Webometrics has recently released the
openness ranking of World universities for the second half of 2016,
within which less than 50 Nigerian universities were included; With
Harvard University (USA) coming first in the world as usual.
Openness refers to the total number of pdf files of a university
according to google. It relies on information (statistics) of web
publications of a University for a Specific period of time; available on
google scholar. It therefore based on volume of research articles
published by a university.
The quantity of google scholarly articles a university has reveals how
much of research is being conducted by the university; which is what
openness ranking is all about – a university’s research output.
Openness rank is a part of the many indicators that make up several
university rankings, others being excellence, presence and visibility;
for Webometrics. Although it does not exactly specify the impact of the
research papers a university has; the openness indicator however reveals
the extent to which a school is engaged in research, which is what
world class institutions are known for.
Although no Nigerian university was among the first 1000 in the world,
University of Nigeria ranked highest of the Nigerian universities on the
list, followed by University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin and
Covenant University respectively. Below is the list of the top 30
Nigerian universities in the Webometrics 2016 Openness ranking for world
universities. Their respective world ranks are those enclosed within
brackets. The July 2016 edition of the Webometrics ranking of world
universities (overall ranking of all parameters); of which openness rank
constitute 10% by weight of is expected to be released next week.
1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka. UNN (1433)
2. University of Ibadan, Ibadan. UI (1613)
3. University of Ilorin, Ilorin. UNILORIN (2114)
4. Covenant University, Ota. CU (2161)
5. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. UNIZIK (2173)
6. University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt. UNIPORT (2190)
7. University of Lagos, Lagos. UNILAG (2243)
8. University of Calabar, Calabar. UNICAL (2333)
9. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. UNAAB (2364)
10. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. ABU (2372)
11. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. OAU (2473)
12. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. LAUTECH (2585)
13. University of Uyo, Uyo. UNIUYO (2655)
14. Federal University of Technology, Minna. FUTMINNA (2682)
15. University of Benin, Ugbowo. UNIBEN (2703)
16. Federal University of Technology, Akure. FUTA (2835)
17. Bayero University, Kano. BUK (2909)
18. Redeemer’s University, Mowe. RUN (2937)
19. Lagos State University, Ojo. LASU (2939)
20. Osun State University, OSU (3074)
21. University of Jos, Jos. UNIJOS (3173)
22. Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo. FUNAI (3242)
23. Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Port Harcourt. RSUT (3295)
24. Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti. ABUAD (3330)
25. Landmark University, Omu-aran LU (3422)
26. Federal University of Technology, Owerri. FUTO (3423)
27. Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu. ESUT (3433)
28. University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri. UNIMAID (3465)
29. Federal University of Dutsin Ma, Dutsin-Ma (3478)
30. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. MOUA (3515).
Source: http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/169