RESEARCH
TRENDS IN
NIGERIAN
UNIVERSITIES
: ANALYSIS OF NUMBER
OF
PUBLICATIONS IN
SCOPUS
(2008
-
2017
- Publication date
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Abstract
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
universitie
s 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 Niger
ian 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 institu
tional academic research productivity
