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Federal University Lafia

In research, Federal University Lafia stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,377 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,572 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,856 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,229
of 28,054 · #15,476 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#74
of 191
Research works
1.5k
▲ 190% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Federal University Lafia 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,377 of 12,888 10.0%222 #9903
Social SciencesDomain #6,572 of 10,521 11.7%218 #5692
Social SciencesField #4,856 of 6,365 11.2%119 #3024
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,987 of 3,409 4.4%95 #4939
Computer ScienceField #4,093 of 4,667 16.0%61 #6280
Life SciencesDomain #6,898 of 7,800 4.5%140 #12134
Health SciencesDomain #11,033 of 11,982 4.3%113 #19507
MedicineField #10,032 of 10,443 4.8%81 #17790

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal University Lafia 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. Physical Sciences#9,903 #6,377
  2. Social Sciences#5,692 #6,572
  3. Social Sciences#3,024 #4,856
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,939 #2,987
  5. Computer Science#6,280 #4,093
  6. Life Sciences#12,134 #6,898
  7. Health Sciences#19,507 #11,033
  8. Medicine#17,790 #10,032
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: 2.90× its world share, 96 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 2.09× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.69× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal University Lafia?

Ranked on the composite score, Al Chukwuma Okoli, M. O. Aremu and Akwashiki Ombugadu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal University Lafia.

  1. 1 Al Chukwuma Okoli Nigeria · #802,501 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 M. O. Aremu Nigeria · #1,495,211 worldwide 29 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Akwashiki Ombugadu Nigeria · #1,613,756 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Federal University Lafia

Which keywords describe research at Federal University Lafia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Genetic Diversity, Environmental Impact, Machine Learning, Toxicity, Gender Equality, Epidemiology and Globalization.

▲ 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. Machine Learning39▲ 1.71×49 topics
  2. Epidemiology37▲ 1.35×62 topics
  3. Environmental Impact30▲ 2.6×35 topics
  4. Economic Growth27▲ 4.6×20 topics
  5. Globalization27▲ 2.0×33 topics
  6. Education23▲ 1.96×25 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity21▲ 7.0×16 topics
  8. Sustainable Development20▲ 1.80×29 topics
  9. Renewable Energy19▲ 1.89×21 topics
  10. Toxicity18▲ 5.9×14 topics
  11. Remote Sensing17▲ 2.0×17 topics
  12. Antioxidant15▲ 3.2×35 topics
  13. Gender Equality15▲ 7.8×7 topics
  14. Health Effects13▲ 3.2×16 topics
  15. Social Capital12▲ 3.3×11 topics
  16. Heavy Metals12▲ 7.2×6 topics
  17. Governance12▲ 5.1×4 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 5.3×8 topics
  19. Fiscal Policy11▲ 7.6×5 topics
  20. Development11▲ 4.6×10 topics
  21. Support Vector Machines10▲ 4.7×7 topics
  22. Nigeria10▲ 82×3 topics
  23. Social Networks10▲ 5.3×6 topics
  24. Inclusive Development9▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Inequality9▲ 5.9×4 topics
  26. Drought Tolerance9▲ 9.4×6 topics
  27. Ionizing Radiation9▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Bioavailability9▲ 6.6×5 topics
  29. ICT9▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Climate Resilience9▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Institutional Quality9▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Poverty Reduction9▲ 9.5×5 topics
  33. Knowledge Economy8▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Principal Component Analysis8▲ 8.7×4 topics
  35. financial access8▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Geological Mapping8▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Compositional Data Analysis8▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Mineral Prospectivity8▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Breeding8▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Infrastructure8▲ 9.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Federal University Lafia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Growth and Development, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and African Education and Politics.

Economic Growth and Deve…8Economic Growth and Development: 8 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…8Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 7 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…7African Education and Politics: 7 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…7Heavy metals in environment: 7 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 6 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollution Assessment: 6 fractional worksGlobal Political and Soc…5Global Political and Social Dynamics: 5 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 5 fractional works
Information SystemsArtificial IntelligenceEconomics and EconometricsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 8 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  4. 4 African Education and Politics Education 7 works
  5. 5 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 7 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 6 works
  7. 7 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 6 works
  8. 8 Global Political and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  9. 9 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 5 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 5 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 available80.6%not open19.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal University Lafia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 190% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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