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University College Hospital, Ibadan

In research, University College Hospital, Ibadan stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,425 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,097 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,011 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,195
of 28,054 · #9,962 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#67
of 191
Research works
4.8k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is University College Hospital, Ibadan 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 #3,425 of 11,982 6.9%428 #3489
MedicineField #3,097 of 10,443 6.2%365 #3598
Social SciencesDomain #9,011 of 10,521 12.5%61 #9300

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University College Hospital, Ibadan 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,489 #3,425
  2. Medicine#3,598 #3,097
  3. Social Sciences#9,300 #9,011
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.41× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.79× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.36× its world share, 365 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University College Hospital, Ibadan?

Ranked on the composite score, Oladimeji Adebayo, Adesola Ogunniyi and Abiodun M. Adeoye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University College Hospital, Ibadan.

  1. 1 Oladimeji Adebayo Nigeria · #27,387 worldwide 4.3k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Adesola Ogunniyi Nigeria · #53,984 worldwide 140 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Abiodun M. Adeoye Nigeria · #167,585 worldwide 535 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 J A Otegbayo Nigeria · #194,790 worldwide 95 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Taiwo Lawal Nigeria · #259,822 worldwide 109 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 O. A. Ladipo Nigeria · #316,204 worldwide 88 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Okechukwu S. Ogah Nigeria · #370,461 worldwide 119 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Abayomi O. Akanji Nigeria · #426,106 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Adegboyega Akere Nigeria · #431,839 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 J T Arotiba Nigeria · #489,993 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at University College Hospital, Ibadan

Which keywords describe research at University College Hospital, Ibadan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Global Burden, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Maternal Mortality, Inflammation and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 3.9×105 topics
  2. Risk Factors40▲ 6.4×32 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 5.1×30 topics
  4. Inflammation29▲ 2.5×51 topics
  5. Global Burden28▲ 9.2×12 topics
  6. Quality of Life27▲ 3.4×42 topics
  7. Public Health23▲ 2.8×42 topics
  8. COVID-1922▲ 2.9×22 topics
  9. Treatment20▲ 2.9×43 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality18▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.4×16 topics
  12. Depression15▲ 3.0×14 topics
  13. Diagnosis14▲ 2.6×33 topics
  14. Prevention13▲ 5.5×13 topics
  15. Immune Response13▲ 4.0×17 topics
  16. Diabetes12▲ 4.3×12 topics
  17. Obesity12▲ 2.8×17 topics
  18. Community Health Workers12▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Surgical Management12▲ 5.1×18 topics
  20. Health Inequalities12▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Medical Education12▲ 7.9×9 topics
  22. Child Mortality11▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Health Systems11▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Aging11▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Psychological Impact11▲ 6.0×9 topics
  26. Mortality11▲ 3.4×12 topics
  27. Complications10▲ 3.6×14 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.1×9 topics
  29. Guidelines10▲ 3.8×11 topics
  30. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 12×7 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence9▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease9▲ 5.5×6 topics
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Glaucoma9▲ 10×4 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 6.0×3 topics
  36. Diabetes Mellitus8▲ 6.9×5 topics
  37. Optical Coherence Tomography7▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Global Prevalence7▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Mortality Rates7▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Human Papillomavirus7▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does University College Hospital, Ibadan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Global Health and Epidemiology and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research.

Global Maternal and Chil…11Global Maternal and Child Health: 11 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 5 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 4 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…4Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…4Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental healthHealth Information ManagementEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  3. 3 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 5 works
  4. 4 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 5 works
  5. 5 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 4 works
  6. 6 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  10. 10 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 4 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University College Hospital, Ibadan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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.

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