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University of Lagos

In research, University of Lagos stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,215 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,793 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,191 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies, Pollution and Economics and Econometrics — Urban Studies is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,540
of 28,054 · #4,161 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#7
of 191
Research works
14k
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Citations
127k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is University of Lagos 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 #1,215 of 10,521 14.3%1,101 #1291
Health SciencesDomain #1,793 of 11,982 9.1%681 #2665
Social SciencesField #1,191 of 6,365 13.6%480 #843
Health ProfessionsField #395 of 1,928 12.1%111 #1110
Physical SciencesDomain #2,794 of 12,888 10.1%1,112 #4693
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #451 of 1,775 20.0%196 #746
MedicineField #2,841 of 10,443 8.9%515 #3375
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #394 of 1,272 20.9%150 #676
Environmental ScienceField #1,165 of 3,551 12.1%240 #1504
EngineeringField #2,466 of 6,636 8.0%422 #3672

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Lagos 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. Social Sciences#1,291 #1,215
  2. Health Sciences#2,665 #1,793
  3. Social Sciences#843 #1,191
  4. Health Professions#1,110 #395
  5. Physical Sciences#4,693 #2,794
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#746 #451
  7. Medicine#3,375 #2,841
  8. Economics and Econometrics#676 #394
  9. Environmental Science#1,504 #1,165
  10. Engineering#3,672 #2,466
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.

What does University of Lagos specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 45.4 works5.0×
  2. PollutionSubfield · 42.1 works3.2×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 150.5 works2.9×
← 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: 1.19× its world share, 186 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 127 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.16× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 189 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 422 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 240 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 75 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 53 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 22 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 111 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 515 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.68× its world share, 178 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 54 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.79× its world share, 196 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 115 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 480 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Lagos?

Ranked on the composite score, Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya, T. O. Elias and Adesoji Ademuyiwa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Lagos.

  1. 1 Oluwakemi Ololade Odukoya Nigeria · #38,155 worldwide 370 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 T. O. Elias Nigeria · #142,012 worldwide 54 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Adesoji Ademuyiwa Nigeria · #176,420 worldwide 115 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Kehinde S. Okunade Nigeria · #236,547 worldwide 91 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Rose Anorlu Nigeria · #296,010 worldwide 29 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 S.B. Hassan Nigeria · #322,037 worldwide 136 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Olumide Elebute Nigeria · #392,571 worldwide 97 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Njideka Okubadejo Nigeria · #407,176 worldwide 61 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Wellington Oyibo Nigeria · #451,458 worldwide 63 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Nureni Ayofe Azeez Nigeria · #458,829 worldwide 71 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at University of Lagos

Which keywords describe research at University of Lagos?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Risk Management, Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy, Epidemiology, Environmental Impact, Sustainability and Urbanization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology145◆ 1.11×125 topics
  2. Sustainability115▲ 1.44×79 topics
  3. Machine Learning108◆ 1.00×81 topics
  4. Sustainable Development106▲ 2.0×54 topics
  5. Environmental Impact101▲ 1.81×51 topics
  6. Renewable Energy100▲ 2.1×45 topics
  7. Economic Growth97▲ 3.5×27 topics
  8. Climate Change92◆ 1.04×79 topics
  9. Globalization91▲ 1.42×78 topics
  10. Education86▲ 1.53×53 topics
  11. Risk Management74▲ 4.6×14 topics
  12. Public Health69▲ 1.44×53 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress66▲ 1.24×49 topics
  14. COVID-1966▲ 1.46×25 topics
  15. Antioxidant64▲ 2.9×49 topics
  16. Urbanization60▲ 4.5×7 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management55▲ 1.79×21 topics
  18. Social Capital48▲ 2.8×16 topics
  19. Corporate Governance47▲ 1.93×20 topics
  20. Health Equity44▲ 5.0×5 topics
  21. Poverty Alleviation44▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants43▲ 3.3×18 topics
  23. Regulation42▲ 2.4×24 topics
  24. Land Tenure40▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Community Participation40▲ 3.2×8 topics
  26. Social Impact38▲ 2.9×10 topics
  27. Urban Poverty37▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Fiscal Policy37▲ 5.2×5 topics
  29. Development36▲ 3.2×16 topics
  30. Housing Policy36▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Slum Upgrading36▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Anti-inflammatory36▲ 3.9×28 topics
  33. Gender Equality34▲ 3.7×10 topics
  34. Institutional Quality27▲ 7.6×3 topics
  35. Nigeria26▲ 46×3 topics
  36. ICT26▲ 6.0×4 topics
  37. Transport Infrastructure24▲ 8.4×2 topics
  38. Income Tax23▲ 8.7×2 topics
  39. Taxation23▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Insurance23▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Lagos publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Economic Growth and Development and African Education and Politics.

Urban and Rural Developm…36Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 36 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…22Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 22 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 19 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 19 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…19Energy and Environment Impacts: 19 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 18 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 17 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…16Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 16 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 15 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 15 fractional works
Urban StudiesEconomics and EconometricsInformation SystemsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 36 works
  2. 2 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 22 works
  3. 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 19 works
  4. 4 African Education and Politics Education 19 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 19 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 18 works
  7. 7 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 17 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 16 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  10. 10 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 15 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 available58.2%not open41.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Lagos's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Lagos

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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.