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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

In research, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,291 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 26.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,021
of 28,054 · #19,766 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#80
of 191
Research works
247
▲ 284% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is Nigeria Centre for Disease Control 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,291 of 11,982 9.8%66 #18943

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Nigeria Centre for Disease Control specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 26.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.4 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: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.99× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.18× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.39× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Chikwe Ihekweazu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

  1. 1 Chikwe Ihekweazu Nigeria · #22,973 worldwide 447 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

Which keywords describe research at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Epidemiology, Public Health, COVID-19, Transmission 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology23▲ 4.5×52 topics
  2. Vaccine21▲ 39×11 topics
  3. Pathogenesis20▲ 30×13 topics
  4. Immune Response20▲ 27×11 topics
  5. Public Health16▲ 8.2×24 topics
  6. COVID-1916▲ 8.7×14 topics
  7. Transmission14▲ 205×3 topics
  8. Outbreak14▲ 296×2 topics
  9. Ebola Virus14▲ 392×1 topic
  10. Reservoirs14▲ 392×1 topic
  11. Infectious Diseases13▲ 30×8 topics
  12. Healthcare Workers9▲ 28×5 topics
  13. Ethical Considerations6▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Social Media6▲ 3.4×3 topics
  15. Pandemic6▲ 4.3×9 topics
  16. Disaster Response6▲ 61×1 topic
  17. Triage6▲ 110×1 topic
  18. Risk Perception6▲ 16×4 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-25▲ 13×5 topics
  20. COVID-19 Vaccine5▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Vaccine Hesitancy5▲ 60×1 topic
  22. Maternal Mortality5▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Health Inequalities4▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Modeling4▲ 12×1 topic
  25. transmission dynamics4▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 19×6 topics
  27. Viral Transmission4▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Community Health Workers4▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Child Mortality3▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Health Systems3▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Vaccine Development3▲ 10×9 topics
  32. Viral Load3▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  34. Genomic Analysis3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  35. Zoonotic Transmission3▲ 32×4 topics
  36. Contact Tracing Apps3▲ 217×1 topic
  37. Digital Technologies3▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Viral Pathogenesis3▲ 32×3 topics
  39. Viral Pathogens3▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Anthrax3▲ 115×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Disaster Response and Management, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Viral Infections and Out…14Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 14 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…6Disaster Response and Management: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…5Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Digital Contact…3COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing: 3 fractional worksBacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 3 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 3 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 2 fractional worksPoxvirus research and outbreaks: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEmergency Medical ServicesHealthModeling and Simulation6 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 14 works
  2. 2 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 6 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 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 available87.8%not open12.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 284% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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