The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, also known as Ranking Web of World Universities, is ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web contents (number of web pages and files) and the visibility and impact of these web publications according to the number of external inlinks (site citations) they received. The ranking is published by the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) located in Madrid.

The aim of the 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.[1] The ranking started in 2004 and is updated every January and July. Today it provides Web indicators for more than 12,000 universities worldwide.

JUSTIFICATION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE RANKING

The Webometrics University Ranking is a ranking system based on university web presence, visibility and web access.[2] 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.[2] 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.

The ranking:-

Nigeria. Africa. World. Universities
1 14. 1511 O.A.U
2 29 2398 U.N.A.B
3 38 2668 Unilag
4 40 2827 Uni of Nigeria
5 44 2965 Uni ilorin
6 52 3411 Uni of ibadan
7 55 3541 A.B.U
8 67 4054 Auchi poly
9 71 4216 Uni of benin
10 75 4289. Convenant,ota
11. 87. 4995. Uni of jos
12. 100. 5643. FUTA
13. 106. 5984. Yaba tech
14. 111. 6154. Uni port
15. 122. 6806. NOUN
16. 139. 7823. Afe babalola uni
17. 169. 9509. Ambrose Alli uni
18. 185. 10,087. LASU
19. 198. 10,403. Ekiti state uni
20. 202. 10,545. Lagos business school
21. 206. 10,730. Uni of calabar
22. 217. 11,261. Ladoke Akintola uni of tech
23. 225. 11,443. Nnamdi Azikwe university
24. 227. 11,494. FUT minna
25. 240. 11,727. FUTO
26. 251. 12,012. Babcock university
27. 263. 12,431. University of uyo
28. 265. 12,476. Federal university oye,ekiti
29. 269. 12,608. Bayero university,kano
30. 270. 12,612. Osun state university.

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