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National Veterinary Research Institute

In research, National Veterinary Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,614 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,541
of 28,054 · #25,426 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#123
of 191
Research works
876
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is National Veterinary Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,614 of 7,800 5.9%88 #11068

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Veterinary Research Institute 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: 6.37× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.04× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.31× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.00× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 17.92× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Veterinary Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, R. J. Garner, Ismaila Shittu and Clement Meseko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Veterinary Research Institute.

  1. 1 R. J. Garner Nigeria · #511,771 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Ismaila Shittu Nigeria · #985,291 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Clement Meseko Nigeria · #1,220,204 worldwide 28 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at National Veterinary Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at National Veterinary Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Public Health, Immune Response, Genetic Diversity, Genetic Characterization and Viral Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology58▲ 8.6×52 topics
  2. Pathogenesis31▲ 36×14 topics
  3. Vaccine18▲ 27×10 topics
  4. Public Health18▲ 7.3×21 topics
  5. Immune Response15▲ 16×14 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity15▲ 20×13 topics
  7. Genetic Characterization14▲ 183×2 topics
  8. Viral Pathogenesis14▲ 130×3 topics
  9. Vaccines12▲ 122×3 topics
  10. Diagnosis9▲ 6.0×14 topics
  11. Climate Change9▲ 2.0×13 topics
  12. Antioxidant9▲ 7.4×23 topics
  13. Economic Impact8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  14. Pathogen Transmission8▲ 72×2 topics
  15. Virus8▲ 50×3 topics
  16. Zoonotic Transmission8▲ 67×5 topics
  17. Biodiversity8▲ 6.2×10 topics
  18. African Swine Fever8▲ 163×1 topic
  19. Foot-and-Mouth Disease8▲ 163×1 topic
  20. Vaccine Development8▲ 18×9 topics
  21. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers7▲ 94×1 topic
  22. Zoonotic Infections7▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Genomics7▲ 14×7 topics
  24. Antimicrobial Resistance7▲ 21×8 topics
  25. Medicinal Plants7▲ 10×9 topics
  26. Bluetongue Virus7▲ 212×1 topic
  27. Culicoides Biting Midges7▲ 212×1 topic
  28. Nipah Virus6▲ 175×1 topic
  29. Paramyxovirus6▲ 175×1 topic
  30. Coronavirus6▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Diabetes6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 40×4 topics
  33. Metagenomics6▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Genomic Sequencing5▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Infection5▲ 12×4 topics
  36. One Health5▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Zoonotic Diseases5▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Transmission5▲ 54×2 topics
  39. Anti-inflammatory5▲ 9.9×14 topics
  40. Evolution4▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does National Veterinary Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Vectors, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases and Virology and Viral Diseases.

Animal Disease Managemen…8Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…7Viral Infections and Vectors: 7 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Dise…7Vector-Borne Animal Diseases: 7 fractional worksVirology and Viral Disea…6Virology and Viral Diseases: 6 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 5 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 3 fractional worksVector-borne infectious …3Vector-borne infectious diseases: 3 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Management: 3 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and control: 3 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 3 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceInfectious DiseasesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  4. 4 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  6. 6 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  7. 7 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 3 works
  8. 8 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  9. 9 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 3 works
  10. 10 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Veterinary Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.