UNN leads other universities in Nigeria.14 in Africa - World Ranking based on impact of publications

UNN leads other university in Nigeria.14 in Africa - World Ranking based on impact of publications 

The University of Nigeria (UNN) is ranking number 1 in Nigeria and 14th in Africa, based on current world ranking of universities. It is being followed by the University of Ibadan, which is ranked at a distant 18th position.

This was revealed in a press release from the university.

According to the press statement:

WEBOMETRICS just released its December 2015 ranking of Top 2000 Universities in the world based on their Google Scholar Citation profiles[First Edition (December 2015)].

It is my pleasure to inform you that UNN came 1st in Nigeria, 14th in Africa and 1389th in the world. As a matter of fact, less than 30 African Universities were ranked. Also, only UNN and University Ibadan were ranked from Nigeria, a pointer to the overall poor quality of academic publications from most Nigerian universities.

Hence, our collective efforts are paying off and UNN is now counted amongst the best in the world. We are now reaping the dividends of increased publications by UNN staff in high impact and visible journals. However, we are still a long way from getting into the top five in Africa. But it is achievable, if we intensity our publications in high impact visible journals that can be accessed and cited from all over the world.

A summary of the ranking as it concerns Africa is:

Sub: Ranking of Top 20 African Universities

Africa rank	World rank	University	Country	Citations
1	244	University of Cape Town	SOUTH AFRICA	164542
2	443	University of Pretoria	SOUTH AFRICA	95192
3	543	Stellenbosch University	SOUTH AFRICA	74142
4	646	University of Kwazulu Natal	SOUTH AFRICA	58311
5	648	University of the Witwatersrand	SOUTH AFRICA	58155
6	802	Zewail City of Science and Technology	EGYPT	42084
7	1062	Cairo University	EGYPT	26579
8	1096	University of Nairobi	KENYA	24577
9	1124	North West University	SOUTH AFRICA	23501
10	1153	American University Cairo	Egypt	22235
11	1178	University of Tanta	EGYPT	21677
12	1193	University of the Western Cape	SOUTH AFRICA	20969
13	1225	University of the Free State	SOUTH AFRICA	19795
14	1389	University of Nigeria	NIGERIA	15076
15	1417	University of South Africa	SOUTH AFRICA	14535
16	1455	Ain Shams University	EGYPT	13780
17	1457	Kenyatta University	KENYA	13725
18	1608	University of Ibadan	NIGERIA	10867
19	1615	Beni Suef University	Egypt	10765
20	1718	Benha University	Egypt	9472

The full ranking and methodology can be retrieved from: http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/169

Prof Obinna Onwujekwe

Chairman: Senate Research Grants Committee