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Research in Brazzaville

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Marien Ngouabi University and Wildlife Conservation Society Congo.

Research institutions
9
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.2k
▲ 104% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
8.7%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Brazzaville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Marien Ngouabi UniversityUniversity 2,178 #10,571
2Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementGovernment institution 946 #24,885
3Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de BrazzavilleHospital / health system 889 #27,516
4World Health Organization Regional Office for AfricaGovernment institution 554 #5,371
5Wildlife Conservation Society CongoNonprofit 325 #21,333
6Fondation Congolaise Pour La Recherche MédicaleResearch facility 148 #31,453 all time
7Laboratoire National de Santé Publique du CongoHospital / health system 112 not ranked
8Université Libre du CongoUniversity 49 not ranked
9Agence Nationale de l'Aviation CivileGovernment institution 1 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.

Marien Ngouabi University: 41.9%Institut de Recherche pour le Développement: 18.2%Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville: 17.1%World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa: 10.6%5 others listed: 12.2%42%largest
Marien Ngouabi University2,178 · 41.9%Institut de Recherche pour le Développement946 · 18.2%Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville889 · 17.1%World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa554 · 10.6%5 others listed635 · 12.2%

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What is Brazzaville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Brazzaville is most concentrated in Forestry, Linguistics and Language and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (22.7× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 34.6 works23×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 24.3 works14×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 62.2 works9.1×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 29.0 works7.0×
  5. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 63.5 works6.4×
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Which keywords describe research in Brazzaville?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Adaptation, Diversity, Agroecology, Livestock Farming, Agricultural Development and Work Organization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology136▲ 2.3×108 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers91▲ 28×6 topics
  3. Climate Change90▲ 2.3×72 topics
  4. Sustainability79▲ 2.2×49 topics
  5. Adaptation60▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Diversity55▲ 21×7 topics
  7. Agroecology54▲ 26×4 topics
  8. Livestock Farming54▲ 60×2 topics
  9. Agricultural Development54▲ 22×1 topic
  10. Public Health54▲ 2.5×47 topics
  11. Work Organization54▲ 85×1 topic
  12. Vaccine49▲ 8.2×11 topics
  13. Sociolinguistics48▲ 17×7 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation46▲ 8.4×11 topics
  15. Immune Response44▲ 5.3×15 topics
  16. Pathogenesis41▲ 5.5×18 topics
  17. Nutritional Value40▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture38▲ 8.1×9 topics
  19. Agroforestry37▲ 39×3 topics
  20. Global Burden37▲ 4.7×12 topics
  21. Climate Resilience35▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Social Justice34▲ 4.0×20 topics
  23. Indigenous Fruits34▲ 98×1 topic
  24. Tree Domestication34▲ 98×1 topic
  25. Colonialism31▲ 4.5×21 topics
  26. Pragmatics29▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases26▲ 5.5×8 topics
  28. Governance26▲ 5.3×8 topics
  29. Vaccine Development25▲ 6.9×8 topics
  30. Maternal Mortality25▲ 7.8×4 topics
  31. Cultural Diversity24▲ 7.4×10 topics
  32. Territorial Governance23▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Multilingualism23▲ 9.5×4 topics
  34. Local Development23▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Rhetoric22▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Health Inequalities22▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Language Contact22▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Argumentation21▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Community Health Workers21▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Ethos21▲ 47×1 topic

What research is done in Brazzaville?

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 54 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 34 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 21 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 21 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 19 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 16 works
  8. 8 African history and culture studies Anthropology 15 works
  9. 9 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 13 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 11 works

Research output over time

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