A Three Decades Quantitative Evaluation of Cancer-Related Research in Nigeria from 1990-2019:

Raphael Adeoye; Adams  Moses Dele; Kunle Okaiyeto

doi:10.5937/afmnai39-35503

Raphael Adeoye University of Ilorin
Adams Moses Dele Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Computing an d Applied Sciences, Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria
Dr Kunle Okaiyeto Applied and Environmental Microbiology Research Group (AEMREG), Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology,University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/afmnai39-35503

Keywords: Cancer research, Nigeria, bibliometric, quantatitive analysis, collaboration network

Abstract

There exists a knowledge gap in the quality and quantity of cancer-related research in Nigeria. This review gives a report on cancer research literature indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) in Nigeria from 1990-2019. A total of 629 research articles were published within this period across 276 journals. The highest number of articles was published in 2019 (n=62), while the least was in 1992 (n=2). However, the last ten years witnessed explosive growth, it accounted for 63% of the total number of articles. The most relevant authors are Olapade HI (33 articles); Huo D (28 articles) and Ogundiran TO (21 articles). The most relevant sources in the area of cancer research in Nigeria are Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice (52 articles), East African Medical Journal (23 articles) and African Health Sciences (21 articles). The most relevant author’s affiliations are University of Ibadan (n=206), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (n=115) and Obafemi Awolowo University (n= 105). The results from this study show that Nigerian institutions need to collaborate extensively with foreign institutions and partner with industries in order to improve the quality of their research output.