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Science in Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo ranks #137 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#146 all time), with 1.5k research works and 8.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#137
of 192 · #146 all time
Works, 2022–2025
1.5k
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
67%
world 63%

What is Republic of the Congo strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the Republic of the Congo ranks highest in Medicine (#143 of 155) and Social Sciences (#150 of 151). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Linguistics and Language and Horticulture.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #143 of 155 8.6%379 Institutions
Social SciencesField #150 of 151 7.1%241 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 34.9 works23×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 24.3 works14×
  3. HorticultureSubfield · 2.8 works14×
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 62.5 works9.0×
  5. AnthropologySubfield · 29.0 works7.0×
  6. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 65.1 works6.5×
  7. Developmental BiologySubfield · 2.1 works6.3×
  8. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 11.9 works5.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 189 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 82 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 379 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.16× its world share, 92 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.15× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 241 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Republic of the Congo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Adaptation, Diversity, Agroecology, Livestock Farming, Multifunctionality and Agricultural Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology138▲ 2.4×108 topics
  2. Climate Change91▲ 2.3×72 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers91▲ 28×6 topics
  4. Sustainability79▲ 2.2×50 topics
  5. Adaptation61▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Diversity55▲ 21×7 topics
  7. Agroecology55▲ 26×4 topics
  8. Livestock Farming54▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Agricultural Development54▲ 22×1 topic
  10. Multifunctionality54▲ 72×2 topics
  11. Public Health54▲ 2.5×47 topics
  12. Work Organization54▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Vaccine49▲ 8.2×11 topics
  14. Sociolinguistics48▲ 17×7 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation46▲ 8.4×11 topics
  16. Immune Response46▲ 5.4×15 topics
  17. Pathogenesis41▲ 5.5×18 topics
  18. Nutritional Value40▲ 24×3 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture38▲ 8.2×9 topics
  20. Agroforestry37▲ 39×3 topics
  21. Global Burden37▲ 4.7×12 topics
  22. Climate Resilience35▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Social Justice35▲ 4.0×20 topics
  24. Indigenous Fruits34▲ 98×1 topic
  25. Tree Domestication34▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Colonialism31▲ 4.4×21 topics
  27. Pragmatics29▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases26▲ 5.5×8 topics
  29. Governance26▲ 5.3×8 topics
  30. Maternal Mortality25▲ 7.8×4 topics
  31. Vaccine Development25▲ 6.8×8 topics
  32. Cultural Diversity24▲ 7.3×10 topics
  33. Territorial Governance24▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Local Development24▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Multilingualism23▲ 9.5×4 topics
  36. Rhetoric22▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Health Inequalities22▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Language Contact22▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Argumentation21▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Ethos21▲ 46×1 topic

Which universities in Republic of the Congo lead research?

World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Marien Ngouabi University and Wildlife Conservation Society Congo rank highest in Republic of the Congo on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 11.72%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa: 190, 31.6%Marien Ngouabi University: 876, 4.9%Wildlife Conservation Society Congo: 65, 12.2%Institut de Recherche pour le Développement: 111, 9.4%Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville: 124, 0.5%World Health Organiz…Wildlife Conservatio…Institut de Recherch…Marien Ngouabi Unive…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1World Health Organization Regional Office for AfricaGovernment institution · Brazzaville · #5,371 worldwide31.6% top 10% · 190 works
  2. 2Marien Ngouabi UniversityUniversity · Brazzaville · #10,571 worldwide4.9% top 10% · 876 works
  3. 3Wildlife Conservation Society CongoNonprofit · Brazzaville · #21,333 worldwide12.2% top 10% · 65 works
  4. 4Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementGovernment institution · Brazzaville · #24,885 worldwide9.4% top 10% · 111 works
  5. 5Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de BrazzavilleHospital / health system · Brazzaville · #27,516 worldwide0.5% top 10% · 124 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Republic of the Congo

Who are the top researchers in Republic of the Congo?

Jorge Cano, Francine Ntoumi and Jason M. Mwenda rank highest among researchers based in Republic of the Congo.

  1. 1 Jorge Cano · #136,179 worldwide 2.6k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Francine Ntoumi · #176,165 worldwide 96 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Jason M. Mwenda · #265,613 worldwide 76 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Anthony Nardone · #437,472 worldwide 38 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Patrick Gubry · #478,343 worldwide 6 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Valéria Hernández · #513,690 worldwide 13 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Joseph Okeibunor · #523,641 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Abdou Salam Guèye · #621,810 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Pepita Ould Ahmed · #626,290 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 François Noireau · #638,565 worldwide 30 citations · 27 works
Top researchers in Republic of the Congo

How open and international is Republic of the Congo's research?

67% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 37% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available66.6%not open33.4%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.8%domestic only63.2%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Republic of the Congo's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% higher than in 2013–2017.

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

Research fields in Republic of the Congo