bioavailability32▲ 9.6×6 topics
  21. Nutritional Quality32▲ 26×4 topics
  22. Anti-inflammatory32▲ 6.5×26 topics
  23. Rheological Properties32▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Toxicity31▲ 4.1×16 topics
  25. Climate Resilience30▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Nutritional Value30▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Flavonoids28▲ 6.3×10 topics
  28. Metabolic Health27▲ 7.8×3 topics
  29. Drought Tolerance27▲ 11×8 topics
  30. Glycemic Index26▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Starch26▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Gender Equality26▲ 5.3×7 topics
  33. Genomic Sequencing26▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Phytochemistry25▲ 12×7 topics
  35. Principal Component Analysis24▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Technology Adoption24▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Metabolic Pathways23▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Cassava23▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Cyanogenic Glycosides23▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Quality21▲ 28×2 topics

What research is done in Umuahia?

Food composition and properties: 25 fractional worksCassava research and cyanide: 20 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollut…17Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 17 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…15African Botany and Ecology Studies: 15 fractional worksRabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health: 14 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 13 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…13Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 13 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 12 fractional worksAgricultural pest manage…12Agricultural pest management studies: 12 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPlant ScienceWater Science and TechnologyForestry2 others

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

  1. 1 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 25 works
  2. 2 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 20 works
  3. 3 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 17 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 15 works
  5. 5 Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health Animal Science and Zoology 14 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 13 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 13 works
  8. 8 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 12 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 12 works
  10. 10 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 12 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Umuahia8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2012.

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