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Federal Medical Centre

In research, Federal Medical Centre stands highest in Medicine (#9,382 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,918 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,956
of 28,054 · #32,989 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#168
of 191
Research works
342
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
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
MedicineField #9,382 of 10,443 4.8%71 #13830
Health SciencesDomain #10,918 of 11,982 4.6%83 #12338

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).

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: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.73× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.81× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 5.89× its world share, 3 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh Nigeria · #1,147,033 worldwide 18 citations · 17 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, Public Health, Maternal Mortality, Vaccine, Cardiovascular Disease, Health Inequalities 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. Epidemiology16▲ 3.6×70 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 4.1×21 topics
  3. Risk Factors6▲ 5.2×21 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.1×21 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.7×22 topics
  6. COVID-195▲ 3.1×10 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality4▲ 18×5 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  9. Vaccine4▲ 8.4×9 topics
  10. Diagnosis4▲ 3.6×20 topics
  11. Global Burden4▲ 6.2×10 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  13. Treatment4▲ 2.7×18 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 6.7×11 topics
  15. Health Inequalities4▲ 27×3 topics
  16. Child Development3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  17. Diabetes3▲ 5.4×8 topics
  18. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 10×3 topics
  19. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.9×14 topics
  20. Health Behavior3▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Risk Perception3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  23. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 28×1 topic
  24. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 31×1 topic
  25. Child Mortality2▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Complications2▲ 4.5×9 topics
  27. Health Systems2▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  32. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Survival Rates2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Maternal Outcomes2▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Perinatal Outcomes2▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Pregnancy2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  39. Cancer Incidence2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Global Health2▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Federal Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidem…1Global Health and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…1Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…1Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…1Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealthEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 1 works
  8. 8 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 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 available76.5%not open23.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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