top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Nigeria

2025 single-year list · 305 listed authors · 49th of 170 countries

305 researchers whose current affiliation is in Nigeria are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 94 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Nigeria has 0.1% of everyone on the list, 49th of 170 countries.

Listed authors
305
0.1% of the list
In the global top 100,000
94
30.8% of its listed authors
Country rank
#49
of 170 countries by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#851
Ozili, Peterson K.

Top institutions in Nigeria

  1. University of Nigeria196%
  2. University of Ibadan134%
  3. Federal University of Technology, Akure114%
  4. Obafemi Awolowo University103%
  5. University of Ilorin103%
  6. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology93%
  7. Ahmadu Bello University83%
  8. College of Medicine, University of Ibadan72%
  9. Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike72%
  10. Adekunle Ajasin University72%

Top fields

  1. Clinical Medicine8227%
  2. Enabling & Strategic Technologies5518%
  3. Earth & Environmental Sciences279%
  4. Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry269%
  5. Chemistry248%
  6. Information & Communication Technologies207%
  7. Engineering165%
  8. Biomedical Research155%
  9. Social Sciences124%
  10. Physics & Astronomy93%

305 listed scientists in Nigeria

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