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Research in Porto-Novo

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Porto-Novo, Benin. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Institute of Mathematics and Physics.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
424
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
9.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Porto-Novo

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 Porto-Novo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Institute of Mathematics and PhysicsResearch facility 389 #21,749
2Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'OuestUniversity 27 not ranked
3Universite des Sciences Appliquée et ManagementUniversity 6 not ranked
4SonghaiNonprofit 2 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.

Institute of Mathematics and Physics: 91.7%Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest: 6.4%Universite des Sciences Appliquée et Management: 1.4%Songhai: 0.5%92%largest
Institute of Mathematics and Physics389 · 91.7%Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest27 · 6.4%Universite des Sciences Appliquée et Management6 · 1.4%Songhai2 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Porto-Novo work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research in Porto-Novo is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (27%), Computer Science (19%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 108 fractional works · 75.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 39 fractional works · 27.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 18.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPorto-Novo142fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy3927.2%
    2. Computer Science2618.6%
    3. Engineering1510.5%
    4. Mathematics139.0%
    5. Environmental Science85.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.8%
    7. Materials Science21.2%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Energy10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences64.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.6%
    3. Decision Sciences31.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Psychology10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences75.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine75.2%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Porto-Novo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Porto-Novo is most concentrated in Physics and Astronomy (11.6× the world share in Physics and Astronomy).

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 34.0 works12×
← 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 24 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: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.50× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.51× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.59× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy11.59×34 works
  2. Mathematics7.51×12 works
  3. Computer Science2.50×26 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.08×3 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.93×4 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×3 works
  7. Environmental Science1.12×7 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.02×6 works
  9. Engineering0.74×15 works
  10. Energy0.64×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.38×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.33×6 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.31×1 works
  17. Medicine0.28×7 works
  18. Health Professions0.27×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.17×1 works
  22. Psychology0.15×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Porto-Novo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Synchronization, Machine Learning, Nonlinear Dynamics, Quantum Gravity, Dark Energy, General Relativity, Black Holes and Cosmic Microwave Background.

▲ 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. Machine Learning13▲ 2.8×31 topics
  2. Deep Learning10▲ 1.93×24 topics
  3. Synchronization8▲ 48×3 topics
  4. Nonlinear Dynamics8▲ 24×4 topics
  5. Quantum Gravity7▲ 59×4 topics
  6. Climate Change7▲ 1.80×19 topics
  7. Dark Energy6▲ 71×2 topics
  8. General Relativity6▲ 68×2 topics
  9. Black Holes5▲ 39×3 topics
  10. Complex Systems5▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Cosmic Microwave Background5▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Cosmological Parameters5▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Complex Networks5▲ 58×3 topics
  14. Quantum Entanglement5▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Attractors4▲ 81×2 topics
  16. String Theory4▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Chaos4▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Field Theories4▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Holographic4▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Heat Transfer4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  21. Phase Transitions4▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Security4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  23. Time Series Analysis4▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Control4▲ 20×1 topic
  25. Image Processing4▲ 6.1×4 topics
  26. Network Dynamics4▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Pattern Formation4▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Recurrence Plots4▲ 156×1 topic
  29. Chimera States4▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Reaction-Diffusion Model4▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 5.6×3 topics
  32. Dynamical Systems3▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Monte Carlo Simulation3▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Smart Farming3▲ 18×2 topics
  35. IoT Security3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  36. Critical Phenomena3▲ 99×1 topic
  37. Internet of Things (IoT)3▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Plant Disease Detection3▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Random Walk Algorithm3▲ 99×1 topic
  40. Cosmology3▲ 27×4 topics

What research is done in Porto-Novo?

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 4 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 4 fractional worksNonlinear Dynamics and P…3Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation: 3 fractional worksChaos control and synchr…3Chaos control and synchronization: 3 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 3 fractional worksTheoretical and Computational Physics: 2 fractional worksQuantum chaos and dynami…2Quantum chaos and dynamical systems: 2 fractional worksstochastic dynamics and bifurcation: 2 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics: 2 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsComputer Networks and CommunicationsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  3. 3 Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  4. 4 Chaos control and synchronization Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  5. 5 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Theoretical and Computational Physics Condensed Matter Physics 2 works
  7. 7 Quantum chaos and dynamical systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  8. 8 stochastic dynamics and bifurcation Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  10. 10 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 2 works

Research output over time

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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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Porto-Novo4.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2016.

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