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University of Nigeria

In research, University of Nigeria stands highest in Social Sciences (#506 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#419 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,126 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Forestry and Pharmacology — General Social Sciences is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,290
of 28,054 · #3,085 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#1
of 191
Research works
19k
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
171k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is University of Nigeria 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 #506 of 10,521 20.2%1,932 #1011
Social SciencesField #419 of 6,365 20.6%932 #689
Health SciencesDomain #1,126 of 11,982 11.6%1,018 #3225
Arts and HumanitiesField #189 of 1,998 22.8%173 #603
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #358 of 3,409 12.1%503 #517
Physical SciencesDomain #1,581 of 12,888 13.6%1,495 #3237
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #287 of 1,775 26.6%305 #803
Life SciencesDomain #1,272 of 7,800 11.9%801 #2682
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #440 of 2,578 24.2%280 #960
Environmental ScienceField #718 of 3,551 12.7%396 #1048

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Nigeria 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#1,011 #506
  2. Social Sciences#689 #419
  3. Health Sciences#3,225 #1,126
  4. Arts and Humanities#603 #189
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#517 #358
  6. Physical Sciences#3,237 #1,581
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#803 #287
  8. Life Sciences#2,682 #1,272
  9. Sociology and Political Science#960 #440
  10. Environmental Science#1,048 #718
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 Nigeria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 34.6 works6.0×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 25.9 works4.7×
  3. PharmacologySubfield · 46.3 works4.7×
  4. PollutionSubfield · 93.0 works4.5×
  5. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 23.4 works4.2×
← 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: 2.02× its world share, 503 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 162 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.07× its world share, 75 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 226 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 62 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 67 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 469 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 396 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 122 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 56 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 206 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 704 worksMedicineNursing: 3.32× its world share, 85 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 173 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 231 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 66 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.71× its world share, 305 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 226 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 932 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Nigeria?

Ranked on the composite score, Obinna Onwujekwe, H. C. Gugnani and Babayemi O. Olakunde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Nigeria.

  1. 1 Obinna Onwujekwe Nigeria · #2,261 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  2. 2 H. C. Gugnani Nigeria · #21,100 worldwide 4.1k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Babayemi O. Olakunde Nigeria · #242,096 worldwide 289 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Deborah Oyine Aluh Nigeria · #242,538 worldwide 240 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Maurice M. Iwu Nigeria · #264,732 worldwide 65 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo Nigeria · #309,240 worldwide 69 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Victor Sunday Aigbodion Nigeria · #355,524 worldwide 213 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Anthony A. Attama Nigeria · #363,661 worldwide 141 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Ogbu U. Kalu Nigeria · #416,454 worldwide 14 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 E. M. Igbokwe Nigeria · #419,200 worldwide 31 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at University of Nigeria

Which keywords describe research at University of Nigeria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Growth, Environmental Impact, Development, Sustainability, Education, Social Capital and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Globalization223▲ 2.2×86 topics
  2. Epidemiology216◆ 1.04×119 topics
  3. Sustainability194▲ 1.51×81 topics
  4. Environmental Impact173▲ 1.94×58 topics
  5. Education168▲ 1.86×55 topics
  6. Climate Change164▲ 1.16×87 topics
  7. Economic Growth161▲ 3.6×26 topics
  8. Renewable Energy152▲ 2.0×43 topics
  9. Sustainable Development146▲ 1.75×62 topics
  10. Mental Health139▲ 1.80×38 topics
  11. COVID-19125▲ 1.74×24 topics
  12. Antioxidant115▲ 3.2×46 topics
  13. Public Health109▲ 1.43×51 topics
  14. Social Capital107▲ 3.9×18 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity98▲ 3.0×31 topics
  16. Development98▲ 5.4×17 topics
  17. Pandemic97▲ 1.73×11 topics
  18. Economic Development94▲ 2.2×30 topics
  19. Medicinal Plants91▲ 4.3×20 topics
  20. Gender Equality84▲ 5.8×13 topics
  21. Governance77▲ 4.5×10 topics
  22. Risk Management76▲ 3.0×15 topics
  23. ICT70▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Bioactive Compounds67▲ 5.0×14 topics
  25. Inequality64▲ 5.4×9 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction63▲ 9.1×5 topics
  27. Institutional Quality62▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Nigeria60▲ 65×3 topics
  29. Smallholder Farmers57▲ 4.9×6 topics
  30. Fiscal Policy56▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. Knowledge Economy56▲ 10×6 topics
  32. Inclusive Development54▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Mobile Phones54▲ 23×1 topic
  34. financial access54▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Respiratory Infections47▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Teacher Education47▲ 7.1×6 topics
  37. Health Impacts46▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Poverty Alleviation44▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Community Health Workers44▲ 9.9×2 topics
  40. Household Fuel Use44▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Nigeria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Growth and Development, Energy and Environment Impacts, Global Maternal and Child Health and African Education and Politics.

Economic Growth and Deve…54Economic Growth and Development: 54 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…44Energy and Environment Impacts: 44 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 41 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 40 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 36 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 35 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 34 fractional worksReligion and Sociopoliti…34Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 34 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 31 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 27 fractional works
Information SystemsPollutionPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 54 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 44 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 41 works
  4. 4 African Education and Politics Education 40 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 36 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 35 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 34 works
  8. 8 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 34 works
  9. 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 31 works
  10. 10 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 27 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Nigeria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% 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.

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.