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Federal University of Technology Owerri

In research, Federal University of Technology Owerri stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,123 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,053 of 3,409 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,557 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Animal Science and Zoology, Pollution and Ocean Engineering — Animal Science and Zoology is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,944
of 28,054 · #6,982 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#22
of 191
Research works
4.8k
▲ 112% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Federal University of Technology Owerri 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 #3,123 of 12,888 9.0%834 #4917
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,053 of 3,409 7.1%203 #1438
EngineeringField #2,557 of 6,636 10.1%316 #5303
Social SciencesDomain #4,159 of 10,521 8.9%232 #4431
Social SciencesField #2,729 of 6,365 12.9%81 #2176
Life SciencesDomain #3,888 of 7,800 7.1%283 #6395
Health SciencesDomain #7,088 of 11,982 7.9%231 #11959
MedicineField #6,642 of 10,443 7.6%172 #12230
Environmental ScienceField #2,462 of 3,551 5.9%189 #3681
Materials ScienceField #1,894 of 2,468 9.9%81 #1870

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal University of Technology Owerri 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#4,917 #3,123
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,438 #1,053
  3. Engineering#5,303 #2,557
  4. Social Sciences#4,431 #4,159
  5. Social Sciences#2,176 #2,729
  6. Life Sciences#6,395 #3,888
  7. Health Sciences#11,959 #7,088
  8. Medicine#12,230 #6,642
  9. Environmental Science#3,681 #2,462
  10. Materials Science#1,870 #1,894
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.

What does Federal University of Technology Owerri specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Animal Science and Zoology takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 24.3 works7.0×
  2. PollutionSubfield · 42.1 works6.8×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 49.2 works6.0×
← 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: 2.71× its world share, 203 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.36× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 105 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.59× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 316 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.41× its world share, 189 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.48× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 2.81× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal University of Technology Owerri?

Ranked on the composite score, M. N. Opara, I. C. Okoli and Obinna Chigoziem Akakuru lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal University of Technology Owerri.

  1. 1 M. N. Opara Nigeria · #354,988 worldwide 55 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 I. C. Okoli Nigeria · #421,153 worldwide 85 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Obinna Chigoziem Akakuru Nigeria · #489,310 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Augustine I. Airaodion Nigeria · #515,580 worldwide 33 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 I. P. Ogbuewu Nigeria · #751,497 worldwide 61 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 JS Orebiyi Nigeria · #951,217 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Chidi Uzoma Igwe Nigeria · #985,157 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 A. B. I. Udedibie Nigeria · #1,062,144 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Godwin Amechi Okeke Nigeria · #1,166,300 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Chinwe Veronica Anunobi Nigeria · #1,296,867 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Federal University of Technology Owerri

Which keywords describe research at Federal University of Technology Owerri?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Bioactive Compounds, Antioxidant, Remote Sensing and Antioxidants.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact94▲ 3.5×43 topics
  2. Machine Learning82▲ 1.60×55 topics
  3. Sustainability77▲ 1.99×59 topics
  4. Renewable Energy66▲ 2.9×37 topics
  5. Climate Change56▲ 1.32×65 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress44▲ 1.70×32 topics
  7. Remote Sensing44▲ 2.3×23 topics
  8. Antioxidant40▲ 3.7×37 topics
  9. Nanoparticles37▲ 1.87×28 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties34▲ 2.2×27 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management32▲ 2.2×19 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity32▲ 3.2×26 topics
  13. Antioxidants30▲ 4.3×14 topics
  14. Bioactive Compounds29▲ 7.2×13 topics
  15. Medicinal Plants28▲ 4.4×15 topics
  16. Health Effects27▲ 2.8×16 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity26▲ 3.8×17 topics
  18. Risk Management26▲ 3.4×13 topics
  19. Optimization25▲ 3.5×18 topics
  20. Toxicity24▲ 3.5×16 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture23▲ 4.6×11 topics
  22. Flavonoids22▲ 5.3×10 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers21▲ 5.9×6 topics
  24. Phytochemicals21▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Rheological Properties20▲ 7.1×5 topics
  26. CO2 Sequestration20▲ 6.6×4 topics
  27. Respiratory Infections19▲ 10×3 topics
  28. GIS18▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Bioavailability18▲ 5.6×6 topics
  30. Household Fuel Use18▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Indoor Air Pollution18▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria18▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Adsorption Properties17▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Corrosion Inhibitors17▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Metal Corrosion17▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Hydraulic Fracturing17▲ 9.5×2 topics
  37. Nutritional Quality16▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Principal Component Analysis16▲ 7.2×3 topics
  39. Dietary Fiber15▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Phytochemistry15▲ 7.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Federal University of Technology Owerri publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energy and Environment Impacts, Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment.

Energy and Environment I…18Energy and Environment Impacts: 18 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and I…17Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 17 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…15Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 15 fractional worksWater Quality and Pollut…14Water Quality and Pollution Assessment: 14 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 12 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 12 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…10Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 10 fractional worksNatural Fiber Reinforced Composites: 10 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 10 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…10African Botany and Ecology Studies: 10 fractional works
PollutionMaterials ChemistryMechanical EngineeringWater Science and Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 18 works
  2. 2 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 17 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Water Quality and Pollution Assessment Water Science and Technology 14 works
  5. 5 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 12 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  8. 8 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 10 works
  9. 9 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 10 works
  10. 10 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 10 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 available73.4%not open26.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal University of Technology Owerri's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 112% 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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