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Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

In research, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,177 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,695 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,476
of 28,054 · #26,063 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#111
of 191
Research works
1.2k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,177 of 11,982 7.8%205 #10351
MedicineField #6,695 of 10,443 7.4%179 #10718

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.50× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 2.67× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mahmoud U. Sani, Umma A. Ibrahim and Andrew Uloko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Mahmoud U. Sani Nigeria · #504,678 worldwide 90 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Umma A. Ibrahim Nigeria · #657,473 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Andrew Uloko Nigeria · #1,293,386 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Anas Ismail Nigeria · #1,358,800 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Ibrahim Aliyu Nigeria · #1,384,399 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Godpower Chinedu Michael Nigeria · #1,457,619 worldwide 12 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Burden, Inflammation, Maternal Mortality, Quality of Life and Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Epidemiology45▲ 4.1×96 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 2.8×41 topics
  3. Risk Factors15▲ 5.0×25 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 4.7×27 topics
  5. Quality of Life12▲ 3.0×32 topics
  6. Global Burden11▲ 7.7×12 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality9▲ 15×5 topics
  8. COVID-199▲ 2.5×15 topics
  9. Diagnosis9▲ 3.6×27 topics
  10. Public Health9▲ 2.3×29 topics
  11. Management9▲ 4.1×21 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress9▲ 1.96×20 topics
  13. Treatment9▲ 2.6×30 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 2.8×18 topics
  15. Surgical Management6▲ 5.6×14 topics
  16. Pandemic6▲ 2.1×9 topics
  17. Mortality6▲ 3.9×13 topics
  18. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  19. Complications6▲ 4.2×13 topics
  20. Guidelines6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  21. Prevention6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  22. Diabetes5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  23. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Vaccine5▲ 4.7×9 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.3×14 topics
  26. Health Inequalities5▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Pregnancy5▲ 8.9×8 topics
  28. Child Mortality5▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Health Systems5▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Immune Response5▲ 3.1×13 topics
  31. Genetic Regulation5▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Insulin Resistance5▲ 3.8×7 topics
  33. Sickle-cell Disease4▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Thalassemia4▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 10×7 topics
  36. Anemia4▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  38. Chronic Pain3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  39. Toxins3▲ 13×4 topics
  40. HIV Infection3▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Iron Metabolism and Disorders.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Issues in…2Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksVenomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneticsHealthHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  4. 4 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  6. 6 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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