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Science in Central African Republic

The Central African Republic ranks #181 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#194 all time), with 263 research works and 5.0% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#181
of 189 · #194 all time
Works, 2022-now
263
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.2k
8.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Central African Republic

Which fields of science does Central African Republic work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Central African Republic is in Health Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 131 fractional works · 43.6% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 38.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 70 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 51 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 16.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCentral AfricanRepublic300fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences16%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11738.9%
    2. Health Professions113.5%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science185.9%
    2. Engineering175.6%
    3. Computer Science124.1%
    4. Mathematics62.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.7%
    6. Energy51.6%
    7. Materials Science31.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.8%
    9. Chemistry20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences227.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology175.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology113.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences3310.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.1%
    4. Psychology31.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Central African Republic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Genetic Diversity, Treatment and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 4.3×71 topics
  2. Vaccine18▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Immune Response17▲ 10×12 topics
  4. Pathogenesis16▲ 10×15 topics
  5. Diagnosis14▲ 5.2×20 topics
  6. Treatment12▲ 3.3×17 topics
  7. Public Health12▲ 2.6×31 topics
  8. Climate Change10▲ 1.27×35 topics
  9. Globalization9▲ 1.52×17 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity9▲ 6.6×10 topics
  11. Risk Factors8▲ 2.4×16 topics
  12. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Drug Resistance8▲ 8.7×6 topics
  14. Global Burden7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 5.3×9 topics
  16. Vaccine Development6▲ 8.1×7 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  18. Viral Transmission6▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Immunity5▲ 4.4×3 topics
  20. SARS-CoV-25▲ 5.7×5 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  22. Zoonotic Transmission5▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Respiratory Infections5▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Risk Perception5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Virulence Factors5▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Transmission4▲ 27×2 topics
  27. HIV4▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  29. Community Health Workers4▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Mortality Rates4▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Vaccination4▲ 18×2 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 6.1×2 topics
  33. Health Inequalities4▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Toxins4▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Child Mortality4▲ 19×1 topic
  36. HIV Transmission4▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Health Systems4▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Viral Load4▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Central African Republic publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Global Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…4HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 3 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 3 fractional worksMining and Resource Mana…2Mining and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksVirology and Viral Diseases: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksPoxvirus research and outbreaks: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesHealthRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  8. 8 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 2 works
  10. 10 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  11. 11 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  12. 12 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 2 works

Which universities in Central African Republic lead research?

University of Bangui rank highest in Central African Republic on research quality in 2022-now.

  1. 1University of BanguiUniversity · Bangui · #10,517 worldwide3.9% top 10% · 237 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 Central African Republic

Who are the top researchers in Central African Republic?

Angelique F. Todd, Emmanuel Rivalyn Nakouné and Fidèle Baya rank highest among researchers based in Central African Republic.

  1. 1 Angelique F. Todd #390,506 worldwide 2.9k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Emmanuel Rivalyn Nakouné #418,176 worldwide 4.3k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Fidèle Baya #708,365 worldwide 2k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Marie Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire #783,905 worldwide 527 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Clotaire Donatien Rafaï #936,367 worldwide 4.9k citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Jean‐Chrysostome Gody #1,139,555 worldwide 958 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Benjamin Sélekon #1,142,628 worldwide 1.4k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Jean-Pierre Lombart #1,207,838 worldwide 459 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Carine Ngoagouni #1,509,454 worldwide 679 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Ulrich Vickos #1,700,902 worldwide 520 citations · 31 works
Top researchers in Central African Republic

How open and international is Central African Republic's research?

70% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 36% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available69.7%not open30.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central African Republic's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% 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 Central African Republic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Central African Republic0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Central African Republic 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, 4.7% of its 1.1k works since 1970 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Central African Republic4.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.7% in 2018.

Which countries have research most like the Central African Republic's?

Niger is the Central African Republic's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like the Central African Republic's, with both strong in Nursing.

  1. 1 NigerBoth strong in Nursing, Immunology and Microbiology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.85 Compare
  2. 2 Burkina FasoBoth strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Nursing, Mathematics 0.84 Compare
  3. 3 GabonBoth strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.84 Compare
  4. 4 SenegalBoth strong in Nursing, Mathematics, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.81 Compare
  5. 5 ChadBoth strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Nursing, 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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