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World Health Organization - Nigeria

In research, World Health Organization - Nigeria stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,179 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#16,765 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,470
of 28,054 · #27,094 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#122
of 191
Research works
320
▲ 141% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is World Health Organization - Nigeria known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #16,179 of 20,462 13.4%176
MedicineField #16,765 of 17,978 12.6%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Health Organization - 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).

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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.88× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.39× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.70× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 3.44× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.01× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at World Health Organization - Nigeria?

Ranked on the composite score, Jalal-Eddeen Abubakar Saleh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Health Organization - Nigeria.

  1. 1 Jalal-Eddeen Abubakar Saleh Nigeria · #876,090 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at World Health Organization - Nigeria

Which keywords describe research at World Health Organization - Nigeria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Immune Response, Infectious Diseases, Pathogenesis, COVID-19 and Ebola Virus.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 5.6×46 topics
  2. Public Health16▲ 9.7×27 topics
  3. Vaccine13▲ 29×9 topics
  4. Immune Response12▲ 18×8 topics
  5. Infectious Diseases11▲ 30×7 topics
  6. Pathogenesis11▲ 19×10 topics
  7. COVID-199▲ 6.0×13 topics
  8. Ebola Virus7▲ 227×1 topic
  9. Outbreak7▲ 170×1 topic
  10. Non-Communicable Diseases6▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Ethical Considerations6▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Corporate Political Activity6▲ 142×1 topic
  13. Global Trade6▲ 25×1 topic
  14. Global Access5▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Social Media5▲ 3.3×2 topics
  16. Modeling5▲ 18×1 topic
  17. Social Distancing5▲ 34×2 topics
  18. transmission dynamics5▲ 63×1 topic
  19. Risk Perception5▲ 17×4 topics
  20. COVID-19 Vaccine5▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Health5▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Vaccine Hesitancy5▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Healthcare Workers5▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Mental Health5▲ 2.8×10 topics
  25. Resource Allocation5▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Disaster Response4▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Emergency Preparedness4▲ 93×1 topic
  28. Triage4▲ 93×1 topic
  29. Genetic Diversity4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  30. Genetics4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  31. Primary Care4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  32. Global Burden3▲ 5.4×9 topics
  33. Chronic Disease3▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Environmental Exposure3▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Exposome3▲ 81×1 topic
  36. Policy3▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Health Care Utilization3▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Health Outcomes3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Global Health3▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Vaccine Development3▲ 9.4×6 topics

Which research topics does World Health Organization - Nigeria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 7 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…5COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 5 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…5Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 4 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…2Healthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementModeling and SimulationHealth5 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 5 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  6. 6 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 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 available72.9%not open27.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Health Organization - Nigeria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 141% 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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