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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

In research, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,176 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 25.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,176
of 22,385 · #14,973 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#112
of 183
Research works
247
▲ 112% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

What is Nigeria Centre for Disease Control 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,176 of 9,902 5.7%66 #6726

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nigeria Centre for Disease Control 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 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Social Sciences (13%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 79 fractional works · 51.2% of its workMedicine: 65 fractional works · 42.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 27 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 12.7% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 16.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 14.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNigeria Centrefor Disease…154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences18%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6542.3%
    2. Health Professions138.3%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2012.7%
    2. Psychology42.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology106.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science64.0%
    2. Computer Science63.7%
    3. Mathematics53.3%
    4. Engineering42.3%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nigeria Centre for Disease Control specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 25.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 26.9 works26×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.19× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.78× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.15× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.20× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.19×10 works
  2. Health Professions3.15×13 works
  3. Mathematics2.78×5 works
  4. Medicine2.20×65 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×9 works
  6. Social Sciences1.01×20 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×0 works
  8. Psychology0.84×4 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×6 works
  10. Environmental Science0.81×6 works
  11. Nursing0.75×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.52×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.48×6 works
  15. Veterinary0.43×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.42×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×2 works
  18. Energy0.27×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  20. Engineering0.15×4 works
  21. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control?

Ranked on the quality score, Adesola F. Yinka-Ogunleye, Chikwe A Ihekweazu and Olusola Aruna lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

  1. 1 Adesola F. Yinka-Ogunleye Nigeria · #96,263 worldwide 4.7k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Chikwe A Ihekweazu Nigeria · #110,108 worldwide 14k citations · 301 works
  3. 3 Olusola Aruna Nigeria · #368,483 worldwide 2.8k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Abiodun Jumoke Egwuenu Nigeria · #385,386 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Nwando Mba Nigeria · #564,116 worldwide 2.9k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Sebastian Yennan Nigeria · #614,180 worldwide 708 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Chinwe Lucia Ochu Nigeria · #678,474 worldwide 1.2k citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Afolabi M. Akinpelu Nigeria · #690,379 worldwide 1.6k citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Chioma Dan-Nwafor Nigeria · #709,429 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Geoffrey Namara Nigeria · #713,497 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

What are the most cited papers from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control?

The most cited paper from Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is "COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic" (Juliet Bedford, Delia Alcira Enria, Johan Giesecke et al., 2020), with 1,649 citations. Next come "Outbreak of human monkeypox in Nigeria in 2017–18: a clinical and epidemiological report" (959) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic Juliet Bedford, Delia Alcira Enria, Johan Giesecke et al. · The Lancet Open access Mar 2020 1,649
2 Outbreak of human monkeypox in Nigeria in 2017–18: a clinical and epidemiological report Adesola F. Yinka-Ogunleye et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 5 Jul 2019 959
3 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
4 Human Monkeypox Eskild Petersen, Anu Kantele, Marion Koopmans et al. · Infectious Disease Clinics of North America Open access 11 Apr 2019 703
5 Clinical Course and Outcome of Human Monkeypox in Nigeria Dimie Ogoina, Michael Onyebuchi Iroezindu, Hendris Izibewule James et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 11 Feb 2020 502
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Public Health, Transmission, COVID-19 and Outbreak.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 4.7×62 topics
  2. Vaccine24▲ 40×11 topics
  3. Immune Response23▲ 27×13 topics
  4. Pathogenesis23▲ 29×14 topics
  5. Public Health17▲ 7.6×27 topics
  6. Transmission16▲ 193×3 topics
  7. COVID-1916▲ 8.2×14 topics
  8. Outbreak16▲ 275×2 topics
  9. Ebola Virus16▲ 370×1 topic
  10. Reservoirs16▲ 370×1 topic
  11. Infectious Diseases14▲ 28×8 topics
  12. Healthcare Workers10▲ 27×5 topics
  13. Ethical Considerations8▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Social Media7▲ 3.3×3 topics
  15. Pandemic7▲ 4.3×9 topics
  16. Disaster Response6▲ 55×1 topic
  17. Risk Perception6▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Triage6▲ 101×1 topic
  19. COVID-19 Vaccine6▲ 56×1 topic
  20. SARS-CoV-26▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Vaccine Hesitancy6▲ 61×1 topic
  22. Vaccine Development6▲ 15×10 topics
  23. Maternal Mortality5▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Viral Transmission5▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Health Inequalities5▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 18×6 topics
  27. Modeling4▲ 11×1 topic
  28. transmission dynamics4▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Community Health Workers4▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Zoonotic Transmission4▲ 34×4 topics
  31. Child Mortality4▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Health Systems4▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Genomic Analysis4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  34. One Health4▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Pathogen Transmission4▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Viral Load4▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Viral Pathogenesis4▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Viral Pathogens4▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Zoonotic Diseases4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Vector Control3▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does Nigeria Centre for Disease Control publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Disaster Response and Management, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Viral Infections and Out…16Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 16 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…6Disaster Response and Management: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…6Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing: 3 fractional worksPoxvirus research and outbreaks: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksBacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEmergency Medical ServicesHealthModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 16 works
  2. 2 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 6 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 3 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Molecular Biology 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 available87.8%not open12.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.7%domestic only48.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nigeria Centre for Disease Control's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 112% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Nigeria Centre for Disease Control0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

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