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Nigerian Meteorological Agency

In research, Nigerian Meteorological Agency stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,478 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,210
of 22,385 · #21,680 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#121
of 183
Research works
349
▲ 114% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Nigerian Meteorological Agency

What is Nigerian Meteorological 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 #7,478 of 10,670 7.8%84 #12782

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nigerian Meteorological 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 Nigerian Meteorological Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Nigerian Meteorological Agency is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Social Sciences (16%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 114 fractional works · 54.3% of its workEngineering: 58 fractional works · 28.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 70 fractional works · 33.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 15.7% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 9.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNigerianMeteorological…209fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences34%

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. Engineering5828.0%
    2. Environmental Science2210.7%
    3. Computer Science104.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences94.3%
    5. Energy83.6%
    6. Materials Science42.0%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    1. Social Sciences3315.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting199.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance94.3%
    4. Decision Sciences73.1%
    5. Psychology31.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Medicine104.8%
    2. Health Professions62.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.95× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.87× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.15× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.82× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.23× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.95×8 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.23×6 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.82×19 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.77×9 works
  5. Environmental Science2.15×22 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.00×9 works
  7. Engineering1.87×58 works
  8. Social Sciences1.24×33 works
  9. Health Professions1.12×6 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×7 works
  11. Computer Science0.59×10 works
  12. Materials Science0.58×4 works
  13. Psychology0.41×3 works
  14. Mathematics0.37×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  16. Nursing0.27×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  18. Medicine0.25×10 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.20×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nigerian Meteorological Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Aminu Dalhatu Datti, Eniola A. Olaniyan and Abdullahi Hussaini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nigerian Meteorological Agency.

  1. 1 Aminu Dalhatu Datti Nigeria · #2,343,092 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Eniola A. Olaniyan Nigeria · #4,502,032 worldwide 390 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Abdullahi Hussaini Nigeria · #4,632,409 worldwide 54 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Nigerian Meteorological Agency

What are the most cited papers from Nigerian Meteorological Agency?

The most cited paper from Nigerian Meteorological Agency is "Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography" (Tufa Dinku, Pietro Ceccato, Emily K. Grover-Kopec et al., 2007), with 667 citations. Next come "Machining of aluminum alloys: a review" (330) and "Review of evolving trends in blended wing body aircraft design" (205).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography Tufa Dinku, Pietro Ceccato, Emily K. Grover-Kopec et al. · International Journal of Remote Sensing Open access Apr 2007 667
2 Machining of aluminum alloys: a review Mário Coutinho dos Santos, Álisson Rocha Machado, Wisley F. Sales et al. · The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 10 Feb 2016 330
3 Review of evolving trends in blended wing body aircraft design Paul P. Okonkwo, Howard Smith · Progress in Aerospace Sciences Feb 2016 205
4 Ethnic/racial minorities’ and migrants’ access to COVID-19 vaccines: A systematic review of barriers and facilitators Mohammed Abba‐Aji, David Stückler, Sandro Galea et al. · Journal of Migration and Health ReviewOpen access 2022 194
5 Advances in the Application and Utility of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Predictions CHRISTOPHER J. BRANFORD WHITE et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 22 Nov 2021 190
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Which keywords describe research at Nigerian Meteorological Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Climate Change, Transportation, Environmental Impact, Logistics, Supply Chain and Infrastructure.

▲ 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. Sustainability23▲ 4.4×30 topics
  2. Climate Change18▲ 3.2×33 topics
  3. Environmental Impact15▲ 4.2×21 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management15▲ 7.8×13 topics
  5. Transportation12▲ 31×4 topics
  6. Logistics11▲ 35×4 topics
  7. Renewable Energy11▲ 3.7×17 topics
  8. Supply Chain10▲ 23×7 topics
  9. Sustainable Development10▲ 2.9×14 topics
  10. Infrastructure10▲ 38×5 topics
  11. Global Warming9▲ 11×10 topics
  12. Remote Sensing9▲ 3.5×15 topics
  13. Environmental Impacts8▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Digital Technologies8▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency8▲ 3.9×14 topics
  16. Urban Traffic8▲ 31×2 topics
  17. E-commerce7▲ 6.1×4 topics
  18. City Logistics7▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Last Mile Delivery7▲ 130×1 topic
  20. Driver Behavior6▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Modeling6▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Injury Severity6▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Spatial Analysis6▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Road Safety6▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Traffic Accidents6▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Health Impact Assessment6▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Planning6▲ 89×1 topic
  28. Quality Management6▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Transport Infrastructure6▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Active Travel5▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Built Environment5▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Physical Activity5▲ 5.3×2 topics
  33. Ocean Circulation5▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 8.9×4 topics
  35. User Satisfaction5▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Public Transport5▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Travel Behavior5▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Operations Research5▲ 14×2 topics
  39. COVID-19 Impact5▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Risk Perception4▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Nigerian Meteorological Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban and Freight Transport Logistics, Traffic and Road Safety, Urban Transport Systems Analysis and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Urban and Freight Transp…7Urban and Freight Transport Logistics: 7 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety6Traffic and Road Safety: 6 fractional worksUrban Transport Systems …6Urban Transport Systems Analysis: 6 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…5Urban Transport and Accessibility: 5 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 5 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logistics: 4 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…4Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 4 fractional worksLaw, logistics, and international trade: 4 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 3 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…3Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 3 fractional works
Building and ConstructionSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 7 works
  2. 2 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
  3. 3 Urban Transport Systems Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 5 works
  5. 5 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 5 works
  6. 6 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  8. 8 Law, logistics, and international trade Accounting 4 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nigerian Meteorological Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 114% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nigerian Meteorological Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Nigerian Meteorological Agency0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nigerian Meteorological Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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