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National Hospital Abuja

In research, National Hospital Abuja stands highest in Medicine (#8,805 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,276 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,778
of 28,054 · #32,893 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#146
of 191
Research works
554
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is National Hospital Abuja 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 #8,805 of 10,443 7.0%116 #14471
Health SciencesDomain #10,276 of 11,982 6.7%134 #16298

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Hospital Abuja 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: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.53× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.55× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.23× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Hospital Abuja?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenneth Iregbu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Hospital Abuja.

  1. 1 Kenneth Iregbu Nigeria · #145,844 worldwide 274 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at National Hospital Abuja

Which keywords describe research at National Hospital Abuja?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors, Medical Education, Global Burden, Mortality, Global Health and Ethical Considerations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 2.9×78 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 4.8×27 topics
  3. Risk Factors9▲ 4.5×27 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 1.96×36 topics
  5. Global Burden7▲ 6.5×11 topics
  6. Public Health7▲ 2.4×25 topics
  7. Quality of Life6▲ 2.3×25 topics
  8. Mortality6▲ 5.8×11 topics
  9. Medical Education6▲ 13×8 topics
  10. COVID-196▲ 2.3×18 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.7×18 topics
  12. Treatment6▲ 2.4×24 topics
  13. Global Health5▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  15. Obesity5▲ 3.6×16 topics
  16. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.7×14 topics
  17. Guidelines4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  20. Maternal Mortality4▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Medical Imaging4▲ 4.3×5 topics
  22. Cancer Incidence4▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Complications4▲ 4.1×14 topics
  24. Surgical Management4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  25. Health Outcomes4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  26. Quality Improvement4▲ 9.9×6 topics
  27. Surgical Care4▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Primary Care4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  29. Global Surgery3▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Health Development3▲ 96×1 topic
  31. Transfer Learning3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  32. Cervical Cancer3▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Health Inequalities3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. MRI3▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Anemia3▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Child Mortality2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Community Health Workers2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Health Systems2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does National Hospital Abuja publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Health and Surgery, Global Maternal and Child Health, Brain Tumor Detection and Classification and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research.

Global Health and Surgery3Global Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…2Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 2 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …2Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…2Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …2Global Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…1Economic Growth and Development: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNeurologyEpidemiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 2 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 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 available68.6%not open31.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Hospital Abuja's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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