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Research in Abomey-Calavi

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Abomey-Calavi, Benin. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
428
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
4.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1993-2026
34 years on the record
Abomey-Calavi

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Abomey-Calavi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and MathematicsUniversity 418 #13,392
2Actions pour l’Environnement et le Développement DurableNonprofit 9 not ranked
3Sojagnon AssociationNonprofit 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Abomey-Calavi work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Abomey-Calavi is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Engineering (17%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 141 fractional works · 51.7% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 17.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 11.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 66 fractional works · 24.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 56 fractional works · 20.6% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workForestry: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAbomey-Calavi273fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4717.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3111.3%
    3. Environmental Science269.7%
    4. Computer Science114.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences93.2%
    6. Mathematics72.5%
    7. Materials Science62.1%
    8. Chemistry20.7%
    9. Energy20.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5620.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine4014.5%
    2. Health Professions41.6%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences114.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting31.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    4. Psychology10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Abomey-Calavi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Abomey-Calavi is most concentrated in Physics and Astronomy (5.1× the world share in Physics and Astronomy).

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 27.8 works5.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4.52× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.88× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.78× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.12× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.12×28 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.52×52 works
  3. Veterinary2.62×1 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.01×8 works
  5. Environmental Science1.88×23 works
  6. Mathematics1.78×5 works
  7. Nursing1.49×2 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.48×1 works
  9. Engineering1.18×43 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×1 works
  11. Energy0.79×2 works
  12. Medicine0.73×34 works
  13. Health Professions0.63×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.51×10 works
  15. Materials Science0.51×4 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×6 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.46×2 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×3 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.38×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×2 works
  22. Social Sciences0.30×9 works
  23. Psychology0.14×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  25. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Abomey-Calavi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Climate Resilience, Epidemiology, Nutritional Value, Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation and Vaccine Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change28▲ 3.8×42 topics
  2. Epidemiology24▲ 2.2×36 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers19▲ 33×6 topics
  4. Sustainability17▲ 2.5×27 topics
  5. Environmental Impact13▲ 2.8×26 topics
  6. Climate Resilience13▲ 78×3 topics
  7. Nutritional Value12▲ 38×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation12▲ 11×7 topics
  9. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 14×5 topics
  10. Vaccine Development11▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Agroforestry11▲ 58×3 topics
  12. Renewable Energy10▲ 2.6×20 topics
  13. Indigenous Fruits10▲ 160×1 topic
  14. Tree Domestication10▲ 160×1 topic
  15. Adaptation10▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Diversity9▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Vector Control9▲ 28×4 topics
  18. Agroecology8▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Agricultural Development8▲ 19×1 topic
  20. Livestock Farming8▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Insecticide Resistance8▲ 36×4 topics
  22. Remote Sensing8▲ 2.3×11 topics
  23. Genome Sequence7▲ 29×4 topics
  24. Global Burden6▲ 4.2×3 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity6▲ 5.0×15 topics
  26. Nonlinear Dynamics6▲ 9.9×4 topics
  27. Quantum Gravity6▲ 25×4 topics
  28. Synchronization6▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Global Warming6▲ 4.8×7 topics
  30. Time Series Analysis6▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Artemisinin Resistance5▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Plasmodium falciparum5▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Medicinal Plants5▲ 5.0×8 topics
  34. Arboviral Diseases5▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Zika Virus5▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Nutritional Quality5▲ 24×4 topics
  37. Black Holes5▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Phytochemicals5▲ 16×7 topics
  39. Biopesticides4▲ 24×3 topics
  40. General Relativity4▲ 24×2 topics

What research is done in Abomey-Calavi?

African Botany and Ecolo…10African Botany and Ecology Studies: 10 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 8 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 4 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 4 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation: 3 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 3 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Forecasting: 3 fractional works
ForestryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy Physics6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 10 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  8. 8 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 3 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Abomey-Calavi6.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.2% in 2018.

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