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National Space Research and Development Agency

In research, National Space Research and Development Agency stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,122 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engineering is 7.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,523
of 22,385 · #14,360 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#115
of 183
Research works
599
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
National Space Research and Development Agency

What is National Space Research and Development Agency known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,122 of 10,670 6.8%153 #6926

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Space Research and Development Agency 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does National Space Research and Development Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at National Space Research and Development Agency is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Environmental Science (21%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 185 fractional works · 75.5% of its workEngineering: 66 fractional works · 26.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 20 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 53 fractional works · 21.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational SpaceResearch and…245fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6626.9%
    2. Environmental Science5321.4%
    3. Computer Science187.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences176.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy145.6%
    6. Materials Science114.4%
    7. Energy52.0%
    8. Chemistry20.6%
    9. Mathematics10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences114.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting51.9%
    3. Decision Sciences41.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
    5. Psychology20.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences145.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine145.5%
    2. Health Professions20.7%
    3. Nursing10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Space Research and Development Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 20.3 works7.1×
← 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: 1.20× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.32× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.16× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.79× its world share, 66 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.31× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.54× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.32×17 works
  2. Environmental Science4.31×52 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.54×14 works
  4. Energy2.16×5 works
  5. Engineering1.79×66 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.78×4 works
  7. Materials Science1.26×11 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.20×14 works
  9. Computer Science0.92×18 works
  10. Nursing0.62×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×5 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×3 works
  13. Mathematics0.46×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.39×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×5 works
  17. Social Sciences0.35×11 works
  18. Medicine0.29×14 works
  19. Health Professions0.27×2 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  21. Psychology0.22×2 works
  22. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Space Research and Development Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Godstime Kadiri James, Oluwatola Adedeji and Seyi F. Olatoyinbo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Space Research and Development Agency.

  1. 1 Godstime Kadiri James Nigeria · #1,503,312 worldwide 629 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Oluwatola Adedeji Nigeria · #2,043,197 worldwide 670 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Seyi F. Olatoyinbo Nigeria · #3,084,482 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 典秋 岡田 Nigeria · #3,612,191 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Innocent Ehiaguina Bello Nigeria · #3,966,065 worldwide 115 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Benjamin Gbenro Ayantunji Nigeria · #3,987,227 worldwide 123 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Shola Kolade Kolawole Nigeria · #3,999,300 worldwide 265 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 浜木 井之口 Nigeria · #4,001,601 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Vivian Aaron Ibrahim Nigeria · #4,035,510 worldwide 143 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Joseph Akinyede Nigeria · #4,158,937 worldwide 344 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at National Space Research and Development Agency

What are the most cited papers from National Space Research and Development Agency?

The most cited paper from National Space Research and Development Agency is "A Comprehensive Survey of Pilot Contamination in Massive MIMO—5G System" (Olakunle Elijah, Chee Yen Leow, Tharek Abdul Rahman et al., 2015), with 484 citations. Next come "Subionospheric VLF signal perturbations possibly related to earthquakes" (319) and "Observation of X-ray Lines from a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB991216): Evidence of Moving Ejecta from the Progenitor" (252).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comprehensive Survey of Pilot Contamination in Massive MIMO—5G System Olakunle Elijah, Chee Yen Leow, Tharek Abdul Rahman et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 30 Nov 2015 484
2 Subionospheric VLF signal perturbations possibly related to earthquakes Oleg A. Molchanov, Masashi Hayakawa · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access Aug 1998 319
3 Observation of X-ray Lines from a Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB991216): Evidence of Moving Ejecta from the Progenitor L. Piro et al. · Science Open access 3 Nov 2000 252
4 Global trends in satellite-based emergency mapping Stefan Voigt, Fabio Giulio Tonolo, Josh Lyons et al. · Science Open access 14 Jul 2016 249
5 Simulation of space weathering of planet-forming materials: Nanosecond pulse laser irradiation and proton implantation on olivine and pyroxene samples Maho Yamada, Sho Sasaki, H. Nagahara et al. · Earth Planets and Space Open access 20 Jun 2014 202
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Space Research and Development Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, GIS, Hydrological Modeling, Machine Learning, Environmental Impact, Sustainability and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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-now 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. Remote Sensing31▲ 10×24 topics
  2. Climate Change23▲ 3.5×35 topics
  3. Machine Learning17▲ 2.1×41 topics
  4. Sustainability14▲ 2.4×30 topics
  5. Environmental Impact13▲ 3.1×32 topics
  6. Renewable Energy12▲ 3.3×20 topics
  7. GIS12▲ 63×4 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling10▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Deep Learning10◆ 1.12×27 topics
  10. Sustainable Development9▲ 2.4×11 topics
  11. Disaster Management7▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Solar Wind7▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Satellite Imagery6▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Flood Risk6▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Decision Support System6▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Land Suitability6▲ 70×1 topic
  17. Multi-Criteria Analysis6▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Flood Inundation Modeling5▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Surface Water Mapping5▲ 29×1 topic
  20. Global Warming5▲ 4.6×5 topics
  21. Health Effects5▲ 3.3×9 topics
  22. Urbanization5▲ 4.7×4 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  24. Groundwater Potential5▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Machine Learning Models5▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Artificial Neural Networks4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  27. Forecasting4▲ 9.2×5 topics
  28. Land Use Change4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. Solar Energy4▲ 5.3×4 topics
  30. Ionosphere4▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Magnetosphere4▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Climate4▲ 17×2 topics
  33. IoT Applications3▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Ionospheric Anomalies3▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Orbit Determination3▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Seismic Electromagnetics3▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Biomass Estimation3▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. LEO Satellite Constellation3▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Satellite Communications3▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does National Space Research and Development Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Soil and Land Suitability Analysis, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Groundwater and Watershed Analysis and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Soil and Land Suitabilit…6Soil and Land Suitability Analysis: 6 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…5Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershe…5Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 5 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…4Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 4 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSatellite Communication Systems: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agricu…3Remote Sensing in Agriculture: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…3Energy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…3Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…2Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental EngineeringAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Soil and Land Suitability Analysis Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  3. 3 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 3 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 3 works
  9. 9 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 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 available62.7%not open37.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Space Research and Development Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Space Research and Development Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00097% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Space Research and Development Agency0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Space Research and Development Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Space Research and Development Agency4.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2024.

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