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Research in Warri

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Warri, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Federal University of Petroleum Resource Effurun and Edwin Clark University.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
6.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1967-2026
60 years on the record
Warri

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 Warri?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Federal University of Petroleum Resource EffurunUniversity 1,435 #6,214
2Edwin Clark UniversityUniversity 179 #16,369

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 Warri work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research in Warri is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Environmental Science (16%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 510 fractional works · 70.0% of its workEngineering: 194 fractional works · 26.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 34 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 116 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPollution: 31 fractional works · 4.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 50 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 45 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 31 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeophysics: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 57 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWarri728fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences6%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering19426.7%
    2. Environmental Science11615.9%
    3. Computer Science506.8%
    4. Materials Science456.2%
    5. Energy314.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences304.2%
    7. Mathematics152.0%
    8. Chemistry141.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy81.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.8%
    1. Social Sciences506.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting202.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance162.2%
    4. Decision Sciences131.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities91.3%
    6. Psychology60.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences354.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology141.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.8%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Medicine283.9%
    2. Health Professions162.2%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Warri strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Warri is most concentrated in Pollution and Ocean Engineering (9.9× the world share in Pollution).

  1. PollutionSubfield · 23.3 works9.9×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 30.6 works9.9×
← 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 25 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: 0.95× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.49× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.28× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.18× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.42× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.83× its world share, 163 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.04× its world share, 90 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.69× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy4.42×24 works
  2. Environmental Science3.04×90 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.02×28 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.49×5 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.28×5 works
  6. Engineering1.83×163 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.79×10 works
  8. Materials Science1.69×35 works
  9. Mathematics1.62×11 works
  10. Chemistry1.18×11 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×19 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.95×27 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×12 works
  14. Health Professions0.90×14 works
  15. Computer Science0.88×41 works
  16. Nursing0.59×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.53×7 works
  18. Social Sciences0.53×40 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.49×8 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×11 works
  21. Psychology0.29×5 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×1 works
  23. Medicine0.20×23 works
  24. Neuroscience0.14×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Warri?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Health Effects, Sustainability, Toxicity, Heavy Metals, Machine Learning and Optimization.

▲ 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 Impact64▲ 5.1×42 topics
  2. Renewable Energy56▲ 5.4×31 topics
  3. Sustainability44▲ 2.5×41 topics
  4. Machine Learning42▲ 1.75×58 topics
  5. Health Effects31▲ 7.0×16 topics
  6. Nanoparticles26▲ 2.8×25 topics
  7. Remote Sensing25▲ 2.8×18 topics
  8. Toxicity24▲ 7.5×12 topics
  9. Sustainable Development21▲ 1.81×25 topics
  10. Optimization21▲ 6.3×16 topics
  11. Heavy Metals20▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Nigeria16▲ 102×3 topics
  13. Heat Transfer14▲ 3.9×14 topics
  14. Air Pollution14▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Uncertainty Quantification14▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Recycling14▲ 4.8×7 topics
  17. Emissions13▲ 9.4×6 topics
  18. Waste Management13▲ 4.6×7 topics
  19. Data Assimilation13▲ 11×1 topic
  20. Ensemble Kalman Filter13▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Pollution13▲ 8.9×5 topics
  22. Greenhouse Gas Emissions12▲ 6.1×5 topics
  23. Wastewater Treatment12▲ 6.7×9 topics
  24. Geological Mapping12▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Black Carbon Emissions11▲ 191×1 topic
  26. Gas Flaring11▲ 191×1 topic
  27. Ionic Liquids11▲ 5.5×8 topics
  28. Principal Component Analysis11▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons11▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Renewable Resources11▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Bioaccumulation10▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Biodegradation10▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Waste-to-Energy10▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Household Fuel Use10▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Indoor Air Pollution10▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Multivariate Statistical Techniques10▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Water Quality Index10▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Biochar9▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Environmental Exposure9▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Catalyst9▲ 20×2 topics

What research is done in Warri?

Reservoir Engineering an…12Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 12 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…10Energy and Environment Impacts: 10 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 9 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 8 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 7 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 7 fractional worksBiodiesel Production and Applications: 7 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelect…6Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 6 fractional worksOil, Gas, and Environmental Issues: 6 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 6 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringPollutionWater Science and TechnologyArtificial Intelligence6 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 10 works
  3. 3 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 9 works
  4. 4 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  5. 5 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 7 works
  7. 7 Biodiesel Production and Applications Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Oil, Gas, and Environmental Issues Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  10. 10 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 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 2025Warri7.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2021.

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