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Research in Zaria

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Zaria, Nigeria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ahmadu Bello University and Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
130k
9.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1963-2026
64 years on the record
Zaria

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 Zaria?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ahmadu Bello UniversityUniversity 12,377 #5,265
2Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 1,774 #15,258

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 Zaria work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Zaria is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Engineering (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,356 fractional works · 38.2% of its workEngineering: 509 fractional works · 14.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 80 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 79 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 77 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 66 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 61 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 262 fractional works · 7.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 198 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 120 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 85 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 790 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMedicine: 623 fractional works · 17.6% of its workEpidemiology: 79 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 75 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 96 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 51 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 734 fractional works · 20.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 444 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPlant Science: 155 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 166 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 77 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 61 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 665 fractional works · 18.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 274 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 72 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 140 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 115 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 78 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKZaria3,545fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering50914.4%
    2. Environmental Science2627.4%
    3. Computer Science1985.6%
    4. Materials Science1203.4%
    5. Chemistry852.4%
    6. Mathematics631.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences421.2%
    8. Energy421.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy190.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.4%
    1. Medicine62317.6%
    2. Health Professions962.7%
    3. Nursing361.0%
    4. Veterinary260.7%
    5. Dentistry90.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44412.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1664.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology611.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics381.1%
    5. Neuroscience250.7%
    1. Social Sciences2747.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1403.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1153.3%
    4. Decision Sciences541.5%
    5. Psychology531.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities290.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Zaria strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Zaria is most concentrated in Animal Science and Zoology, Veterinary and Agronomy and Crop Science (8.3× the world share in Animal Science and Zoology).

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 57.2 works8.3×
  2. VeterinaryField · 23.6 works5.6×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 40.8 works5.5×
← 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: 2.69× its world share, 400 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 144 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.23× its world share, 36 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.19× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 78 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 178 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 465 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 229 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 104 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.52× its world share, 56 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 539 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.56× its world share, 24 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 125 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 49 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 107 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 234 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.56×24 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.23×36 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.69×400 works
  4. Nursing1.96×30 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.66×52 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.63×49 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×107 works
  8. Chemistry1.58×78 works
  9. Mathematics1.52×56 works
  10. Environmental Science1.48×229 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.24×125 works
  12. Energy1.22×35 works
  13. Chemical Engineering1.19×13 works
  14. Engineering0.99×465 works
  15. Health Professions0.99×82 works
  16. Materials Science0.95×104 works
  17. Medicine0.90×539 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×144 works
  19. Computer Science0.73×178 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×35 works
  21. Social Sciences0.59×234 works
  22. Dentistry0.51×8 works
  23. Psychology0.47×45 works
  24. Neuroscience0.40×20 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.27×24 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.25×17 works

Which keywords describe research in Zaria?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Environmental Impact, Medicinal Chemistry, Antioxidant, Medicinal Plants, Genetic Diversity, Machine Learning and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology225▲ 1.59×113 topics
  2. Environmental Impact137▲ 2.3×51 topics
  3. Machine Learning136◆ 1.15×72 topics
  4. Climate Change122▲ 1.26×80 topics
  5. Sustainability118▲ 1.36×79 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress93▲ 1.59×53 topics
  7. Antioxidant80▲ 3.3×48 topics
  8. Renewable Energy78▲ 1.51×40 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties66▲ 1.91×30 topics
  10. Heat Transfer65▲ 3.8×18 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity65▲ 4.2×20 topics
  12. Risk Management64▲ 3.8×13 topics
  13. Medicinal Plants64▲ 4.6×19 topics
  14. Medicinal Chemistry60▲ 6.3×10 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity58▲ 2.6×30 topics
  16. Immune Response54▲ 2.7×21 topics
  17. Vaccine49▲ 3.5×11 topics
  18. Food Security48▲ 2.5×18 topics
  19. Pathogenesis48▲ 2.6×20 topics
  20. Vaccine Development46▲ 5.1×11 topics
  21. Pharmacokinetics45▲ 4.8×13 topics
  22. Gender Equality45▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Antioxidants45▲ 2.9×16 topics
  24. Sustainable Agriculture45▲ 4.1×13 topics
  25. Anti-inflammatory42▲ 4.2×29 topics
  26. Development41▲ 3.2×16 topics
  27. Drug Resistance40▲ 4.0×8 topics
  28. Herbal Medicine39▲ 3.9×10 topics
  29. Bioactive Compounds37▲ 4.2×13 topics
  30. Smallholder Farmers37▲ 4.9×6 topics
  31. Anticancer Agents36▲ 6.9×10 topics
  32. Molecular Docking36▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Drug Target Identification32▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Virtual Screening32▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Experimental Investigation31▲ 8.3×4 topics
  36. Genome Sequence30▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Phytochemistry29▲ 6.8×9 topics
  38. Sustainable Construction29▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Nigeria29▲ 38×3 topics
  40. Heterocyclic Compounds27▲ 9.1×5 topics

What research is done in Zaria?

Computational Drug Disco…29Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 29 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…21Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 21 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 20 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat …20Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 20 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…19Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 19 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 17 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 16 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…16Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 16 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 15 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 15 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsAccountingOrganic ChemistryBiomedical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 29 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 21 works
  3. 3 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 20 works
  4. 4 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 19 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 17 works
  7. 7 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 16 works
  8. 8 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 16 works
  9. 9 African Education and Politics Education 15 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 15 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 2025Zaria9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2016.

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