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Research in Koudougou

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Koudougou.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
543
▲ 243% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
3.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Koudougou

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 Koudougou?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KoudougouUniversity 543 #9,878

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 Koudougou work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Koudougou is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 153 fractional works · 39.3% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 8.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 33 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 31 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 118 fractional works · 30.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 8.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 90 fractional works · 23.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 73 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 28 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHorticulture: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKoudougou390fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences30%

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. Engineering348.7%
    2. Computer Science338.6%
    3. Mathematics317.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy184.7%
    5. Environmental Science164.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences112.9%
    7. Energy41.1%
    8. Materials Science30.8%
    9. Chemistry20.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    1. Social Sciences6617.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance276.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities123.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting61.5%
    5. Decision Sciences51.4%
    6. Psychology20.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7318.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology143.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine215.3%
    2. Health Professions61.5%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Koudougou strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Koudougou is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Mathematics (17.1× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 26.0 works17×
  2. MathematicsField · 27.3 works7.2×
← 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: 4.07× its world share, 63 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.17× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.04× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.09× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics7.17×27 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.07×63 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.09×21 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.04×15 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.79×9 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.39×4 works
  7. Energy1.31×4 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.20×1 works
  9. Social Sciences1.16×48 works
  10. Computer Science1.15×29 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.97×9 works
  12. Nursing0.89×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.87×14 works
  14. Veterinary0.78×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×12 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×1 works
  17. Engineering0.61×30 works
  18. Health Professions0.59×5 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×4 works
  20. Chemistry0.33×2 works
  21. Dentistry0.32×0 works
  22. Medicine0.29×18 works
  23. Materials Science0.26×3 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×1 works
  25. Psychology0.14×1 works
  26. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Koudougou?

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

▲ 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. Smallholder Farmers42▲ 51×5 topics
  2. Climate Change35▲ 3.3×28 topics
  3. Sustainability34▲ 3.6×21 topics
  4. Adaptation28▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Diversity28▲ 40×3 topics
  6. Agroecology27▲ 49×2 topics
  7. Livestock Farming27▲ 115×3 topics
  8. Agricultural Development26▲ 44×1 topic
  9. Work Organization26▲ 176×1 topic
  10. Governance23▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation18▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Agroforestry16▲ 63×2 topics
  13. Economic Growth16▲ 5.1×15 topics
  14. Sustainable Agriculture16▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Climate Resilience14▲ 62×2 topics
  16. Solar Wind14▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Nutritional Value14▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Indigenous Fruits13▲ 146×1 topic
  19. Tree Domestication13▲ 146×1 topic
  20. Ethnicity13▲ 8.9×3 topics
  21. Healthcare13▲ 2.9×5 topics
  22. Social Movements12▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Africa12▲ 76×2 topics
  24. Decentralization12▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Youth Employment12▲ 146×2 topics
  26. Political Transition11▲ 58×1 topic
  27. urban protest11▲ 347×1 topic
  28. Inequality10▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Institutional Quality8▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Fiscal Policy8▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Political Economy8▲ 7.9×6 topics
  32. Corruption8▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Sociolinguistics7▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Institutions7▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Ionosphere7▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Magnetosphere7▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Coronal Mass Ejections7▲ 49×1 topic
  38. ICT7▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Solar Dynamics Observatory7▲ 49×1 topic
  40. financial access7▲ 44×1 topic

What research is done in Koudougou?

Agriculture and Rural De…25Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 25 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…11African Botany and Ecology Studies: 11 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethn…8African Studies and Ethnography: 8 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 6 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 5 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …4French Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Topics in Algebra: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 4 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestrySociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics3 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 25 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 11 works
  3. 3 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Topics in Algebra Algebra and Number Theory 4 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works

Research output over time

still counting200020102020
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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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Koudougou8.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.7% in 2018.

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