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Research in Bamenda

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Bamenda, Cameroon. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 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
▲ 212% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Bamenda?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BamendaUniversity 2,451 #3,061
2Bamenda University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 252 #15,062
3Catholic University of CameroonUniversity 167 #41,342 all time
4Cameroon Baptist Convention Health ServicesHospital / health system 161 #25,068
5Effective Basic Services for AfricaNonprofit 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Bamenda?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 Change110▲ 2.9×59 topics
  2. Sustainability107▲ 3.1×47 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers74▲ 24×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology70▲ 1.25×91 topics
  5. Adaptation67▲ 17×8 topics
  6. Agroecology52▲ 25×3 topics
  7. Diversity50▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Agricultural Development49▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Livestock Farming49▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Multifunctionality49▲ 69×1 topic
  11. Work Organization49▲ 81×1 topic
  12. Globalization47▲ 1.69×47 topics
  13. Education42▲ 1.76×27 topics
  14. Social Capital42▲ 5.7×15 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation41▲ 7.9×12 topics
  16. Economic Growth40▲ 3.4×17 topics
  17. Environmental Impact38▲ 1.61×37 topics
  18. Renewable Energy36▲ 1.80×25 topics
  19. Poverty Reduction36▲ 20×5 topics
  20. Economic Development36▲ 3.1×17 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture32▲ 7.2×9 topics
  22. Governance30▲ 6.6×8 topics
  23. Institutional Quality28▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Colonialism28▲ 4.1×15 topics
  25. Inequality28▲ 8.6×7 topics
  26. Agroforestry26▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Gender Equality26▲ 6.8×6 topics
  28. Social Impact26▲ 4.6×8 topics
  29. ICT26▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Knowledge Economy25▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Ecosystem Services24▲ 4.3×10 topics
  32. Genetic Diversity23▲ 3.7×18 topics
  33. Mobile Phones23▲ 37×1 topic
  34. financial access23▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Maternal Mortality22▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Empowerment20▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Financial Inclusion20▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Microfinance20▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Nutritional Value19▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Maternal and Child Undernutrition16▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Bamenda?

  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

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