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Research in Brazzaville

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Marien Ngouabi University and Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.2k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
10.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Brazzaville

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 Brazzaville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Marien Ngouabi UniversityUniversity 2,178 #9,017
2Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de BrazzavilleHospital / health system 889 #19,838
3Fondation Congolaise Pour La Recherche MédicaleResearch facility 148 #27,170 all time
4Laboratoire National de Santé Publique du CongoHospital / health system 112 not ranked
5Université Libre du CongoUniversity 49 not ranked
6Agence Nationale de l'Aviation CivileGovernment institution 1 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.

Marien Ngouabi University: 64.5%Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville: 26.3%Fondation Congolaise Pour La Recherche Médicale: 4.4%Laboratoire National de Santé Publique du Congo: 3.3%2 others listed: 1.5%64%largest
Marien Ngouabi University2,178 · 64.5%Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville889 · 26.3%Fondation Congolaise Pour La Recherche Médicale148 · 4.4%Laboratoire National de Santé Publique du Congo112 · 3.3%2 others listed50 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Brazzaville work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Brazzaville is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 538 fractional works · 32.2% of its workMedicine: 444 fractional works · 26.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 72 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 56 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 77 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 46 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 520 fractional works · 31.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 268 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 103 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAnthropology: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 100 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPhilosophy: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 76 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 56 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 317 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 89 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 87 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 44 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 294 fractional works · 17.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 201 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 67 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workForestry: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBrazzaville1,669fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences31%

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. Medicine44426.6%
    2. Health Professions774.6%
    3. Nursing130.8%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Social Sciences26816.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities1006.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance764.6%
    4. Psychology382.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting332.0%
    6. Decision Sciences50.3%
    1. Environmental Science895.4%
    2. Engineering875.2%
    3. Computer Science442.7%
    4. Mathematics261.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences231.4%
    6. Materials Science191.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy120.7%
    8. Chemistry100.6%
    9. Energy50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20112.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology523.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology271.6%
    4. Neuroscience90.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 2.69× its world share, 187 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 81 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.41× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 374 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.18× its world share, 92 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.16× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 240 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.69×187 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.18×92 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.16×68 works
  4. Health Professions1.76×68 works
  5. Nursing1.65×12 works
  6. Mathematics1.41×24 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.39×20 works
  8. Medicine1.33×374 works
  9. Social Sciences1.29×240 works
  10. Environmental Science1.03×75 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×5 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×20 works
  13. Veterinary0.81×2 works
  14. Psychology0.66×29 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×30 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×47 works
  17. Chemistry0.39×9 works
  18. Engineering0.37×81 works
  19. Computer Science0.34×39 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.34×11 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.34×5 works
  22. Materials Science0.32×16 works
  23. Dentistry0.25×2 works
  24. Neuroscience0.23×5 works
  25. Energy0.23×3 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.17×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Brazzaville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Adaptation, Vaccine, Diversity, Agroecology, Livestock Farming and Agricultural 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. Epidemiology157▲ 2.4×112 topics
  2. Climate Change99▲ 2.2×83 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers94▲ 27×6 topics
  4. Sustainability83▲ 2.0×54 topics
  5. Adaptation62▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Public Health61▲ 2.5×52 topics
  7. Vaccine57▲ 8.6×11 topics
  8. Diversity55▲ 19×7 topics
  9. Agroecology55▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Livestock Farming55▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Agricultural Development54▲ 21×1 topic
  12. Work Organization54▲ 84×1 topic
  13. Immune Response50▲ 5.3×15 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation50▲ 8.0×13 topics
  15. Sociolinguistics49▲ 16×7 topics
  16. Pathogenesis48▲ 5.6×19 topics
  17. Global Burden43▲ 4.7×12 topics
  18. Nutritional Value42▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture40▲ 7.8×9 topics
  20. Agroforestry40▲ 36×3 topics
  21. Social Justice37▲ 3.7×25 topics
  22. Climate Resilience37▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Indigenous Fruits36▲ 94×1 topic
  24. Tree Domestication36▲ 94×1 topic
  25. Governance34▲ 6.2×8 topics
  26. Colonialism32▲ 4.1×21 topics
  27. Pragmatics30▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases29▲ 5.3×8 topics
  29. Maternal Mortality28▲ 7.5×4 topics
  30. Vaccine Development28▲ 6.5×9 topics
  31. Social Movements27▲ 5.5×10 topics
  32. Cultural Diversity26▲ 6.8×11 topics
  33. Health Inequalities25▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Community Health Workers24▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Multilingualism24▲ 8.9×4 topics
  36. Territorial Governance24▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Child Mortality23▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Health Systems23▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Socio-economic Factors23▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Local Development23▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Brazzaville?

Agriculture and Rural De…54Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 54 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 34 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 21 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 21 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 19 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 19 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…16Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 16 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 15 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 13 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 11 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestryPhilosophyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6 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 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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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 2025Brazzaville9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.1% in 2007.

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