RESEARCH TRENDS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES: ANALYSIS OF NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS IN SCOPUS (2008-2017)
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Among other things, the performance of a university can be measured based on the
volume and the impact of their scholarly research publications. However, the
empirical evidence that are needed for objective analysis, evaluation, and ranking of
universities based on this factor are often not readily and freely accessible to the
public. In this paper, the trends of research publications in Nigerian Universities are
analyzed. The total number of scholarly articles published by academic researchers in
67 Nigerian universities over a period of ten years (2008-2017) were sourced from
Scopus abstracting/indexing database. Nigerian universities covered include 32
federal universities, 26 state universities, and nine private universities. The
publication trends are presented using tables and graphs. Also, yearly percentage
growth in scholarly research outputs are computed for each university. In practice,
the insights provided will propel a more informed policy formulation and
implementation towards improving institutional academic research productivity.
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)