African institutions and countries, ranked over the same years on the same terms.
Publications, 2021–2025
| # | Institution | Country | Works | FWCI | Top 10% | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of IbadanUI · University | Nigeria | 14,960 | 1.92 | 16% | 78% |
| 2 | University of NigeriaUNN · University | Nigeria | 13,828 | 1.72 |
| 16% |
| 75% |
| 3 | University of LagosUniversity | Nigeria | 9,222 | 1.62 | 15% | 80% |
| 4 | University of IlorinUniversity | Nigeria | 8,884 | 1.77 | 17% | 75% |
| 5 | Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNAU · University | Nigeria | 8,752 | 1.07 | 10% | 83% |
| 6 | Ahmadu Bello UniversityABU · University | Nigeria | 8,743 | 1.27 | 12% | 80% |
| 7 | University of Port HarcourtUniversity | Nigeria | 8,568 | 0.84 | 7% | 86% |
| 8 | Obafemi Awolowo UniversityOAU · University | Nigeria | 7,984 | 1.71 | 16% | 77% |
| 9 | Federal University of TechnologyFUTA · Technical university | Nigeria | 7,582 | 1.38 | 13% | 72% |
| 10 | University of BeninUNIBEN · University | Nigeria | 7,208 | 1.02 | 9% | 86% |
| 11 | Rivers State UniversityRSUST · University | Nigeria | 7,121 | 0.68 | 6% | 90% |
| 12 | Bayero University KanoBUK · University | Nigeria | 6,003 | 1.92 | 14% | 79% |
| 13 | University of CalabarUNICAL · University | Nigeria | 5,940 | 1.37 | 14% | 80% |
| 14 | Delta State UniversityUniversity | Nigeria | 5,828 | 1.11 | 10% | 86% |
| 15 | The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-EkitiFPA · College | Nigeria | 5,742 | 0.85 | 8% | 86% |
| 16 | Ladoke Akintola University of TechnologyLAUTECH · Technical university | Nigeria | 5,005 | 1.69 | 14% | 81% |
| 17 | Federal University of Agriculture, AbeokutaFUNAAB · University | Nigeria | 4,722 | 1.21 | 11% | 77% |
| 18 | University of UyoUNIUYO · University | Nigeria | 4,484 | 0.89 | 9% | 86% |
| 19 | Ekiti State UniversityEKSU · University | Nigeria | 4,456 | 1.00 | 9% | 84% |
| 20 | Lagos State UniversityLASU · University | Nigeria | 4,399 | 1.38 | 13% | 82% |
| 21 | Federal University of Technology OwerriFUTO · Technical university | Nigeria | 4,264 | 1.22 | 11% | 80% |
| 22 | Covenant UniversityCU · University | Nigeria | 4,244 | 2.09 | 21% | 69% |
| 23 | Afe Babalola UniversityABUAD · University | Nigeria | 4,177 | 1.36 | 15% | 69% |
| 24 | Nigeria | 4,042 | 0.67 | 8% | 92% |
| 25 | University of AbujaUniversity | Nigeria | 3,929 | 1.34 | 13% | 86% |
| 26 | Osun State UniversityUNIOSUN · University | Nigeria | 3,905 | 1.70 | 12% | 79% |
| 27 | Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityUDUSOK · University | Nigeria | 3,786 | 1.01 | 7% | 88% |
| 28 | Adekunle Ajasin UniversityAAUA · University | Nigeria | 3,605 | 1.41 | 14% | 78% |
| 29 | Michael Okpara University of AgricultureMOUAU · University | Nigeria | 3,460 | 1.03 | 10% | 84% |
| 30 | University of JosUniversity | Nigeria | 3,437 | 1.02 | 9% | 85% |
| 31 | Babcock UniversityBU · University | Nigeria | 3,369 | 1.20 | 10% | 85% |
| 32 | Enugu State University of Science and TechnologyESUT · University | Nigeria | 3,335 | 0.88 | 8% | 88% |
| 33 | University of MaiduguriUNIMAID · University | Nigeria | 3,318 | 1.26 | 9% | 85% |
| 34 | Federal University Oye EkitiFUOYE · University | Nigeria | 3,289 | 1.41 | 14% | 76% |
| 35 | Federal University of Technology MinnaFUTMINNA · Technical university | Nigeria | 3,275 | 1.46 | 15% | 71% |
| 36 | Olabisi Onabanjo UniversityOSU · University | Nigeria | 3,260 | 1.69 | 11% | 81% |
| 37 | Kwara State UniversityKWASU · University | Nigeria | 3,157 | 1.29 | 14% | 80% |
| 38 | Ebonyi State UniversityEBSU · University | Nigeria | 3,031 | 1.41 | 13% | 83% |
| 39 | Federal Medical CentreFMC · Hospital | Nigeria | 2,960 | 1.01 | 8% | 87% |
| 40 | Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University MakurdiJOSTUM · University | Nigeria | 2,744 | 0.98 | 10% | 86% |
| 41 | Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu UniversityCOOU · University | Nigeria | 2,724 | 1.50 | 13% | 86% |
| 42 | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa UniversityATBU · University | Nigeria | 2,641 | 1.16 | 11% | 84% |
| 43 | Akwa Ibom State UniversityAKSU · University | Nigeria | 2,597 | 1.09 | 10% | 85% |
| 44 | Landmark UniversityLMU · University | Nigeria | 2,552 | 2.19 | 23% | 59% |
| 45 | Abia State UniversityUniversity | Nigeria | 2,516 | 0.95 | 10% | 89% |
| 46 | Kaduna State UniversityKASU · University | Nigeria | 2,478 | 0.80 | 8% | 86% |
| 47 | Nasarawa State UniversityNSUK · University | Nigeria | 2,460 | 0.77 | 8% | 88% |
| 48 | University College Hospital, IbadanUCH · Hospital | Nigeria | 2,413 | 1.94 | 15% | 85% |
| 49 | Ambrose Alli UniversityAAU · University | Nigeria | 2,358 | 1.41 | 14% | 76% |
| 50 | Imo State UniversityIMSU · University | Nigeria | 2,342 | 0.87 | 7% | 91% |
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| 3 | South Africa | Southern Africa | 216,307 | 2.66 | 24% | 72% | 586 |
| 4 | Morocco | North Africa | 106,576 | 1.58 | 16% | 59% | 206 |
| 5 | Algeria | North Africa | 91,809 | 1.05 | 10% | 50% | 179 |
| 6 | Tunisia | North Africa | 79,335 | 1.36 | 13% | 54% | 167 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | East Africa | 79,202 | 2.31 | 23% | 81% | 162 |
| 8 | Kenya | East Africa | 61,225 | 2.01 | 18% | 86% | 320 |
| 9 | Ghana | West Africa | 51,855 | 2.47 | 24% | 75% | 229 |
| 10 | Uganda | East Africa | 32,621 | 2.31 | 21% | 86% | 238 |
| 11 | Tanzania | East Africa | 32,175 | 1.82 | 18% | 83% | 177 |
| 12 | Cameroon | Central Africa | 27,146 | 1.44 | 13% | 75% | 105 |
| 13 | Sudan | North Africa | 18,396 | 1.39 | 14% | 79% | 77 |
| 14 | Libya | North Africa | 17,524 | 0.84 | 8% | 83% | 66 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | Southern Africa | 14,679 | 1.99 | 20% | 68% | 89 |
| 16 | Zambia | Southern Africa | 14,070 | 1.59 | 15% | 85% | 80 |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | West Africa | 13,644 | 0.91 | 9% | 87% | 49 |
| 18 | Mozambique | East Africa | 12,090 | 1.16 | 11% | 89% | 53 |
| 19 | Senegal | West Africa | 11,663 | 1.20 | 11% | 78% | 80 |
| 20 | Rwanda | East Africa | 11,377 | 2.16 | 22% | 75% | 60 |
| 21 | DR Congo | Central Africa | 10,448 | 1.34 | 12% | 88% | 88 |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | West Africa | 9,993 | 1.28 | 13% | 84% | 55 |
| 23 | Benin | West Africa | 9,684 | 1.59 | 14% | 81% | 43 |
| 24 | Malawi | East Africa | 8,139 | 2.29 | 24% | 80% | 56 |
| 25 | Botswana | Southern Africa | 7,380 | 2.51 | 22% | 66% | 49 |
| 26 | Somalia | East Africa | 5,155 | 1.66 | 15% | 88% | 73 |
| 27 | Mali | West Africa | 5,147 | 1.60 | 16% | 88% | 31 |
| 28 | Namibia | Southern Africa | 5,098 | 2.28 | 22% | 70% | 33 |
| 29 | Togo | West Africa | 4,707 | 0.98 | 10% | 83% | 14 |
| 30 | Republic of the Congo | Central Africa | 4,327 | 1.55 | 15% | 86% | 11 |
| 31 | Madagascar | East Africa | 4,251 | 1.67 | 15% | 82% | 35 |
| 32 | Angola | Central Africa | 3,571 | 0.79 | 7% | 87% | 49 |
| 33 | Niger | West Africa | 3,398 | 0.93 | 9% | 86% | 21 |
| 34 | Mauritius | East Africa | 2,979 | 2.06 | 19% | 48% | 24 |
| 35 | Gambia | West Africa | 2,625 | 2.74 | 26% | 89% | 22 |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | West Africa | 2,538 | 2.06 | 20% | 89% | 15 |
| 37 | Guinea | West Africa | 2,409 | 1.03 | 9% | 88% | 19 |
| 38 | Gabon | Central Africa | 2,246 | 1.66 | 15% | 84% | 11 |
| 39 | Burundi | East Africa | 1,946 | 1.78 | 16% | 88% | 27 |
| 40 | Chad | Central Africa | 1,583 | 1.00 | 8% | 85% | 17 |
| 41 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Central Africa | 1,409 | 1.24 | 12% | 98% | 3 |
| 42 | South Sudan | East Africa | 1,244 | 1.50 | 14% | 91% | 14 |
| 43 | Eswatini | Southern Africa | 1,201 | 1.86 | 18% | 74% | 7 |
| 44 | Lesotho | Southern Africa | 1,089 | 2.39 | 23% | 75% | 6 |
| 45 | Liberia | West Africa | 988 | 1.80 | 18% | 79% | 18 |
| 46 | Mauritania | West Africa | 831 | 1.50 | 14% | 71% | 10 |
| 47 | Central African Republic | Central Africa | 772 | 1.47 | 13% | 85% | 4 |
| 48 | Cape Verde | West Africa | 737 | 1.39 | 15% | 87% | 20 |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | West Africa | 632 | 1.41 | 13% | 89% | 8 |
| 50 | Seychelles | East Africa | 486 | 2.51 | 28% | 89% | 7 |
| 51 | Eritrea | East Africa | 447 | 1.67 | 17% | 81% | 1 |
| 52 | Djibouti | East Africa | 330 | 1.71 | 16% | 76% | 8 |
| 53 | Comoros | East Africa | 300 | 0.79 | 10% | 86% | 1 |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | Central Africa | 123 | — | — | 90% | 4 |