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Lagos State University Teaching Hospital

In research, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,362 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,101 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,692
of 28,054 · #29,137 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#132
of 191
Research works
866
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Lagos State University Teaching Hospital 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 #8,362 of 11,982 5.3%193 #12646
MedicineField #8,101 of 10,443 5.3%158 #12143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lagos State University Teaching Hospital 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 10.68× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.03× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.42× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 3.03× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, OI Akinola and Olusola Adedeji Adejumo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 OI Akinola Nigeria · #818,649 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Olusola Adedeji Adejumo Nigeria · #966,445 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Burden, Maternal Mortality, Inflammation and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 4.5×87 topics
  2. Risk Factors17▲ 6.6×27 topics
  3. Quality of Life15▲ 4.5×33 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 5.2×28 topics
  5. Inflammation13▲ 2.7×38 topics
  6. COVID-1910▲ 3.0×16 topics
  7. Global Burden10▲ 7.6×12 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality9▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Treatment9▲ 3.0×24 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 3.7×23 topics
  11. Public Health8▲ 2.3×27 topics
  12. Management8▲ 4.0×24 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress7▲ 1.89×22 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.0×19 topics
  15. Mortality6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Community Health Workers5▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Depression5▲ 2.6×13 topics
  18. Prevention5▲ 5.4×12 topics
  19. Socio-economic Factors5▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Child Mortality5▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Health Inequalities5▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Health Systems5▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Cancer Incidence5▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.7×11 topics
  25. Immune Response5▲ 3.5×12 topics
  26. Glaucoma5▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Mortality Rates5▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.6×6 topics
  30. Anemia4▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Vaccine4▲ 4.1×8 topics
  32. Hypertension4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  34. Neuroprotection4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  36. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  38. Iron Deficiency3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Population-Based Study3▲ 21×2 topics
  40. HIV Transmission3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Lagos State University Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Dental Health and Care Utilization.

Global Maternal and Chil…5Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…2Dental Research and COVID-19: 2 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…2Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncologyGeneticsPeriodontics5 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 5 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 2 works
  5. 5 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 2 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 2 works
  10. 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 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 available72.5%not open27.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lagos State University Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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