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Federal Medical Centre

In research, Federal Medical Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,358 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,889 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,055 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,817
of 28,054 · #11,447 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#17
of 191
Research works
928
▲ 160% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
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 #4,358 of 11,982 9.2%271 #10110
Life SciencesDomain #2,889 of 7,800 30.7%80 #7914
MedicineField #4,055 of 10,443 8.9%227 #9198
Physical SciencesDomain #6,238 of 12,888 32.1%61 —

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#10,110 #4,358
  2. Life Sciences#7,914 #2,889
  3. Medicine#9,198 #4,055
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: 1.67× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.98× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.58× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.56× its world share, 227 worksMedicineNursing: 3.24× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.96× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Sylvester Chibueze Izah and Odangowei Inetiminebi Ogidi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Sylvester Chibueze Izah Nigeria · #906,616 worldwide 120 citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Odangowei Inetiminebi Ogidi Nigeria · #1,222,390 worldwide 31 citations · 29 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, Risk Factors, Maternal Mortality, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Herbal Medicine, Antioxidant and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 2.8×97 topics
  2. Public Health24▲ 3.6×39 topics
  3. Risk Factors24▲ 4.6×31 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress21▲ 2.7×43 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 3.8×31 topics
  6. Inflammation19▲ 1.97×54 topics
  7. COVID-1918▲ 2.9×17 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality17▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Antioxidant16▲ 5.0×32 topics
  10. Quality of Life15▲ 2.2×33 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity14▲ 4.8×14 topics
  12. Herbal Medicine14▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Environmental Impact14▲ 1.72×22 topics
  14. Treatment13▲ 2.3×33 topics
  15. Global Burden13▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Vaccine12▲ 6.5×8 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.0×19 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants11▲ 6.1×10 topics
  19. Immune Response11▲ 4.3×13 topics
  20. Health Inequalities11▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Depression11▲ 2.7×17 topics
  22. Community Health Workers10▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Socio-economic Factors10▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Child Mortality10▲ 31×1 topic
  25. Health Systems10▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Infectious Diseases10▲ 6.5×8 topics
  27. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.2×14 topics
  28. Diabetes9▲ 3.9×14 topics
  29. Antioxidants9▲ 4.2×14 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance8▲ 4.1×8 topics
  31. Toxicity7▲ 3.6×15 topics
  32. Pharmacology7▲ 6.3×10 topics
  33. Anti-inflammatory7▲ 5.5×15 topics
  34. Flavonoids7▲ 5.8×7 topics
  35. Drug Resistance7▲ 5.3×6 topics
  36. Bioactive Compounds7▲ 5.8×9 topics
  37. Nutritional Value7▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 5.8×4 topics
  39. Polysaccharides6▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Global Health6▲ 7.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Federal Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Diverse Scientific Research Studies.

Global Maternal and Chil…10Global Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 4 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 4 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 4 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…4Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…3Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health Professions5 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 10 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 4 works
  6. 6 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 4 works
  9. 9 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available73.5%not open26.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 160% 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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