Research in Cotonou
Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Cotonou, Benin. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Ministre de la Santé and University of Science and Technology of Benin.
- Research institutions
- 20 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 15k ▲ 59% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 9.1% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Cotonou?
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
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What is Cotonou strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Cotonou is most concentrated in Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Urban Studies (26.3× the world share in Forestry).
- ForestrySubfield · 96.1 works26×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 169.9 works10×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 51.8 works5.3×
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 669.6 works4.0×
- Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 57.0 works3.8×
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 Cotonou?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Climate Change, Adaptation, Sustainability, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Diversity and Agroecology.
- Institutionalization
- Cooperatives
- Medicinal Plants
- Social Determinants of Health
- Economic Development
- Indigenous Fruits
- Proximity and Innovation
- Citizen Participation
- Agroforestry
- Environmental Impact
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Agricultural Development
- Livestock Farming
- Agroecology
- Territorial Governance
- Sustainable Development
- Epidemiology
- Smallholder Farmers
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Adaptation
- Community Engagement
- Diversity
- Local Development
- Multifunctionality
- Work Organization
- Social Justice
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Nutritional Value
- Climate Resilience
- Globalization
- Environmental Participation
- Rural Livelihoods
- Tree Domestication
- Genetic Diversity
- Colonialism
- Social Innovation
- Citizenship
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
- Climate Change311▲ 3.3×90 topics
- Smallholder Farmers255▲ 33×6 topics
- Sustainability248▲ 2.9×69 topics
- Epidemiology191▲ 1.37×121 topics
- Adaptation167▲ 17×10 topics
- Sustainable Development152▲ 2.7×54 topics
- Community Engagement148▲ 13×9 topics
- Territorial Governance144▲ 33×3 topics
- Diversity144▲ 24×9 topics
- Agroecology144▲ 28×5 topics
- Local Development143▲ 35×2 topics
- Livestock Farming143▲ 65×3 topics
- Multifunctionality140▲ 79×2 topics
- Agricultural Development140▲ 24×4 topics
- Work Organization139▲ 93×1 topic
- Biodiversity Conservation128▲ 9.8×14 topics
- Social Justice124▲ 6.0×24 topics
- Public Policy123▲ 7.1×12 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture119▲ 11×10 topics
- Public Health108▲ 2.1×55 topics
- Nutritional Value107▲ 27×5 topics
- Environmental Impact106▲ 1.78×51 topics
- Climate Resilience105▲ 49×3 topics
- Agroforestry103▲ 45×4 topics
- Globalization103▲ 1.49×86 topics
- Citizen Participation102▲ 24×2 topics
- Environmental Participation101▲ 36×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation101▲ 36×1 topic
- Rural Livelihoods90▲ 51×2 topics
- Indigenous Fruits89▲ 108×1 topic
- Tree Domestication89▲ 108×1 topic
- Economic Development79▲ 2.8×26 topics
- Genetic Diversity73▲ 4.7×22 topics
- Social Determinants of Health61▲ 7.6×6 topics
- Colonialism61▲ 3.6×33 topics
- Medicinal Plants58▲ 4.1×19 topics
- Social Innovation47▲ 8.5×4 topics
- Cooperatives45▲ 16×3 topics
- Citizenship45▲ 11×8 topics
- Institutionalization43▲ 13×4 topics
What research is done in Cotonou?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 139 works
- 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 101 works
- 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 89 works
- 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 42 works
- 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 39 works
- 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 39 works
- 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 30 works
- 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 26 works
- 9 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 26 works
- 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 25 works
Research output over time
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