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Nwafor Orizu College of Education

In research, Nwafor Orizu College of Education stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,951 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,969
of 28,054 · #38,203 all time
Rank in ??
#413
of 692
Research works
182
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
363
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Nwafor Orizu College of Education 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,951 of 10,521 11.6%71 #14297

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nwafor Orizu College of Education 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 Nwafor Orizu College of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 31.0 works11×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.55× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 4.96× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.57× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.41× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.80× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Nwafor Orizu College of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Educational Technology, E-Learning, Online Learning, Curriculum Development, Sustainable Development, Teacher Education and Higher Education.

▲ 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. Education16▲ 9.6×23 topics
  2. Educational Technology11▲ 9.8×16 topics
  3. E-Learning11▲ 12×10 topics
  4. Sustainable Development10▲ 6.4×11 topics
  5. Online Learning10▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Curriculum Development9▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Globalization9▲ 4.7×19 topics
  8. Teacher Education8▲ 63×5 topics
  9. Higher Education7▲ 14×10 topics
  10. Technology Integration7▲ 24×8 topics
  11. Development7▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Information Technology7▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Student Satisfaction7▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Nigeria6▲ 370×2 topics
  15. Quality Assurance6▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Blended Learning6▲ 43×3 topics
  17. Gender Equality6▲ 22×1 topic
  18. Youth Unemployment6▲ 662×1 topic
  19. Distance Education6▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Pedagogy6▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Student Engagement6▲ 14×10 topics
  22. Teacher Training5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  23. Instructional Design5▲ 66×2 topics
  24. Community of Inquiry5▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Social Presence5▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Mental Health5▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Professional Development4▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  29. Learning Outcomes4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  30. 21st Century Skills4▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Multilingualism4▲ 22×4 topics
  32. STEM Education4▲ 8.4×8 topics
  33. Resilience3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  34. Health3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. Teaching Strategies3▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Lifelong Learning3▲ 15×7 topics
  37. Mobile Learning3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Stress3▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Language Policy3▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Self-Efficacy3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Nwafor Orizu College of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African Education and Politics, Online and Blended Learning, Education and Critical Thinking Development and Education and Technology Integration.

African Education and Po…6African Education and Politics: 6 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 5 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksEducation and Technology Integration: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…2Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional works
EducationLiterature and Literary TheoryClinical PsychologySafety Research

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

  1. 1 African Education and Politics Education 6 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 5 works
  3. 3 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  4. 4 Education and Technology Integration Education 2 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 2 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 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 available85.5%not open14.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nwafor Orizu College of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% 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.

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.