Webometrics Ranking 2020: Top 100 Universities in Nigeria

The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, also known as Ranking Web of Universities, is a ranking system for the world’s universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web content (number of web pages and files) and the visibility and impact of these web publications according to the number of external links (site citations) they received.

The webometrics ranking is published by the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) located in Madrid. The Lab acts as an Observatory of the Science and Technology on the Web. Isidro F. Aguillo is the head of the Laboratory and the editor-in-chief of the webometrics Rankings.

The aim of the webometrics Ranking is to improve the presence of the academic and research institutions on the Web and to promote the open access publication of scientific results. The webometrics ranking started in 2004 and is updated every January and July. Today it provides Web indicators for more than 12,000 universities worldwide.

Objectives of Webometrics Ranking of Universities

The Webometrics Ranking is a ranking system based on university web presence, visibility and web access. This ranking system measures how strongly a university is present in the web by its own web domain, sub-pages, rich files, scholarly articles etc.

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The central hypothesis of this approach is that web presence is a reliable indicator of the global performance and prestige of the universities and as such, is an indirect way to measure all the university missions (teaching, research, transfer).

Although the Web is universally recognized as one of the most relevant tools for scholarly communication, it is still very rare these indicators are used for the evaluation of the scientific research and the academic performance of universities. Webometric indicators are provided to show the commitment of the institutions to Web publication.

A research paper in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Scientometrics found “reasonable similarities” between the Webometrics rankings and other prominent university rankings despite using a very different set of features to determine each university’s rank. These similarities were increased when the comparison was limited solely to European universities.

Top universities are publishing millions of pages produced by dozens of departments and services, hundreds of research teams and thousands of scholars. Strong web presence informs of a wide variety of factors that are clearly correlated with the global quality of the institution:

widespread availability of computer resources available, global internet literacy, policies promoting democracy and freedom of speech, competition for international visibility or support of open access initiatives, among others.

Latest Webometrics Ranking: List of top 100 universities in Nigeria

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	1322	University of Ibadan		2113	2088	1057	1561
2	1742	Covenant University Ota		1169	3884	1356	1797
3	1805	University of Nigeria		1311	3279	1038	2243
4	1984	University of Lagos		161	4143	1521	2312
5	2053	Obafemi Awolowo University		2916	4560	1616	2025
6	2378	Ahmadu Bello University		1919	5758	1945	2218
7	2588	University of Ilorin		3657	6212	1245	2623
8	2705	Federal University of Technology Akure		1475	8018	1610	2405
9	2819	University of Port Harcourt		449	4741	1840	3600
10	3126	Adekunle Ajasin University		12858	1272	3900	4673
11	3130	University of Benin		8198	5651	2013	3495
12	3157	Federal University of Technology Minna		3807	8470	1811	2997
13	3388	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology		4152	9574	1636	3220
14	3452	Rivers State University of Science & Technology		4019	515	7356	4882
15	3510	University of Calabar		13302	9236	1337	3438
16	3520	Bayero University Kano		14203	9489	2316	3122
17	3624	Lagos State University		10104	9249	2600	3382
18	3664	University of Jos		2323	7783	2980	3926
19	3701	Federal University of Technology Owerri		4410	6704	2230	4274
20	3718	University of Uyo		23325	9689	2258	3238
21	3803	Nnamdi Azikiwe University		11826	9274	1705	3886
22	3871	Olabisi Onabanjo University (Ogun State University)		3281	8838	3235	3926
23	4020	University of Agriculture Abeokuta		3464	6876	7356	3092
24	4077	University of Abuja		17690	10697	3046	3566
25	4132	University of Maiduguri		15855	10563	2694	3797
26	4200	Usmanu Danfodiyo University		6792	11008	3146	3886
27	4514	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University		2661	10761	3487	4454
28	5001	Ebonyi State University		21081	14163	4450	3839
29	5400	Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun		18801	12367	4788	4534
30	5484	Benue State University		4508	11645	4937	4882
31	5661	American University of Nigeria		5640	9893	4398	5341
32	5664	Federal University Oye Ekiti Ekiti State		5163	7052	2771	6084
33	5700	Niger Delta University		18120	12922	4506	4673
34	5754	Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi		11533	11860	4986	4882
35	5825	African University of Science & Technology Abuja		5761	13408	6253	4454
36	6351	Skyline University Nigeria		15759	3146	7240	6084
37	6372	Landmark University		3650	9178	2833	6084
38	6398	Delta State University Nigeria		24032	11466	4418	5178
39	6471	Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (University of Ado Ekiti)		15531	11251	2745	5624
40	6480	Babcock University		2582	10320	2053	6084
41	7105	Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike		29238	11538	7356	4215
42	7340	Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo FUNAI		8237	10981	2806	6084
43	7374	Osun State University		13757	10239	3160	6084
44	7415	Cross River State University of Science & Technology Calabar		20444	13576	5068	5178
45	7482	Redeemer’s University		7718	10919	3169	6084
46	7987	Kwara State University		11963	11264	3559	6084
47	8037	Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike		14068	11706	2992	6084
48	8066	Abia State University Uturu		17378	13111	5714	5341
49	8208	Federal University Dutsin Ma		3504	12635	3402	6084
50	8378	Edo University Iyamho		5211	12160	3873	6084
51	8418	Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (Katsina State University)		3823	12123	4146	6084
52	8765	Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna		19726	11453	3920	6084
53	8789	Imo State University Owerri		21741	11399	6202	5624
54	8789	Enugu State University of Science & Technology		15624	10334	5306	6084
55	8818	Federal University Kashere Gombe State		5138	11014	5517	6084
56	8935	Joseph Ayo Babalola University		25775	13131	6690	5178
57	9299	Federal University Dutse Jigawa State		5867	13144	4147	6084
58	9592	Akwa Ibom State University of Technology		21155	12528	3793	6084
59	9791	Kaduna State University		16290	13135	3963	6084
60	9822	Federal University Otuoke Bayelsa		16688	11908	5083	6084
61	10081	Lagos Business School Pan Atlantic University		16466	9192	6954	6084
62	10089	Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola (Federal University of Technology)		22234	13068	3852	6084
63	10152	Godfrey Okoye University		9855	13030	4980	6084
64	10259	Tai Solarin University of Education		13615	12200	5506	6084
65	10424	Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (Anambra State University of Science & Technology Uli)		17434	14205	3670	6084
66	10433	Technical University Ibadan		13797	8283	7356	6084
67	10469	Igbinedion University Okada		14102	12175	5678	6084
68	10498	Auchi Polytechnic		13854	8343	7356	6084
69	10630	Federal University Lokoja Kogi State		13840	12968	5269	6084
70	10668	Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai		18819	13753	4243	6084
71	10681	Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma		9739	11770	7356	5624
72	10760	Elizade University Ilara Mokin		10142	14912	4055	6084
73	10824	Kogi State University		27188	14423	5558	5624
74	10874	National Open University of Nigeria		7833	9362	7356	6084
75	10884	Yaba College of Technology		14354	10286	7002	6084
76	11028	Baze University Kuchigoro		17618	14018	4565	6084
77	11167	Nile University of Nigeria (Nigerian Turkish Nile University Abuja)		13398	14499	4645	6084
78	11213	University of Medical Sciences Ondo		15597	14738	4319	6084
79	11213	Nasarawa State University		23575	12506	5522	6084
80	11277	Federal Polytechnic Ilaro		17113	13799	5122	6084
81	11304	Pan African University Lagos		16923	11661	6566	6084
82	11543	Ajayi Crowther University Oyo		13956	12701	6338	6084
83	11611	Adeleke University Ede		21989	13230	5563	6084
84	11620	Federal University Wukari Taraba State		17064	15448	4157	6084
85	11631	Lead City University Ibadan		19301	12893	5973	6084
86	11711	Federal University Lafia Nasarawa State		16152	14580	5047	6084
87	11830	Benson Idahosa University		15175	13936	5716	6084
88	11999	Al Hikmah University Ilorin		13772	14071	5851	6084
89	12379	Bauchi State University Gadau		29007	12890	5306	6084
90	12631	Kebbi State University Kebbi		26264	16807	7356	5022
91	12767	Bells University of Technology Otta		22717	14944	5369	6084
92	12891	Kano University of Science & Technology Wudil		22013	14701	5699	6084
93	13091	Bingham University New Karu		21440	13670	6516	6084
94	13163	Federal Polytechnic Bauchi		12202	11881	7356	6084
95	13713	Lagos State Polytechnic		24372	13956	6605	6084
96	14054	Yobe State University (Bukar Abba Ibrahim University Damaturu)		17040	15459	6490	6084
97	14091	Taraba State University Jalingo		18418	14883	6690	6084
98	14110	Ondo State University of Science & Technology Okitipupa		23528	12868	7168	6084
99	14347	Anchor University Lagos		9304	17841	5779	6084
100	14446	Federal University Birnin Kebbi		26140	15000	6456	6084

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