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Nigeria vs United Arab Emirates

On research quality in 2022–now, The United Arab Emirates ranks #41 in the world and Nigeria #44, of 192 countries. Nigeria stands higher in 16 of the 26 fields both publish in, the United Arab Emirates in 10.

Nigeria

World rank, 2022–now
#44
#51 all time
Works, 2022–now
134k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
70%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Library and Information Sciences, Drug Discovery, Forestry.

United Arab Emirates

World rank, 2022–now
#41
#52 all time
Works, 2022–now
46k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ocean Engineering, Health Informatics, General Dentistry.

Who leads in each field?

Nigeria stands higher in 16 of 26 fields, United Arab Emirates in 10. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Nigeria 1610 United Arab Emirates
  1. #18Agricultural and Biological Sciences#62
  2. #33Arts and Humanities#56
  3. #43Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#50
  4. #50Business, Management and Accounting#32
  5. #43Chemical Engineering—
  6. #37Chemistry#40
  7. #54Computer Science#25
  8. #51Decision Sciences#39
  9. #58Dentistry#25
  10. #44Earth and Planetary Sciences#52
  11. #28Economics, Econometrics and Finance#33
  12. #32Energy#27
  13. #46Engineering#29
  14. #30Environmental Science#49
  15. #40Health Professions#30
  16. #40Immunology and Microbiology#52
  17. #39Materials Science#40
  18. #23Mathematics#50
  19. #49Medicine#46
  20. #48Neuroscience#49
  21. #42Nursing—
  22. #21Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics—
  23. #67Physics and Astronomy#48
  24. #58Psychology#54
  25. #25Social Sciences#44
  26. #29Veterinary—

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

How has their output grown?

20k40kNigeria40k in 2025United Arab Emirates14k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Nigeria or United Arab Emirates?

Nigeria publishes 2.9× as much research as the United Arab Emirates in 2022–now (134k against 46k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Nigeria or United Arab Emirates?

23.4% of the United Arab Emirates's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.7% for Nigeria.

Where does their research happen?