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Research in Buea

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Buea, Cameroon. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Buea and University College of Technology.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.4k
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
37k
8.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Buea

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Which research institutions are in Buea?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BueaUniversity 3,968 #7,412
2University College of TechnologyUniversity 354 #13,041
3Catholic University Institute of BueaUniversity 47 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 Buea work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in Buea is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 583 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEngineering: 168 fractional works · 8.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 137 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcology: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 104 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 569 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 320 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEducation: 96 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 72 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 39 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 68 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 60 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 455 fractional works · 23.2% of its workMedicine: 362 fractional works · 18.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 68 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 44 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 56 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 351 fractional works · 17.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 225 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPlant Science: 76 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workForestry: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 63 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBuea1,957fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering1688.6%
    2. Environmental Science1377.0%
    3. Computer Science1045.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy512.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences382.0%
    6. Materials Science261.3%
    7. Energy211.1%
    8. Mathematics191.0%
    9. Chemistry180.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Social Sciences32016.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities683.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting603.1%
    4. Psychology593.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance472.4%
    6. Decision Sciences140.7%
    1. Medicine36218.5%
    2. Health Professions562.9%
    3. Nursing321.6%
    4. Veterinary30.2%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22511.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology633.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology341.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.8%
    5. Neuroscience130.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Buea strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Buea is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (5.1× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 39.7 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: 2.55× its world share, 200 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.18× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.28× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 149 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.42× its world share, 116 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 45 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 309 worksMedicineNursing: 3.56× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 241 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.56×29 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.55×200 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.18×13 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.68×28 works
  5. Environmental Science1.42×116 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.33×34 works
  7. Energy1.28×19 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.23×45 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×41 works
  10. Social Sciences1.16×241 works
  11. Health Professions1.14×50 works
  12. Arts and Humanities1.13×54 works
  13. Veterinary1.01×2 works
  14. Medicine0.98×309 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×50 works
  16. Mathematics0.94×18 works
  17. Psychology0.83×42 works
  18. Computer Science0.72×92 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×55 works
  20. Engineering0.60×149 works
  21. Chemistry0.59×15 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.58×9 works
  23. Neuroscience0.45×12 works
  24. Materials Science0.37×21 works
  25. Dentistry0.23×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Buea?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Sustainability, Diversity, Adaptation, Agroecology 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. Epidemiology122▲ 1.56×107 topics
  2. Climate Change96▲ 1.81×71 topics
  3. Sustainability83▲ 1.73×54 topics
  4. Globalization64▲ 1.66×46 topics
  5. Renewable Energy58▲ 2.0×36 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers57▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Environmental Impact57▲ 1.71×45 topics
  8. Education50▲ 1.49×39 topics
  9. Global Burden38▲ 3.6×12 topics
  10. Human Rights38▲ 1.89×30 topics
  11. Adaptation36▲ 6.2×11 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation36▲ 4.9×11 topics
  13. Antioxidant34▲ 2.5×43 topics
  14. Diversity34▲ 9.8×8 topics
  15. Agroecology32▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Agricultural Development31▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Vaccine Development30▲ 6.0×10 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity30▲ 3.5×20 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture30▲ 4.9×10 topics
  20. Higher Education29▲ 2.8×15 topics
  21. Multifunctionality29▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Livestock Farming29▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Work Organization29▲ 38×1 topic
  24. Medicinal Plants27▲ 3.6×15 topics
  25. Poverty Reduction24▲ 9.5×5 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics22▲ 6.2×6 topics
  27. Insecticide Resistance22▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Helminth Infections21▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Agroforestry21▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Multilingualism20▲ 6.5×4 topics
  31. Genome Sequence20▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Climate Resilience20▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy20▲ 6.1×6 topics
  34. Synchronization19▲ 8.2×4 topics
  35. Language Policy19▲ 7.0×3 topics
  36. Maternal and Child Undernutrition19▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Water Sanitation Hygiene19▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Gender Inequality18▲ 6.8×6 topics
  39. Artemisinin Resistance18▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Plasmodium falciparum18▲ 28×1 topic

What research is done in Buea?

Agriculture and Rural De…29Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 29 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 18 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…16Malaria Research and Control: 16 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…13African Botany and Ecology Studies: 13 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 11 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 10 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …10Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 10 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 9 fractional worksstochastic dynamics and bifurcation: 9 fractional worksNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation: 9 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthForestry6 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 29 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 18 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 13 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 11 works
  6. 6 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 10 works
  7. 7 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 10 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  9. 9 stochastic dynamics and bifurcation Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 9 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation Computer Networks and Communications 9 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%Buea12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.3% in 2014.

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