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University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

In research, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,825 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,879 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,309 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,601
of 28,054 · #24,320 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#100
of 191
Research works
2.1k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is University of Port Harcourt 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,825 of 11,982 2.3%410 #8700
MedicineField #6,879 of 10,443 1.6%348 #8153
Social SciencesDomain #10,309 of 10,521 5.7%65 #16076

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Port Harcourt 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).

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#8,700 #5,825
  2. Medicine#8,153 #6,879
  3. Social Sciences#16,076 #10,309
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 Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 18.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 27.0 works18×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 32.8 works8.5×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.56× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 348 worksMedicineNursing: 3.15× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, N Eke and Kelechi E. Okonta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.

  1. 1 N Eke Nigeria · #1,033,142 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Kelechi E. Okonta Nigeria · #1,424,210 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

Which keywords describe research at University of Port Harcourt 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, Treatment, Diagnosis and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology70▲ 3.4×84 topics
  2. Risk Factors32▲ 5.6×29 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality29▲ 25×5 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 5.0×25 topics
  5. Treatment26▲ 4.2×36 topics
  6. Public Health24▲ 3.2×28 topics
  7. Global Burden23▲ 8.3×12 topics
  8. Diagnosis22▲ 4.6×28 topics
  9. Quality of Life22▲ 3.0×33 topics
  10. Depression19▲ 4.2×11 topics
  11. Mental Health18▲ 2.4×17 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.9×16 topics
  13. Management15▲ 3.8×19 topics
  14. Mortality14▲ 4.7×12 topics
  15. Clinical Guidelines14▲ 9.0×9 topics
  16. Health Inequalities14▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Child Mortality13▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Health Systems13▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Immune Response12▲ 4.2×12 topics
  20. Diabetes12▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. Guidelines12▲ 4.8×12 topics
  22. Prevention11▲ 5.0×14 topics
  23. Complications11▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance10▲ 4.4×8 topics
  25. Vaccine10▲ 4.9×10 topics
  26. HIV Prevention10▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Health Outcomes10▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Surgery10▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Chronic Pain9▲ 8.1×4 topics
  31. Maternal Outcomes9▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Perinatal Outcomes9▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Global Trends8▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Genetic Variants8▲ 9.0×5 topics
  35. Placenta Accreta8▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Postpartum Hemorrhage8▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Quality Improvement8▲ 8.0×7 topics
  38. Cesarean Section8▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Human Papillomavirus8▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Vaginal Birth8▲ 38×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and fetal healthcare, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 13 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 8 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…8Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 8 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…6Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 6 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …5Mental Health Treatment and Access: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 5 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…4Health and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 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 13 works
  2. 2 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 6 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  7. 7 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 5 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available74.5%not open25.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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