Research in Libreville
Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Libreville, Gabon. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 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 ▲ 82% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 5.5% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Libreville?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omar Bongo UniversityUniversity | 587 | #21,149 | |
| 2 | Libreville HospitalHospital / health system | 495 | #25,421 | |
| 3 | Université des Sciences de la SantéUniversity | 441 | #24,265 | |
| 4 | Institut Africain d'InformatiqueUniversity | 182 | #28,924 all time | |
| 5 | Ministre de la Forêt,de la Mer et de l'EnvironnementGovernment institution | 85 | not ranked | |
| 6 | National Agency for National ParksArchive | 55 | not ranked | |
| 7 | École Nationale d'AdministrationUniversity | 44 | not ranked |
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
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.
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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).
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 24.2 works7.0×
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 Libreville?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Global Burden, Vaccine Development, Smallholder Farmers, Immune Response, Diagnosis and Social Determinants of Health.
- Territorial Governance
- Healthcare Legislation
- Universal Health Coverage
- Medical Ethics
- Public Health Policy
- Sociolinguistics
- Healthcare Policy
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Artemisinin Resistance
- Agroecology
- Community Engagement
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Colonialism
- Adaptation
- Primary Care
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- Vaccine Development
- Global Burden
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Diagnosis
- Immune Response
- Smallholder Farmers
- Vaccine
- Social Determinants of Health
- Insecticide Resistance
- Genome Sequence
- Diversity
- Agricultural Development
- Livestock Farming
- Helminth Infections
- Digital Health
- Maternal Mortality
- Palliative Care
- Inequalities
- Patient Rights
- Ethical Practices
- Local Development
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
- Epidemiology75▲ 3.8×97 topics
- Public Health27▲ 3.6×28 topics
- Climate Change24▲ 1.73×48 topics
- Global Burden19▲ 7.1×10 topics
- Diagnosis18▲ 3.8×29 topics
- Vaccine Development17▲ 13×8 topics
- Immune Response16▲ 5.6×16 topics
- Treatment16▲ 2.6×27 topics
- Smallholder Farmers15▲ 13×4 topics
- Risk Factors14▲ 2.6×22 topics
- Vaccine12▲ 5.6×11 topics
- Primary Care11▲ 5.8×8 topics
- Social Determinants of Health11▲ 9.5×5 topics
- Adaptation11▲ 7.4×6 topics
- Insecticide Resistance10▲ 26×4 topics
- Colonialism10▲ 4.2×14 topics
- Genome Sequence10▲ 23×2 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 11×6 topics
- Diversity9▲ 10×2 topics
- Community Engagement9▲ 5.3×6 topics
- Agricultural Development9▲ 11×1 topic
- Agroecology9▲ 12×2 topics
- Livestock Farming9▲ 28×1 topic
- Artemisinin Resistance9▲ 54×1 topic
- Helminth Infections9▲ 45×2 topics
- Plasmodium falciparum9▲ 54×1 topic
- Digital Health9▲ 15×3 topics
- Healthcare Policy9▲ 18×2 topics
- Maternal Mortality9▲ 7.6×5 topics
- Sociolinguistics9▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Palliative Care8▲ 10×2 topics
- Public Health Policy8▲ 5.9×3 topics
- Inequalities8▲ 47×1 topic
- Medical Ethics8▲ 13×2 topics
- Patient Rights8▲ 22×2 topics
- Universal Health Coverage8▲ 47×1 topic
- Ethical Practices8▲ 25×1 topic
- Healthcare Legislation8▲ 26×1 topic
- Local Development8▲ 14×2 topics
- Territorial Governance8▲ 13×3 topics
What research is done in Libreville?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
- 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
- 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 8 works
- 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 8 works
- 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
- 7 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 5 works
- 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 4 works
- 9 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 4 works
- 10 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
Research output over time
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