According to the Webometrics ranking released in January this year, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has been ranked the best in Nigeria, 14 in Africa and 1608 in the World.
Webometrics University Ranking provides indicators for more than 12,000 universities in the world, is based on university web presence, visibility and web access.
Acting Public Relations Officer, PRO of the UNN, Chief Okwun Omeaku, attributed the improvement in the performance of the University to the effort of current Vice Chancellor, Professor Benjamin Ozumba.
He said that administration has undertaken to give cash rewards to staff who publish in the approved Impact Factor (IF) journals. Such reward ranges from N10, 000 to N200, 000 depending on the IF rating of the journal. The Ozumba-led administration also approved N100,000 as seed capital for over 214 research groups in the university.
“The UNN is the only university in the country where staff are paid for publishing research articles that will be considered for their promotions,” Chief Omeaku, added.
Omeaku further said that the rating was the first sign of a glorious future for the university. “The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ozumba, is determined to make the UNN the best in Africa and among the top 10 in the world. That will happen sooner than later,” he pointed out.
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