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Federal Medical Centre

In research, Federal Medical Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,248 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,606 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,145 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,704
of 28,054 · #14,895 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#64
of 191
Research works
1.9k
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Federal Medical Centre 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 #6,248 of 11,982 5.0%353 #10656
MedicineField #6,606 of 10,443 4.6%287 #10685
Life SciencesDomain #5,145 of 7,800 5.0%144 #7414
Physical SciencesDomain #8,813 of 12,888 5.9%177 #14580
Social SciencesDomain #7,965 of 10,521 12.7%117 #13195
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,697 of 3,409 3.2%70 #4012

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#10,656 #6,248
  2. Medicine#10,685 #6,606
  3. Life Sciences#7,414 #5,145
  4. Physical Sciences#14,580 #8,813
  5. Social Sciences#13,195 #7,965
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,012 #2,697
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 1.85× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.82× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.94× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.89× its world share, 288 worksMedicineNursing: 3.55× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim Nigeria · #1,538,400 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at Federal Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antioxidant, Global Burden, Oxidative Stress, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Medicinal Plants and Insulin Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology84▲ 2.7×113 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress29▲ 2.3×42 topics
  3. Inflammation26▲ 1.57×51 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.7×31 topics
  5. Environmental Impact24▲ 1.75×36 topics
  6. Antioxidant23▲ 4.2×37 topics
  7. Public Health22▲ 1.88×38 topics
  8. Risk Factors21▲ 2.4×29 topics
  9. Global Burden21▲ 4.9×12 topics
  10. Treatment20▲ 2.1×35 topics
  11. COVID-1918▲ 1.71×20 topics
  12. Diabetes18▲ 4.7×16 topics
  13. Quality of Life18▲ 1.56×38 topics
  14. Diagnosis16▲ 2.2×31 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 2.5×21 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance16▲ 4.4×9 topics
  17. Medicinal Plants16▲ 5.0×13 topics
  18. Antioxidants15▲ 4.3×15 topics
  19. Immune Response15▲ 3.4×14 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity15▲ 3.0×23 topics
  21. Cancer15▲ 1.42×30 topics
  22. Vaccine14▲ 4.4×11 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity14▲ 3.9×17 topics
  24. Anti-inflammatory12▲ 5.4×22 topics
  25. Pathogenesis12▲ 2.9×20 topics
  26. Toxicity12▲ 3.4×16 topics
  27. Bioactive Compounds12▲ 5.7×13 topics
  28. Vaccine Development12▲ 5.7×8 topics
  29. Maternal Mortality11▲ 6.3×5 topics
  30. Herbal Medicine11▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 3.4×12 topics
  32. Guidelines10▲ 2.8×12 topics
  33. Flavonoids10▲ 4.8×9 topics
  34. Infectious Diseases10▲ 3.7×8 topics
  35. Heavy Metals9▲ 4.8×7 topics
  36. Hypertension8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  37. Phytochemicals7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  38. Human Papillomavirus7▲ 7.2×3 topics
  39. Genome Sequence6▲ 9.8×3 topics
  40. Insecticide Resistance6▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Federal Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies, Global Maternal and Child Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Malaria Research and Con…6Malaria Research and Control: 6 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…5Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 5 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …4Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 4 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  5. 5 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 5 works
  6. 6 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 5 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 5 works
  8. 8 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 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 available76.6%not open23.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% 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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