Nigeria: research output 2026
On October 24, 2026, researchers affiliated with institutions in Nigeria published 89 research papers, ranking 17th of 152 countries and 1.0% of the world's output that day. 6 records with a Nigeria affiliation were added to PubMed.
Papers on Oct 2489
World rank#17
Share of world output1.0%
Last 7 days1,314
Last 30 days7,195
Daily average (30 days)248
Last 30 days
Most active institutions
- University of Port Harcourt · 15 papers
- University of Ibadan · 8 papers
- University of Uyo · 6 papers
- Obafemi Awolowo University · 5 papers
- Federal University of Technology · 4 papers
Most-cited scientists
- Mayowa Ojo Owolabi · University College Hospital · 222,880 citations
- Andrew T Olagunju · University of Lagos · 201,375 citations
- Bolajoko Olubukunola Olusanya · Centre for Healthy Start Initiative · 165,661 citations
- Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja · Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki · 158,185 citations
- Jacob Olusegun Olusanya · Centre for Healthy Start Initiative · 125,995 citations
Papers per day
| Date | Papers |
|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 24 | 89 |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 188 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 205 |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 345 |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 206 |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 218 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 63 |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 111 |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 210 |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 237 |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 246 |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 276 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 383 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 54 |
Counts are papers (articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters) with at least one author affiliated with an institution in Nigeria, by publication date, from OpenAlex. Recent days keep rising for a week as journals report their papers.
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