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Federal Medical Centre

In research, Federal Medical Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,971 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,276 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,262
of 22,385 · #24,432 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#132
of 183
Research works
894
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.4k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Federal Medical Centre

What is Federal Medical Centre known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,971 of 9,902 3.3%203 #12626
MedicineField #6,276 of 8,541 3.0%174 #11491

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Medical Centre 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Federal Medical Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Federal Medical Centre is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 243 fractional works · 71.1% of its workMedicine: 210 fractional works · 61.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 5.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFederal MedicalCentre342fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences11%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine21061.3%
    2. Health Professions236.8%
    3. Nursing61.8%
    4. Dentistry41.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology82.3%
    4. Neuroscience41.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    1. Social Sciences154.3%
    2. Psychology102.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting51.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Environmental Science61.8%
    2. Computer Science51.3%
    3. Engineering31.0%
    4. Mathematics30.9%
    5. Materials Science20.7%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Federal Medical Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 20.1 works7.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.61× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.31× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.59× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 210 worksMedicineNursing: 3.58× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.58×6 works
  2. Medicine3.19×210 works
  3. Health Professions2.59×23 works
  4. Dentistry2.31×4 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.30×8 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.79×2 works
  7. Psychology0.95×10 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×17 works
  9. Veterinary0.78×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.76×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.76×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×10 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×4 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×5 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.43×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.37×6 works
  17. Social Sciences0.34×15 works
  18. Materials Science0.20×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.17×5 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.14×1 works
  22. Engineering0.07×4 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  24. Energy0.04×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Federal Medical Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Lawan Umar, Taiwo O. Olunuga and Iyabode Olabisi Florence Dedeke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Lawan Umar Nigeria · #600,678 worldwide 3.2k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Taiwo O. Olunuga Nigeria · #689,933 worldwide 2.1k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Iyabode Olabisi Florence Dedeke Nigeria · #1,861,304 worldwide 221 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Damilola Jeremiah Ayowole Nigeria · #1,963,593 worldwide 43 citations · 14 works
  5. 5 Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi Nigeria · #2,387,607 worldwide 184 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Chidiebere Ndukwe Ogo Nigeria · #2,521,656 worldwide 406 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 David Awonuga Nigeria · #3,439,181 worldwide 199 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 G.A. Alabi Nigeria · #3,847,883 worldwide 130 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Ayanfe Omololu Nigeria · #3,930,516 worldwide 475 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed Nigeria · #4,091,626 worldwide 355 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Medical Centre

What are the most cited papers from Federal Medical Centre?

The most cited paper from Federal Medical Centre is "Advances in drug delivery systems, challenges and future directions" (Tobechukwu Christian Ezike, Ugochukwu Solomon Okpala, Ufedo Lovet Onoja et al., 2023), with 988 citations. Next come "Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study)" (599) and "The burden of stroke in Africa: a glance at the present and a glimpse into the future: review article" (425).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advances in drug delivery systems, challenges and future directions Tobechukwu Christian Ezike, Ugochukwu Solomon Okpala, Ufedo Lovet Onoja et al. · Heliyon Open access Jun 2023 988
2 Characteristics, complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study) Liesl Joanna Zuhlke et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 25 Nov 2014 599
3 The burden of stroke in Africa: a glance at the present and a glimpse into the future: review article Mayowa Ojo Owolabi, Sally N Akarolo-Anthony, Rufus Akinyemi et al. · Cardiovascular journal of South Africa/Cardiovascular journal of Southern Africa Open access 30 Apr 2015 425
4 Stroke in Africa: profile, progress, prospects and priorities Rufus Akinyemi, Bruce I Ovbiagele, Olaleye Akinmola Adeniji et al. · Nature Reviews Neurology ReviewOpen access 15 Sep 2021 342
5 The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Lisa M Force et al. · The Lancet Open access1,377 authors 25 Sep 2025 330
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Federal Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Risk Factors, Global Burden, Cardiovascular Disease, Vaccine, Treatment and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology52▲ 3.8×105 topics
  2. Risk Factors21▲ 5.5×31 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 4.8×32 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality18▲ 24×5 topics
  5. Inflammation17▲ 2.3×55 topics
  6. Global Burden16▲ 8.7×12 topics
  7. Treatment15▲ 3.7×35 topics
  8. Public Health14▲ 2.9×37 topics
  9. Quality of Life14▲ 2.9×34 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.4×29 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 4.6×19 topics
  12. Diagnosis12▲ 3.9×31 topics
  13. Vaccine12▲ 8.7×11 topics
  14. COVID-1911▲ 2.5×19 topics
  15. Immune Response10▲ 5.2×16 topics
  16. Health Inequalities9▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Depression9▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Community Health Workers8▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Child Mortality8▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Health Systems8▲ 33×1 topic
  21. Diabetes8▲ 4.5×15 topics
  22. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.0×19 topics
  23. Cancer Incidence6▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance6▲ 4.1×9 topics
  25. Radiation Therapy6▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Cervical Cancer6▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Health6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  29. Drug Resistance6▲ 5.6×6 topics
  30. Hypertension5▲ 5.4×13 topics
  31. Mortality Rates5▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  33. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  34. Maternal Outcomes5▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Perinatal Outcomes5▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Pregnancy Complications5▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 9.6×7 topics
  38. Hypertensive Disorders5▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Placental Development5▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Preeclampsia5▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Maternal and fetal healthcare.

Global Maternal and Chil…8Global Maternal and Child Health: 8 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 3 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…3Health and Well-being Studies: 3 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 3 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …3Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyHealthHealth Information Management4 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 8 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  4. 4 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 3 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 3 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 available75.9%not open24.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Federal Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Federal Medical Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Federal Medical Centre0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Federal Medical Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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 2025Federal Medical Centre5.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2016.

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