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National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria

In research, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria stands highest in Health Sciences (#19,817 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#17,600 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#41,661
of 42,892
Rank in Nigeria
#206
of 210
Research works
496
▼ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
344
0.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

What is National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #19,817 of 20,462 0.4%380
MedicineField #17,600 of 17,978 0.3%315

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.89× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.78× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.37× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.47× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Orthostatic Hypotension, Syncope, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Training, Health Equity and Global Burden.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.5×16 topics
  2. Orthostatic Hypotension2▲ 283×1 topic
  3. Public Health2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  4. Syncope2▲ 283×1 topic
  5. Pathogenesis1▲ 9.7×4 topics
  6. Vaccine1▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Education1▲ 2.3×3 topics
  8. Global Burden1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  9. Training1▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Diagnosis1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  11. Health Equity1▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Mortality1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  13. Reflective Practice1▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Primary Care1▲ 9.1×2 topics

Which research topics does National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders, Innovations in Medical Education, Child and Adolescent Health and Rabies epidemiology and control.

Cardiovascular Syncope a…2Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…1Innovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 1 fractional worksDiverse Research and App…1Diverse Research and Applications: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…1Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsVirology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 1 works
  5. 5 Diverse Research and Applications Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 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 available10.6%not open89.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.9%domestic only97.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% 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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