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Science in Cape Verde

Cape Verde ranks #177 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#165 all time), with 240 research works and 6.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#177
of 189 · #165 all time
Works, 2022-now
240
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
4.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
Cape Verde

Which fields of science does Cape Verde work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Cape Verde is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Environmental Science (15%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 125 fractional works · 46.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 79 fractional works · 29.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 76 fractional works · 28.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 40 fractional works · 14.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 15.3% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCape Verde269fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences46%

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 country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7929.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting114.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance114.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities103.8%
    5. Psychology103.6%
    6. Decision Sciences31.0%
    1. Environmental Science4014.8%
    2. Engineering124.4%
    3. Computer Science114.1%
    4. Mathematics62.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    7. Energy10.5%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine2910.9%
    2. Health Professions103.8%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences196.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Cape Verde?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Sustainability, Public Policy, Sustainable Development, Colonialism, Rural Development and Public Health.

▲ 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 country'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. Climate Change23▲ 3.1×45 topics
  2. Sustainability19▲ 2.9×37 topics
  3. Globalization19▲ 3.6×41 topics
  4. Epidemiology15▲ 1.42×43 topics
  5. Sustainable Development15▲ 3.5×32 topics
  6. Public Health13▲ 3.3×26 topics
  7. Public Policy11▲ 8.9×16 topics
  8. Education10▲ 2.2×27 topics
  9. Colonialism9▲ 7.2×11 topics
  10. Rural Development9▲ 9.4×12 topics
  11. Governance8▲ 9.5×9 topics
  12. Mental Health8▲ 2.1×17 topics
  13. Qualitative Research8▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 2.2×16 topics
  15. Urban Development8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  16. Community Participation7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  17. Social Impact7▲ 7.0×9 topics
  18. Population Dynamics7▲ 10×9 topics
  19. Biodiversity7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  20. Economic Growth7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  21. Sustainable Development Goals7▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Healthcare Access6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  23. Teacher Training6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  24. Conservation6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  25. Cultural Studies6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  27. Food Security6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  28. Economic Impact6▲ 3.8×5 topics
  29. Vulnerability5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  30. Social Inequality5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  31. Imperialism5▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Community Development5▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Ecosystem Health5▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Stakeholder Engagement5▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem-Based Management4▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Marine Spatial Planning4▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Environmental Education4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Gender Dynamics4▲ 14×2 topics
  39. African History4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Post-Colonial Africa4▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Cape Verde publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Coastal and Marine Management, African history and culture studies, Social and Economic Solidarity.

Coastal and Marine Manag…4Coastal and Marine Management: 4 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…4African history and culture studies: 4 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 3 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 3 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 3 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 3 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacific Affairs: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 2 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawAnthropologySociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health Professions7 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  2. 2 African history and culture studies Anthropology 4 works
  3. 3 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 International Development and Aid Development 3 works
  7. 7 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  11. 11 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  12. 12 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 2 works

Which universities in Cape Verde lead research?

University of Cape Verde rank highest in Cape Verde on research quality in 2022-now.

  1. 1University of Cape VerdeUniversity · Praia · #12,927 worldwide8.1% top 10% · 129 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Cape Verde

Who are the top researchers in Cape Verde?

Herculano Andrade Dinis, Adilson José DePina and Rui Freitas rank highest among researchers based in Cape Verde.

  1. 1 Herculano Andrade Dinis #1,168,953 worldwide 683 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Adilson José DePina #1,241,128 worldwide 397 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Rui Freitas #1,733,975 worldwide 817 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Silvânia da Veiga Leal #1,796,476 worldwide 356 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Lara Ferrero Gómez #2,279,391 worldwide 406 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 António Lima Moreira #2,364,070 worldwide 169 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Vanda Azevedo #2,555,707 worldwide 767 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Pedro López‐Suárez #2,573,398 worldwide 344 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Isaurinda Baptista #2,718,042 worldwide 775 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Corrine Almeida #3,635,922 worldwide 242 citations · 18 works
Top researchers in Cape Verde

How open and international is Cape Verde's research?

79% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 47% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available79.0%not open21.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.1%domestic only52.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cape Verde's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cape Verde as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Cape Verde0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 6.1% of its 896 works since 1967 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Cape Verde8.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2017.

Which countries have research most like Cape Verde's?

Bhutan is Cape Verde's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like Cape Verde's, with both strong in Environmental Science.

  1. 1 BhutanBoth strong in Environmental Science, Social Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.88 Compare
  2. 2 HondurasBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Social Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.84 Compare
  3. 3 KyrgyzstanBoth strong in Social Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Mathematics 0.83 Compare
  4. 4 SurinameBoth strong in Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.81 Compare
  5. 5 LesothoBoth strong in Social Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.80 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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