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Cameroon vs Jamaica

On research quality in 2022-now, Cameroon ranks #133 in the world and Jamaica #136, of 189 countries. Cameroon stands higher in 16 of the 17 fields both publish in, Jamaica in 1.

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Cameroon

World rank, 2022-now
#133
#103 all time
Works, 2022-now
14k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
65%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Horticulture, Forestry, Medical Terminology.

Jamaica

World rank, 2022-now
#136
#174 all time
Works, 2022-now
1.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
30%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Horticulture, Library and Information Sciences, Cultural Studies.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Cameroon leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, output, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Jamaica leads on 2 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields and citations per work. The two are level on top-10% rate and institutions in the world top 100.

Cameroon 52 level2 Jamaica
  1. #133Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#136
  2. 0.64×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.73×
  3. 14kOutputfractional works, 2022-now1.3k
  4. 6.3%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited6.6%
  5. 12.2Citations per workall time, per fractional work16.6
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 65%Open accessof its works free to read, all time30%
  8. 34%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time31%
  9. +29%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-6%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Cameroon stands higher in 16 of 17 fields, Jamaica in 1. Cameroon leads most in Medicine (#107 against #111); Jamaica leads most in Social Sciences (#110 against #138). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Cameroon 161 Jamaica
  1. #101Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #102Arts and Humanities-
  3. #77Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #104Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #120Computer Science-
  6. #74Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  7. #83Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  8. #115Engineering-
  9. #107Environmental Science-
  10. #99Health Professions-
  11. #63Immunology and Microbiology-
  12. #85Materials Science-
  13. #79Mathematics-
  14. #107Medicine#111
  15. #73Physics and Astronomy-
  16. #102Psychology-
  17. #138Social Sciences#110

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Cameroon rankJamaica rank Cameroon top 10%Jamaica top 10% Cameroon worksJamaica works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #101 - 5.8% - 2k -
Arts and Humanities #102 - 5.5% - 323 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #77 - 5.0% - 520 -
Business, Management and Accounting #104 - 4.8% - 420 -
Computer Science #120 - 7.7% - 807 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #74 - 5.9% - 381 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #83 - 9.7% - 686 -
Engineering #115 - 7.1% - 1.3k -
Environmental Science #107 - 6.2% - 962 -
Health Professions #99 - 10.2% - 389 -
Immunology and Microbiology #63 - 5.0% - 202 -
Materials Science #85 - 5.0% - 271 -
Mathematics #79 - 4.8% - 202 -
Medicine #107 #111 4.8% 6.0% 2.5k 250
Physics and Astronomy #73 - 5.8% - 408 -
Psychology #102 - 4.9% - 237 -
Social Sciences #138 #110 7.7% 6.2% 1.7k 320

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Cameroon

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology981▲ 1.49×138 topics
  2. Climate Change918▲ 2.0×105 topics
  3. Sustainability787▲ 1.94×96 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers612▲ 17×6 topics
  5. Environmental Impact485▲ 1.72×59 topics
  6. Renewable Energy466▲ 1.94×49 topics
  7. Globalization465▲ 1.43×120 topics
  8. Adaptation455▲ 9.2×15 topics
  9. Diversity382▲ 13×10 topics
  10. Antioxidant375▲ 3.3×50 topics
  11. Economic Growth374▲ 2.8×30 topics
  12. Agroecology373▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Agricultural Development364▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Livestock Farming363▲ 37×3 topics
  15. Governance362▲ 6.7×16 topics
  16. Multifunctionality360▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Economic Development360▲ 2.7×38 topics
  18. Work Organization359▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Biodiversity Conservation347▲ 5.6×16 topics
  20. Medicinal Plants332▲ 5.2×19 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture284▲ 5.5×15 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity271▲ 3.8×21 topics
  23. Global Burden267▲ 3.0×12 topics
  24. Agroforestry257▲ 23×4 topics
  25. Inequality252▲ 6.7×15 topics
  26. Institutional Quality250▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Nutritional Value239▲ 13×5 topics
  28. ICT238▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Climate Resilience227▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Anti-inflammatory222▲ 4.7×29 topics
  31. Knowledge Economy218▲ 12×9 topics
  32. Poverty Reduction209▲ 9.7×5 topics
  33. Inclusive Development207▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Mobile Phones206▲ 27×1 topic
  35. financial access206▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Vaccine Development201▲ 4.7×11 topics
  37. Flavonoids193▲ 4.6×12 topics
  38. Rural Livelihoods191▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Indigenous Fruits190▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Tree Domestication190▲ 50×1 topic

Jamaica

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization100▲ 3.5×68 topics
  2. Epidemiology76▲ 1.31×109 topics
  3. Identity58▲ 5.5×25 topics
  4. Climate Change53▲ 1.35×74 topics
  5. Gender52▲ 6.7×21 topics
  6. Culture49▲ 6.5×12 topics
  7. Race48▲ 28×7 topics
  8. Politics48▲ 13×9 topics
  9. Mental Health47▲ 2.3×30 topics
  10. Postcolonialism47▲ 23×10 topics
  11. Sustainability45▲ 1.27×52 topics
  12. Nationalism45▲ 6.9×9 topics
  13. Caribbean42▲ 160×3 topics
  14. Dancehall38▲ 362×1 topic
  15. Public Health38▲ 1.79×49 topics
  16. Deep Learning37▼ 0.74×61 topics
  17. Economic Growth36▲ 3.0×21 topics
  18. Sustainable Development29▲ 1.26×33 topics
  19. Risk Factors27▲ 1.72×29 topics
  20. Social Capital26▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Human Rights25▲ 1.67×29 topics
  22. Vulnerability24▲ 7.1×8 topics
  23. Economic Development23▲ 1.99×10 topics
  24. Global Trade20▲ 6.9×6 topics
  25. Social Justice18▲ 2.1×22 topics
  26. Resilience18▲ 2.5×13 topics
  27. Health Equity17▲ 3.9×6 topics
  28. Labor Market16▲ 4.0×7 topics
  29. Child Development16▲ 2.7×8 topics
  30. Migration16▲ 3.2×14 topics
  31. International Law14▲ 3.1×11 topics
  32. Non-Communicable Diseases14▲ 3.6×4 topics
  33. Health Outcomes14▲ 3.6×7 topics
  34. Fiscal Policy14▲ 4.6×5 topics
  35. Health Inequities12▲ 16×2 topics
  36. COVID-19 Impact12▲ 4.8×4 topics
  37. Poverty Reduction11▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Public Health Governance11▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Corporate Political Activity11▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Health In All Policies11▲ 22×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Cameroon has out-published Jamaica every year since 1989, when it overtook it.

still counting2k4kCameroon3,634 in 2025Jamaica280 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Cameroon0.062% in 2025Jamaica0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Jamaica8.1% in 2025Cameroon6.5% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Cameroon 05 level0 Jamaica
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Cameroon or Jamaica?

Cameroon publishes 11.1× as much research as Jamaica in 2022-now (14k against 1.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Cameroon or Jamaica?

6.6% of Jamaica's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.3% for Cameroon.

Is Cameroon or Jamaica growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +29% against 2018-21 for Cameroon, and -6% for Jamaica.

Which has more open access research, Cameroon or Jamaica?

65% of Cameroon's research is free to read, against 30% of Jamaica's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Cameroon or Jamaica?

Cameroon holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Jamaica 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Cameroon

  1. 1University of Ngaoundéré4.4% top 10% · 870 works
  2. 2University of Douala5.5% top 10% · 1.6k works
  3. 3Université de Dschang8.3% top 10% · 2.1k works
  4. 4University of Bamenda6.4% top 10% · 1.2k works
  5. 5University of Buea6.2% top 10% · 1.5k works
  6. 6Université de Yaoundé I5.2% top 10% · 3k works

Jamaica

  1. 1University of the West Indies System5.5% top 10% · 554 works
  2. 2University of the West Indies5.4% top 10% · 295 works
  3. 3University of Technology, Jamaica6.7% top 10% · 152 works
  4. 4International University of the Caribbean17.4% top 10% · 86 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Cameroon

  1. 1 Simplice Anutechia Asongu #20,207 worldwide 26k citations · 1,463 works
  2. 2 Magellan Tchouakui #44,816 worldwide 2.4k citations · 117 works
  3. 3 Jean Jacques Noubiap #50,405 worldwide 171k citations · 401 works
  4. 4 Vanessa Simen Tchamyou #65,850 worldwide 4.4k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Duncan W. Thomas #75,030 worldwide 12k citations · 102 works

Jamaica

  1. 1 Donovan R. Campbell #121,367 worldwide 2.8k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Susan P. Walker #130,731 worldwide 22k citations · 123 works
  3. 3 Colin A. McKenzie #144,581 worldwide 40k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Terrence Forrester #183,630 worldwide 18k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Shelly McFarlane #303,387 worldwide 20k citations · 67 works