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Research in Libreville

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Libreville, Gabon. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Omar Bongo University, Université des Sciences de la Santé and Libreville Hospital.

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.9k
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
7.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Libreville

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 Libreville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Omar Bongo UniversityUniversity 587 #11,233
2Libreville HospitalHospital / health system 495 #18,552
3Université des Sciences de la SantéUniversity 441 #16,320
4Institut Africain d'InformatiqueUniversity 182 #24,352 all time
5Ministre de la Forêt,de la Mer et de l'EnvironnementGovernment institution 85 not ranked
6National Agency for National ParksArchive 55 not ranked
7École Nationale d'AdministrationUniversity 44 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.

Omar Bongo University: 31.1%Libreville Hospital: 26.2%Université des Sciences de la Santé: 23.3%Institut Africain d'Informatique: 9.6%3 others listed: 9.7%31%largest
Omar Bongo University587 · 31.1%Libreville Hospital495 · 26.2%Université des Sciences de la Santé441 · 23.3%Institut Africain d'Informatique182 · 9.6%3 others listed184 · 9.7%

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

Which fields of science does Libreville work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Libreville is in Health Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Social Sciences (11%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 372 fractional works · 54.7% of its workMedicine: 320 fractional works · 47.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 38 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 34 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 139 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 91 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workParasitology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLibreville680fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences20%

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. Medicine32047.1%
    2. Health Professions456.6%
    3. Nursing40.5%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Social Sciences7410.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance273.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities192.8%
    4. Psychology101.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting81.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences375.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology304.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology203.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
    1. Environmental Science345.1%
    2. Computer Science172.5%
    3. Engineering152.3%
    4. Mathematics30.5%
    5. Energy20.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    8. Materials Science20.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Libreville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Libreville is most concentrated in Infectious Diseases (7.0× the world share in Infectious Diseases).

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 24.2 works7.0×
← 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: 1.28× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.87× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 225 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.35× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology2.87×15 works
  2. Health Professions2.56×34 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.35×26 works
  4. Medicine2.30×225 works
  5. Veterinary2.16×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.44×3 works
  7. Nursing1.33×3 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.28×31 works
  9. Environmental Science1.12×28 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.09×16 works
  11. Social Sciences0.91×59 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×22 works
  13. Dentistry0.47×1 works
  14. Psychology0.42×6 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×6 works
  16. Mathematics0.34×2 works
  17. Energy0.33×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.29×12 works
  19. Engineering0.15×11 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.11×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Libreville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Global Burden, Public Health, Vaccine Development, Immune Response, Smallholder Farmers, Diagnosis and Insecticide Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology109▲ 4.0×105 topics
  2. Public Health35▲ 3.5×34 topics
  3. Global Burden29▲ 7.8×12 topics
  4. Climate Change27▲ 1.44×51 topics
  5. Vaccine Development24▲ 14×9 topics
  6. Diagnosis23▲ 3.6×31 topics
  7. Treatment21▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Immune Response21▲ 5.5×18 topics
  9. Risk Factors21▲ 2.8×25 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 2.5×24 topics
  11. Management17▲ 3.1×22 topics
  12. Smallholder Farmers16▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Vaccine16▲ 5.7×11 topics
  14. Ethnicity14▲ 5.5×5 topics
  15. Insecticide Resistance14▲ 26×4 topics
  16. Governance13▲ 5.9×5 topics
  17. Adaptation13▲ 6.4×6 topics
  18. Genome Sequence13▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Surgical Management12▲ 4.3×11 topics
  20. Primary Care12▲ 4.7×8 topics
  21. Artemisinin Resistance12▲ 52×1 topic
  22. Plasmodium falciparum12▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Drug Resistance11▲ 5.8×8 topics
  25. Helminth Infections11▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 7.5×5 topics
  27. Medical Ethics10▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Palliative Care10▲ 9.8×2 topics
  29. Patient Rights10▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Public Health Policy10▲ 5.8×3 topics
  31. Africa10▲ 36×3 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality10▲ 6.6×5 topics
  33. Ethical Practices10▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Healthcare Legislation10▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Diversity10▲ 8.0×2 topics
  36. Sociolinguistics10▲ 7.7×4 topics
  37. Vector Control10▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Agroecology9▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Agricultural Development9▲ 8.8×1 topic
  40. Livestock Farming9▲ 23×1 topic

What research is done in Libreville?

Agriculture and Rural De…9Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 9 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…9Malaria Research and Control: 9 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…8Healthcare Systems and Practices: 8 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…8Health, Medicine and Society: 8 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 7 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…5African Botany and Ecology Studies: 5 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 4 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 4 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 4 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political Science3 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 9 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 8 works
  4. 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 8 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 5 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 4 works
  9. 9 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 2025Libreville5.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.3% in 2016.

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