Our vision
A trusted and globally connected knowledge environment in which Nigerian and African scholarship is discoverable, credible, visible and useful.
About NAPiD
Nigeria’s academic knowledge infrastructure, built for discovery and trust.
NAPiD supports the assessment, indexing, hosting, discovery and responsible measurement of scholarly publications from Nigeria and Africa, while connecting them to a wider world of knowledge.
Overview
What NAPiD is
The National Academic Publications and Indexing Database (NAPiD) is a specialised national platform for academic discovery, journal assessment, publication indexing, hosting and research intelligence. It brings scholarly publications, journals, institutions, authors and student research into an organised environment designed to strengthen visibility, credibility and access.
NAPiD operates as a Special National Index of Academic Publications (SNIAP) under the mandate of the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD), as approved by the Federal Executive Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Our mission
To provide dependable infrastructure through which knowledge can be assessed, published, indexed, hosted, discovered and responsibly measured.
Platform capabilities
What NAPiD does
NAPiD supports the discovery, assessment, indexing, hosting and responsible dissemination of journal articles, reviews, books, book chapters, conference papers and proceedings, projects, dissertations, theses, datasets, audiovisual scholarly materials and other recognised forms of academic publication.
Assessment and indexing
Evaluates journals and scholarly publications against transparent academic, editorial, ethical and technical requirements before indexing.
Academic discovery
Makes credible scholarly outputs easier to find through structured metadata, search, institutional connections and persistent identifiers.
Publication hosting
Provides dependable digital hosting for journals, books, conference proceedings and other recognised academic publications.
Publishing infrastructure
Supports journal and article workflows, metadata management, DOI services, author information and publication records.
Institutional visibility
Helps universities, polytechnics, colleges, research institutions and publishers present their scholarly contributions coherently.
Research intelligence
Organises dependable publication and institutional information for scholarship, policy, planning, measurement and responsible comparison.
National mandate
A sovereign academic infrastructure
NAPiD is operated under a national sovereign agenda by the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD), with institutional support from agencies of government including FMoE, NUC, NBTE, NCCE and TETFund, among others.
The platform is administered by the League of Academic Journal Editors of Nigeria (LAJEN) in collaboration with NERD.
View the NERD National PolicyMandate
SNIAP
Special National Index of Academic Publications
National framework
NERD
Nigeria Education Repository and Databank
Administration
LAJEN
League of Academic Journal Editors of Nigeria
Connected responsibilities
NAPiD, NERD and NAPiD-65
The three functions are connected, but each has a distinct responsibility within the national scholarly information environment.
NERD
National repository and databank
Preserves and organises education and research records, including institutional scholarly outputs and student research.
NAPiD
National publications index
Indexes and hosts approved academic publications, enables discovery and connects journals, authors, institutions and research records.
NAPiD-65
Journal assessment engine
Supports structured evaluation of journals and provides assessment evidence for informed indexing decisions.
In international context, NAPiD is Nigeria’s national counterpart in purpose to scholarly discovery and indexing infrastructures such as Scopus, SCImago, Garuda and CNKI. Its design and responsibilities are shaped by Nigeria’s own academic, institutional and sovereign-data priorities.
The community
Who NAPiD serves
- Researchers seeking credible academic literature;
- Lecturers in post-secondary and tertiary institutions across Nigeria, Africa and the rest of the world;
- Journal editors and publishers seeking assessment, indexing or hosting services;
- Authors submitting articles for publication or indexing;
- Universities, polytechnics, colleges and research institutions presenting their scholarly outputs;
- Assessors, reviewers and indexing officials responsible for publication quality;
- Policymakers and education agencies requiring dependable research intelligence; and
- Students and members of the public exploring Nigerian and African academic knowledge.
Standards and trust
Indexing is earned through assessment.
Submission to NAPiD does not automatically confer indexed status. Journals and publications must satisfy the applicable assessment, verification, editorial, ethical and approval requirements. This protects the integrity of the index and helps users distinguish submitted material from publications that have completed the relevant quality process.
Built for Nigerian and African scholarship.
Connected to the world.
Explore credible academic knowledge, discover institutions and journals, or begin the process of bringing a publication into Nigeria’s national academic index.