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Research in Bamenda

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Bamenda, Cameroon. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Bamenda, Bamenda University of Science and Technology and Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services.

Research institutions
5
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3k
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
6.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Bamenda

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 Bamenda?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BamendaUniversity 2,451 #7,126
2Bamenda University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 252 #19,837
3Catholic University of CameroonUniversity 167 #28,481 all time
4Cameroon Baptist Convention Health ServicesHospital / health system 161 #21,514
5Effective Basic Services for AfricaNonprofit 0 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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Bamenda: 80.9%Bamenda University of Science and Technology: 8.3%Catholic University of Cameroon: 5.5%Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services: 5.3%81%largest
University of Bamenda2,451 · 80.9%Bamenda University of Science and Technology252 · 8.3%Catholic University of Cameroon167 · 5.5%Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services161 · 5.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Bamenda work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Bamenda is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 566 fractional works · 33.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 291 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 77 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 73 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 104 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 82 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 82 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAccounting: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 459 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 124 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 96 fractional works · 5.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 93 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 44 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 40 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 331 fractional works · 19.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 247 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPlant Science: 71 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 62 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHorticulture: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 328 fractional works · 19.5% of its workMedicine: 244 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 44 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBamenda1,685fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences34%

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. Social Sciences29117.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1046.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting824.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities382.3%
    5. Psychology342.0%
    6. Decision Sciences171.0%
    1. Environmental Science1247.4%
    2. Engineering965.7%
    3. Computer Science935.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences402.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy362.1%
    6. Materials Science241.4%
    7. Mathematics191.1%
    8. Energy140.8%
    9. Chemistry130.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24714.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology392.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology281.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.6%
    5. Neuroscience70.4%
    1. Medicine24414.5%
    2. Health Professions503.0%
    3. Nursing271.6%
    4. Veterinary50.3%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bamenda strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bamenda is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Anthropology (9.1× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 59.7 works9.1×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 23.4 works5.9×
← 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: 3.19× its world share, 213 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 79 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.54× its world share, 107 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 31 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 209 worksMedicineNursing: 3.78× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.25× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.47× its world share, 66 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.00× its world share, 90 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 224 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.78×26 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.19×213 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.00×90 works
  4. Veterinary2.25×4 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.94×10 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.69×24 works
  7. Environmental Science1.54×107 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.51×33 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.47×66 works
  10. Social Sciences1.26×224 works
  11. Health Professions1.18×44 works
  12. Decision Sciences1.03×14 works
  13. Energy0.98×13 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.98×31 works
  15. Mathematics0.89×15 works
  16. Medicine0.77×209 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.75×31 works
  18. Computer Science0.72×79 works
  19. Psychology0.61×26 works
  20. Chemistry0.48×11 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×32 works
  22. Materials Science0.38×18 works
  23. Engineering0.37×77 works
  24. Neuroscience0.25×6 works
  25. Dentistry0.15×1 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Bamenda?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Climate Change, Adaptation, Agroecology, Diversity, Agricultural Development and Livestock Farming.

▲ 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 Change125▲ 2.7×64 topics
  2. Sustainability120▲ 2.9×52 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers82▲ 23×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology78▲ 1.17×93 topics
  5. Adaptation70▲ 14×9 topics
  6. Globalization58▲ 1.76×55 topics
  7. Agroecology54▲ 23×3 topics
  8. Education53▲ 1.85×31 topics
  9. Diversity52▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Agricultural Development51▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Livestock Farming51▲ 51×3 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation50▲ 8.0×12 topics
  13. Multifunctionality50▲ 63×1 topic
  14. Work Organization50▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Social Capital49▲ 5.6×15 topics
  16. Economic Development46▲ 3.4×17 topics
  17. Environmental Impact46▲ 1.59×39 topics
  18. Sustainable Development45▲ 1.70×39 topics
  19. Economic Growth45▲ 3.2×19 topics
  20. Renewable Energy43▲ 1.78×30 topics
  21. Poverty Reduction42▲ 19×5 topics
  22. Sustainable Agriculture40▲ 7.7×9 topics
  23. Governance40▲ 7.2×9 topics
  24. Institutional Quality36▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Colonialism35▲ 4.4×20 topics
  26. Gender Equality35▲ 7.4×10 topics
  27. Inequality35▲ 9.1×7 topics
  28. ICT35▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Knowledge Economy32▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Agroforestry30▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Mobile Phones29▲ 38×1 topic
  32. financial access29▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Social Impact29▲ 4.4×8 topics
  34. Ecosystem Services28▲ 4.3×10 topics
  35. Development26▲ 4.4×13 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality25▲ 6.6×5 topics
  37. Empowerment24▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Financial Inclusion24▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Microfinance24▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Nutritional Value22▲ 11×4 topics

What research is done in Bamenda?

Agriculture and Rural De…49Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 49 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…23Economic Growth and Development: 23 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…20Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 20 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 16 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 14 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 14 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 14 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 11 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 11 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 10 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInformation SystemsEconomics and EconometricsNutrition and Dietetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 49 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 23 works
  3. 3 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 20 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 16 works
  5. 5 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 14 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 14 works
  7. 7 African history and culture studies Anthropology 14 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 11 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 11 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Bamenda14.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.1% in 2012.

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