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AfricaBio

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Research works
5
▼ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
10
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
AfricaBio

Not ranked overall: AfricaBio is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does AfricaBio work in?

In all years, 51% of research at AfricaBio is in Life Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (43%), Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 2 fractional works · 51.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 42.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 6.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 24.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 14.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 20.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAfricaBio5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences20%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences242.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology06.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology02.0%
    1. Medicine114.3%
    2. Health Professions06.1%
    3. Nursing04.1%
    1. Social Sciences120.4%
    1. Computer Science02.0%
    2. Engineering02.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.65× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.83× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Medicine: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 28.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 28.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing28.35×0 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.83×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.65×0 works
  4. Medicine2.13×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.95×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.99×0 works

What are the most cited papers from AfricaBio?

The most cited paper from AfricaBio is "Effect of Culture Media on the Yield and Protein Content of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) Kumm Mycelia" (Kayise Hypercia Maseko, Thierry J. C. Regnier, Obiro Cuthbert Wokadala et al., 2024), with 10 citations. Next come "Effects of Amaranth Seed- and Bambara Groundnut-Based Media on the Aroma-Active Volatile and Amino Acid Profiles of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Mycelia" (2) and "Impact of GM Crops on Farmland Biodiversity" (2).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of Culture Media on the Yield and Protein Content of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) Kumm Mycelia Kayise Hypercia Maseko, Thierry J. C. Regnier, Obiro Cuthbert Wokadala et al. · International Journal of Food Science Open access 2024 10
2 Effects of Amaranth Seed- and Bambara Groundnut-Based Media on the Aroma-Active Volatile and Amino Acid Profiles of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Mycelia Kayise Hypercia Maseko, Margaux Lim Ah Tock, Alvaro Viljoen et al. · Foods Open access 4 May 2026 2
3 Impact of GM Crops on Farmland Biodiversity Tlou Samuel Masehela, Bruce Maseko, Eugenia Barros · Topics in biodiversity and conservation Book chapter 2020 2
4 Communication of the international GMO workshop Graham R. Brookes, Xiao‐Ya Chen, Maarten J. Chrispeels et al. · 中国科学通报：英文版 Open access 2015 2
5 A Review of the South African Seed Industry W.J. Van der Walt · Journal of New Seeds Jul 2002 2
All 9 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does AfricaBio publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fungal Biology and Applications, Microbial Metabolism and Applications, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences.

Fungal Biology and Appli…0Fungal Biology and Applications: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolism and Applications: 0 fractional worksPlant and Biological Ele…0Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies: 0 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices …0Breastfeeding Practices and Influences: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology: 0 fractional worksDisability Rights and Representation: 0 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…0African cultural and philosophical studies: 0 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 0 fractional worksInfant Nutrition and Health: 0 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health D…0Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 0 fractional works
PharmacologyBiotechnologyPlant ScienceEpidemiology4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 0 works
  2. 2 Microbial Metabolism and Applications Biotechnology 0 works
  3. 3 Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies Plant Science 0 works
  4. 4 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  6. 6 Disability Rights and Representation Safety Research 0 works
  7. 7 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 0 works
  8. 8 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Infant Nutrition and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available37.6%not open62.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AfricaBio's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% lower than in 2018-2021.

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