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African Education and Politics

African Education and Politics is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 7.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the intersection of education and economic development, with a specific emphasis on Nigeria and Africa. It covers topics such as the influence of social and economic disadvantage on academic performance, the role of information technology in education, challenges of youth unemployment, quality assurance in education, teacher education, and gender disparities in higher education. The papers also address issues related to curriculum development, sustainable development, and the impact of educational policies on national development.

  • Education
  • Development
  • Nigeria
  • Information Technology
  • Youth Unemployment
  • Quality Assurance
  • Teacher Education
  • Sustainable Development
  • Gender Equality
  • Curriculum Development
Research works
7.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
800
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+71%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead African Education and Politics research?

By volume, Nigeria and Kenya publish the most (1.2k and 139 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nigeria 1.2k works
  2. 2 Kenya 139 works
  3. 3 United States 87 works
  4. 4 Tanzania 65 works
  5. 5 ?? 65 works
  6. 6 Ghana 56 works
  7. 7 South Africa 48 works
  8. 8 Uganda 30 works
  9. 9 India 25 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 25 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Nigeria: 69.0%Kenya: 8.0%United States: 5.0%Tanzania: 3.7%6 others listed: 14.2%69%largest
Nigeria1,207 · 69.0%Kenya139 · 8.0%United States87 · 5.0%Tanzania65 · 3.7%6 others listed249 · 14.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead African Education and Politics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Federal College of Education, Kano publishes the most African Education and Politics research, followed by Delta State University and Rivers State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Federal College of Education, KanoNigeria 69 works
  2. 2 Delta State UniversityNigeria 55 works
  3. 3 Rivers State UniversityNigeria 52 works
  4. 4 University of CalabarNigeria 48 works
  5. 5 Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria 41 works
  6. 6 University of NigeriaNigeria 40 works
  7. 7 University of IlorinNigeria 39 works
  8. 8 University of Port HarcourtNigeria 32 works
  9. 9 Ekiti State UniversityNigeria 32 works
  10. 10 University of AbujaNigeria 28 works

Where is African Education and Politics research done?

The largest centres of African Education and Politics research in 2022–2025 are Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Kano (Nigeria), Ilorin (Nigeria) and Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Abraka, Keffi and Thika.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Port Harcourt Nigeria 84 works
  2. 2 Kano Nigeria 80 works
  3. 3 Ilorin Nigeria 66 works
  4. 4 Ado-Ekiti Nigeria 62 works
  5. 5 Calabar Nigeria 58 works
  6. 6 Abraka Nigeria 55 works
  7. 7 Lagos Nigeria 48 works
  8. 8 Nairobi Kenya 47 works
  9. 9 Ibadan Nigeria 46 works
  10. 10 Awka Nigeria 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AbrakaNG · 54.8 works230×
  2. KeffiNG · 23.6 works219×
  3. ThikaKE · 25.0 works209×
  4. CalabarNG · 58.5 works186×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in African Education and Politics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study African Education and Politics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Ilorin, Kwara State University and University of Abuja score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 11.42%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Ilorin: 39, 8.1%Kwara State University: 18, 13.3%University of Abuja: 28, 17.2%University of Nigeria: 40, 9.8%University of Ibadan: 25, 12.5%Federal College of Education, Kano: 69, 9.2%Nnamdi Azikiwe University: 41, 6.4%National Open University of Nigeria: 14, 20.3%Mount Kenya University: 25, 8.0%Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University: 18, 9.4%University of AbujaKwara State UniversityUniversity of NigeriaUniversity of Ilorin
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of IlorinNigeria 72.48.1%135.6×39 +303.0%
2 Kwara State UniversityNigeria 70.513.3%168.2×18 +260.6%
3 University of AbujaNigeria 70.017.2%194.3×28 +78.0%
4 University of NigeriaNigeria 68.49.8%82.2×40 +96.9%
5 University of IbadanNigeria 65.712.5%52.5×25 +58.2%
6 Federal College of Education, KanoNigeria 65.49.2%361.6×69 +41.8%
7 Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria 64.56.4%123.6×41 +156.1%
8 National Open University of NigeriaNigeria 64.420.3%175.5×14 +15.4%
9 Mount Kenya UniversityKenya 63.38.0%209.7×25 +431.4%
10 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu UniversityNigeria 63.09.4%160.0×18 +435.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is African Education and Politics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are African Education and Politics.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.