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Research in Uyo

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Uyo, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Akwa Ibom State University, University of Uyo and University of Uyo Teaching Hospital.

Research institutions
5
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.8k
▲ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
53k
6.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Uyo

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 Uyo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of UyoUniversity 5,815 #6,872
2Akwa Ibom State UniversityUniversity 2,356 #6,249
3University of Uyo Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 524 #19,217
4Centre for Research and Information on Substance AbuseNonprofit 66 not ranked
5Excellence Community Education Welfare SchemeNonprofit 9 not ranked

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.

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.

University of Uyo: 66.3%Akwa Ibom State University: 26.9%University of Uyo Teaching Hospital: 6.0%Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse: 0.8%1 other listed: 0.1%66%largest
University of Uyo5,815 · 66.3%Akwa Ibom State University2,356 · 26.9%University of Uyo Teaching Hospital524 · 6.0%Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse66 · 0.8%1 other listed9 · 0.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Uyo work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Uyo is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,518 fractional works · 37.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 704 fractional works · 17.3% of its workEducation: 207 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 204 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 69 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 302 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAccounting: 90 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 64 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 236 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 173 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 104 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 91 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 81 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 59 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,286 fractional works · 31.6% of its workEngineering: 445 fractional works · 10.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 70 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 64 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 319 fractional works · 7.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 217 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 85 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 71 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 67 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 60 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 659 fractional works · 16.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 457 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPlant Science: 159 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 79 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 62 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 115 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 613 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMedicine: 449 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 104 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUyo4,075fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences37%

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 Sciences1,51837.2%
    1. Social Sciences70417.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3027.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2365.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities1042.6%
    5. Psychology912.2%
    6. Decision Sciences812.0%
    1. Engineering44510.9%
    2. Environmental Science3197.8%
    3. Computer Science2175.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences671.6%
    5. Energy601.5%
    6. Materials Science571.4%
    7. Mathematics441.1%
    8. Chemistry411.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy300.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45711.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1152.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics391.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology290.7%
    5. Neuroscience180.4%
    1. Medicine44911.0%
    2. Health Professions1042.6%
    3. Nursing501.2%
    4. Dentistry60.1%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Uyo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Uyo is most concentrated in Animal Science and Zoology, Pharmacology and Aquatic Science (7.3× the world share in Animal Science and Zoology).

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 52.1 works7.3×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 29.7 works4.9×
  3. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 26.1 works4.4×
  4. AccountingSubfield · 76.1 works3.9×
← 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: 2.48× its world share, 382 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.00× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 166 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 57 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 378 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 267 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 36 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 86 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 375 worksMedicineNursing: 2.81× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 70 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.36× its world share, 246 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.53× its world share, 175 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 69 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 494 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.00×34 works
  2. Nursing2.81×44 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.53×175 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.48×382 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.36×246 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.82×57 works
  7. Environmental Science1.66×267 works
  8. Energy1.46×43 works
  9. Social Sciences1.21×494 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.13×57 works
  11. Health Professions1.01×86 works
  12. Mathematics0.95×36 works
  13. Engineering0.78×378 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.75×70 works
  15. Veterinary0.74×3 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×23 works
  17. Chemistry0.70×35 works
  18. Psychology0.70×69 works
  19. Computer Science0.66×166 works
  20. Medicine0.60×375 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×101 works
  22. Materials Science0.41×47 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.34×4 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.34×25 works
  25. Neuroscience0.26×14 works
  26. Dentistry0.26×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Uyo?

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

▲ 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. Education176▲ 2.5×58 topics
  2. Sustainable Development174▲ 2.7×58 topics
  3. Environmental Impact170▲ 2.4×55 topics
  4. Sustainability159▲ 1.60×83 topics
  5. Economic Growth145▲ 4.4×24 topics
  6. Globalization137▲ 1.71×78 topics
  7. Machine Learning128◆ 0.94×78 topics
  8. Climate Change125◆ 1.13×77 topics
  9. Development122▲ 8.4×12 topics
  10. Renewable Energy112▲ 1.89×43 topics
  11. Gender Equality109▲ 9.5×9 topics
  12. Nigeria100▲ 113×3 topics
  13. Information Technology97▲ 5.0×16 topics
  14. Curriculum Development89▲ 3.2×10 topics
  15. Economic Development83▲ 2.6×31 topics
  16. Corporate Governance83▲ 2.8×20 topics
  17. Antioxidant81▲ 2.9×45 topics
  18. Risk Management80▲ 4.1×14 topics
  19. Quality Assurance76▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Teacher Education75▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity73▲ 4.1×22 topics
  22. Youth Unemployment72▲ 149×1 topic
  23. Political Economy68▲ 6.6×10 topics
  24. Financial Performance65▲ 2.9×14 topics
  25. Leadership65▲ 3.3×24 topics
  26. Antioxidant Activity65▲ 2.6×27 topics
  27. Fiscal Policy61▲ 7.4×5 topics
  28. Governance59▲ 4.4×11 topics
  29. Toxicity59▲ 3.3×15 topics
  30. Antioxidants58▲ 3.2×17 topics
  31. Bioactive Compounds51▲ 5.0×12 topics
  32. Inequality48▲ 5.1×9 topics
  33. Corruption47▲ 7.4×6 topics
  34. Poverty Reduction46▲ 8.8×5 topics
  35. Smallholder Farmers46▲ 5.3×6 topics
  36. Global Financial Crisis44▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Dietary Fiber42▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Institutions41▲ 13×5 topics
  39. ICT39▲ 7.2×3 topics
  40. Institutional Quality38▲ 9.1×2 topics

What research is done in Uyo?

Islamic Finance and Bank…33Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 33 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…31African Education and Politics: 31 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 27 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 24 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 21 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 20 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 20 fractional worksRabbits: Nutrition, Repr…19Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health: 19 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 19 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 18 fractional works
AccountingEducationWater Science and TechnologyEconomics and Econometrics6 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 33 works
  2. 2 African Education and Politics Education 31 works
  3. 3 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 27 works
  4. 4 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 24 works
  5. 5 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 21 works
  6. 6 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 20 works
  7. 7 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 20 works
  8. 8 Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health Animal Science and Zoology 19 works
  9. 9 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 19 works
  10. 10 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 18 works

Research output over time

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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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Uyo7.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2008.

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