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Science in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau ranks #163 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#131 all time), with 282 research works and 11.5% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#163
of 189 · #131 all time
Works, 2022-now
282
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
30.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
59%
world 18%
Guinea-Bissau

Which fields of science does Guinea-Bissau work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research in Guinea-Bissau is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Medicine (13%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 189 fractional works · 58.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 142 fractional works · 43.8% of its workEducation: 54 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 7.2% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 58 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 12.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 8.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGuinea-Bissau324fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences58%

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 Sciences14243.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities175.2%
    3. Decision Sciences92.7%
    4. Psychology82.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting72.1%
    1. Medicine4212.9%
    2. Health Professions134.1%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Environmental Science288.6%
    2. Computer Science133.9%
    3. Engineering61.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences103.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology92.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Guinea-Bissau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Teacher Training, Social Inequality, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Educational Policies and Pedagogical Practices.

▲ 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. Qualitative Research35▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Public Policy32▲ 20×12 topics
  3. Teacher Training31▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Social Inequality28▲ 32×7 topics
  5. Curriculum Development24▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Epidemiology24▲ 1.83×50 topics
  7. Higher Education21▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Educational Policies20▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Pedagogical Practices20▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Social Impact20▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Distance Learning20▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Inclusive Education20▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Critical Pedagogy19▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Educational Reform19▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Healthcare19▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Educational Technology18▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Innovation18▲ 5.5×11 topics
  18. Online Learning18▲ 6.8×6 topics
  19. Globalization16▲ 2.6×36 topics
  20. Sustainability16▲ 2.1×26 topics
  21. Quality Assurance16▲ 29×6 topics
  22. Science Communication15▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Evaluation15▲ 89×1 topic
  24. SINAES15▲ 180×1 topic
  25. Public Health14▲ 2.9×28 topics
  26. COVID-1912▲ 3.0×18 topics
  27. Pandemic11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Educational Policy11▲ 13×3 topics
  29. E-Learning10▲ 3.4×4 topics
  30. Inclusion10▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Legislation10▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Training10▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Distance Education10▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Research10▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Agroecology8▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Data Analysis8▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Brazil8▲ 25×5 topics
  38. Organizational Management8▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Research Methods8▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Remote Education7▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Guinea-Bissau publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Public Policy, Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

Education Pedagogy and P…19Education Pedagogy and Practices: 19 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 15 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 10 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 7 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 5 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 5 fractional worksEvasion and Academic Success Factors: 5 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 5 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 4 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsInformation Systems and ManagementInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 19 works
  2. 2 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 10 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 8 works
  5. 5 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 7 works
  6. 6 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 5 works
  7. 7 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 5 works
  8. 8 Evasion and Academic Success Factors Demography 5 works
  9. 9 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  11. 11 Science and Education Research Education 4 works
  12. 12 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works

Which universities in Guinea-Bissau lead research?

Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa rank highest in Guinea-Bissau on research quality in 2022-now.

  1. 1Instituto Nacional de Estudos e PesquisaResearch facility · Bissau · #10,323 worldwide13.1% top 10% · 192 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 Guinea-Bissau

Who are the top researchers in Guinea-Bissau?

Per Gustafson, Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn rank highest among researchers based in Guinea-Bissau.

  1. 1 Per Gustafson #77,276 worldwide 8.8k citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Peter Aaby #411,001 worldwide 37k citations · 788 works
  3. 3 Christine Stabell Benn #438,263 worldwide 20k citations · 455 works
  4. 4 Sofie Reumert Biering-Sørensen #470,096 worldwide 3.3k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen #900,465 worldwide 2.7k citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Sandra Valborg Løfberg #1,004,080 worldwide 823 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Najaaraq Lund #1,127,221 worldwide 1.7k citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Paulo Rabna #1,214,810 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Amabélia Rodrigues #1,347,260 worldwide 8.1k citations · 229 works
  10. 10 Adriano Souza Senkevics #1,364,285 worldwide 335 citations · 54 works
Top researchers in Guinea-Bissau

How open and international is Guinea-Bissau's research?

63% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 59% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.6%domestic only41.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Guinea-Bissau's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Guinea-Bissau as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Guinea-Bissau0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Guinea-Bissau 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, 12.8% of its 1.4k works since 1952 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Guinea-Bissau5.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2018.

Which countries have research most like Guinea-Bissau's?

Mozambique is Guinea-Bissau's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like Guinea-Bissau's, with both strong in Social Sciences.

  1. 1 MozambiqueBoth strong in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Decision Sciences 0.83 Compare
  2. 2 MartiniqueBoth strong in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Immunology and Microbiology 0.77 Compare
  3. 3 GuatemalaBoth strong in Social Sciences, Health Professions, Nursing 0.77 Compare
  4. 4 São Tomé and PríncipeBoth strong in Social Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology, Decision Sciences 0.77 Compare
  5. 5 HaitiBoth strong in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Health Professions 0.73 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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