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University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital

In research, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,079 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,047 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,862
of 28,054 · #20,699 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#89
of 191
Research works
2.5k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital 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
MedicineField #4,079 of 10,443 5.5%361 #6911
Health SciencesDomain #5,047 of 11,982 6.0%421 #7752

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital 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 University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 29.8 works7.5×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.74× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 361 worksMedicineNursing: 4.26× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ifeoma Ulasi, Wilson IB Onuigbo and UI Nwagha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 Ifeoma Ulasi Nigeria · #79,170 worldwide 183 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Wilson IB Onuigbo Nigeria · #506,474 worldwide 105 citations · 103 works
  3. 3 UI Nwagha Nigeria · #703,436 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Emmanuel Onyebuchi Ugwu Nigeria · #833,814 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 H. E. Onah Nigeria · #874,735 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 au Nigeria · #1,172,651 worldwide 1 citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Euzebus Chinonye Ezugwu Nigeria · #1,212,082 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 T C Okeke Nigeria · #1,241,292 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Ifeoma Okoye Nigeria · #1,249,255 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Samuel N Uwaezuoke Nigeria · #1,352,369 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology81▲ 3.8×102 topics
  2. Inflammation29▲ 2.6×51 topics
  3. Risk Factors28▲ 4.8×29 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 4.5×30 topics
  5. Quality of Life24▲ 3.1×33 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality22▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Treatment22▲ 3.4×36 topics
  8. Global Burden21▲ 7.3×12 topics
  9. Public Health20▲ 2.6×37 topics
  10. Diagnosis20▲ 4.0×29 topics
  11. COVID-1919▲ 2.6×20 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress16▲ 1.87×29 topics
  13. Complications15▲ 5.8×15 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.2×19 topics
  15. Mortality13▲ 4.2×13 topics
  16. Vaccine12▲ 5.8×10 topics
  17. Immune Response11▲ 3.7×12 topics
  18. Health Inequalities11▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Community Health Workers11▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 14×7 topics
  21. Prevention11▲ 4.8×15 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease11▲ 8.3×8 topics
  23. Medical Education10▲ 7.6×10 topics
  24. Pathogenesis10▲ 3.8×18 topics
  25. Child Mortality10▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Health Systems10▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Surgical Management10▲ 4.7×15 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance10▲ 3.9×9 topics
  29. Child Development9▲ 4.2×4 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 5.6×9 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  32. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes8▲ 8.3×5 topics
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 9.0×6 topics
  35. Genetic Regulation7▲ 8.2×2 topics
  36. Global Health7▲ 8.7×4 topics
  37. Anemia7▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Cardiac Surgery7▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Placenta Accreta7▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Postpartum Hemorrhage7▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and fetal healthcare, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Global Maternal and Chil…10Global Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…7Maternal and fetal healthcare: 7 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…6Child Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…6Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 6 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 4 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…4Urological Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…4Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsGeneticsEpidemiology5 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 10 works
  2. 2 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  4. 4 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 6 works
  5. 5 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 4 works
  7. 7 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 4 works
  8. 8 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 4 works
  9. 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available62.4%not open37.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital'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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