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Highly Cited Researchers 53.369 Scientists Citation in Nigeria Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
Built on transparency, it also addresses unethical practices and encourages reporting of violations. Compare results across 13 fields and 221 disciplines.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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746
World Rank
1
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology
Stroke | Neurorehabilitation | Neurogenetics | Non-communicable diseases | Population healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    230,321
  • Last 5 Years
    202,036
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.877
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Rankings

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850
World Rank
2
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Others
Global Health | Health Systems and Policy | Health Economics | Epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    217,534
  • Last 5 Years
    192,646
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.886
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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1,552
World Rank
3
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Health Policy and Management | Infection Prevention and Control | Disease Prevention and Contro

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    159,469
  • Last 5 Years
    148,869
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.934
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Rankings

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1,811
World Rank
4
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
Early Childhood Health and Developmen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    148,755
  • Last 5 Years
    118,138
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.794
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Rankings

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2,070
World Rank
5
Country Rank
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    139,016
  • Last 5 Years
    81,470
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.586
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,043
World Rank
6
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public health | Global health | Epidemiology | Maternal and Child Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    113,905
  • Last 5 Years
    100,945
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.886
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,119
World Rank
7
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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3,236
World Rank
8
Country Rank
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology
Neurology | Neuroscience | Ageing Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    110,203
  • Last 5 Years
    94,611
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.859
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Rankings

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4,100
World Rank
9
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Others
Artificial Intelligence | Ambient Intelligence | Blockchain Technology | Cyber Security | Data Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    96,912
  • Last 5 Years
    77,543
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.800
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Rankings

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5,037
World Rank
10
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Health Economics | Public Health | Health Policy and Systems Research | Pharmaco-economics | Pharmaco-epidemiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    85,462
  • Last 5 Years
    75,973
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.889
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Rankings

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5,486
World Rank
11
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Others
Cardiopulmonary and Sport Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    81,368
  • Last 5 Years
    74,963
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.921
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Rankings

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6,328
World Rank
12
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    74,869
  • Last 5 Years
    31,946
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.427
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Rankings

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12,156
World Rank
13
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Medical and Health Sciences / Dentistry
HIV | adolescent oral health | adolescent sexual and reproductive Health | Bioethics | Community engagemen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    49,509
  • Last 5 Years
    46,518
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.940
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Rankings

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13,354
World Rank
14
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Social Sciences / Sociology
Medical sociology | Gerontology: Age Tech | Qualitative researc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    46,783
  • Last 5 Years
    34,159
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.730
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Rankings

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13,558
World Rank
15
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Public Health | Health Systems and Polic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    46,363
  • Last 5 Years
    33,477
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.722
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Rankings

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20,331
World Rank
16
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    35,907
  • Last 5 Years
    31,555
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.879
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Rankings

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21,015
World Rank
17
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Others
HAEMATOLOGY | BLOOD TRANSFUSION | IMMUNOLOGY | PUBLIC HEALTH

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    35,163
  • Last 5 Years
    34,563
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.983
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Rankings

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21,271
World Rank
18
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Molecular Biology
Genomics | Infectious Diseases | Bioinformatics | One Health | Genomics Surveillanc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    34,858
  • Last 5 Years
    22,067
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.633
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Rankings

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23,724
World Rank
19
Country Rank
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Medical Statistics | Health Data Science | M&E | Public & Digital Health | Demograph

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    32,518
  • Last 5 Years
    31,655
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.973
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Rankings

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26,846
World Rank
20
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Medical and Health Sciences / Pediatrics and Child Health
Paediatrics | under-nutrition | obesity | diarrhoeal disease | Abdominal pai

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,966
  • Last 5 Years
    23,235
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.775
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Rankings

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29,231
World Rank
21
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Medical and Health Sciences / Epidemiology and Public Health
Cancers | heart disease | behavioural risk factor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    28,324
  • Last 5 Years
    27,596
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.974
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Rankings

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30,384
World Rank
22
Country Rank
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Others
Non-communicable diseases | Health Promoting Schools | Implementation science | Child and adolescent health | women's healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,576
  • Last 5 Years
    27,294
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.990
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Rankings

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34,698
World Rank
23
Country Rank
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Others
Cardiovascular Health | Child and Newborn Healt

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    25,164
  • Last 5 Years
    24,675
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.981
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Rankings

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36,573
World Rank
24
Country Rank
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Others
Hypertension mediated organ damag

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,266
  • Last 5 Years
    23,011
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.948
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Rankings

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37,625
World Rank
25
Country Rank
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry
Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals..

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,757
  • Last 5 Years
    13,899
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.585
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