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African Governance and Development Institute

In research, African Governance and Development Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,750 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 10.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,823
of 22,385 · #18,013 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#16
of 24
Research works
445
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
African Governance and Development Institute

What is African Governance and Development Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,750 of 9,585 4.4%79 #7461

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where African Governance and Development Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does African Governance and Development Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at African Governance and Development Institute is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (22%), Computer Science (13%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 88 fractional works · 65.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 21.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 14.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 22.7% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 13.1% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 12.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAfricanGovernance and…136fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences65%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4533.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3021.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting107.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities32.4%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Computer Science1813.1%
    2. Environmental Science64.3%
    3. Engineering64.1%
    4. Energy10.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine85.8%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does African Governance and Development Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 29.7 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 1.68× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.21× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10.23× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.23×30 works
  2. Social Sciences2.62×45 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.21×10 works
  4. Computer Science1.68×18 works
  5. Nursing1.13×1 works
  6. Energy0.89×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.86×6 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.82×3 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×4 works
  10. Health Professions0.62×2 works
  11. Medicine0.30×8 works
  12. Engineering0.27×6 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×1 works
  17. Psychology0.11×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at African Governance and Development Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Simplice Anutechia Asongu, Vanessa Simen Tchamyou and Jacinta C. Nwachukwu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Governance and Development Institute.

  1. 1 Simplice Anutechia Asongu Cameroon · #20,207 worldwide 26k citations · 1,463 works
  2. 2 Vanessa Simen Tchamyou Cameroon · #65,850 worldwide 4.4k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Jacinta C. Nwachukwu Cameroon · #89,391 worldwide 3.7k citations · 155 works
  4. 4 Antonio Rodríguez Andrés Cameroon · #486,256 worldwide 2.4k citations · 115 works
  5. 5 Joseph Nnanna Cameroon · #780,371 worldwide 822 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Ndemaze Asongu Cameroon · #1,382,012 worldwide 179 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Sulemana Mumuni Cameroon · #2,527,925 worldwide 150 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at African Governance and Development Institute

What are the most cited papers from African Governance and Development Institute?

The most cited paper from African Governance and Development Institute is "Information Sharing and Financial Sector Development in Africa" (Vanessa Simen Tchamyou, Simplice Anutechia Asongu, 2016), with 494 citations. Next come "Enhancing ICT for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa" (403) and "The Mobile Phone in the Diffusion of Knowledge for Institutional Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa" (387).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Information Sharing and Financial Sector Development in Africa Vanessa Simen Tchamyou, Simplice Anutechia Asongu · Journal of African Business 12 Aug 2016 494
2 Enhancing ICT for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa Simplice Anutechia Asongu, Sara le Roux · Technological Forecasting and Social Change 8 Feb 2017 403
3 The Mobile Phone in the Diffusion of Knowledge for Institutional Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa Simplice Anutechia Asongu, Jacinta C. Nwachukwu · World Development Open access 21 Jun 2016 387
4 Financial Globalisation Dynamic Thresholds for Financial Development: Evidence from Africa Simplice Anutechia Asongu, Lieven De Moor · European Journal of Development Research 21 Apr 2016 318
5 The criticality of growth, urbanization, electricity and fossil fuel consumption to environment sustainability in Africa Simplice Anutechia Asongu, Mary Oluwatoyin Agboola, Andrew Adewale Alola et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 7 Jan 2020 309
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at African Governance and Development Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Economic Growth, ICT, Education, Economic Development, Institutional Quality, Inequality and Knowledge Economy.

▲ 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 institution'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. Governance26▲ 58×5 topics
  2. Economic Growth22▲ 20×14 topics
  3. ICT21▲ 115×2 topics
  4. Education20▲ 8.4×9 topics
  5. Economic Development19▲ 18×12 topics
  6. Institutional Quality19▲ 132×3 topics
  7. Inequality18▲ 60×6 topics
  8. Knowledge Economy17▲ 115×2 topics
  9. Mobile Phones17▲ 268×1 topic
  10. financial access17▲ 308×1 topic
  11. Poverty Reduction12▲ 66×3 topics
  12. Globalization11▲ 4.3×18 topics
  13. Institutions9▲ 82×4 topics
  14. Corruption8▲ 39×4 topics
  15. Social Capital8▲ 12×7 topics
  16. NGOs7▲ 58×3 topics
  17. Political Economy7▲ 21×6 topics
  18. Regulation7▲ 9.6×3 topics
  19. Democracy7▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Renewable Energy7▲ 3.4×7 topics
  21. Development Policies6▲ 137×1 topic
  22. Foreign Aid6▲ 137×1 topic
  23. Innovation6▲ 4.3×8 topics
  24. Urbanization6▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Fiscal Policy6▲ 21×6 topics
  26. Rural Development6▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Gender Inequality5▲ 27×5 topics
  28. Internet5▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Digital Divide4▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Broadband4▲ 85×1 topic
  31. Gender Equality4▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Labor Market4▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Telecommunications4▲ 79×1 topic
  34. International Trade4▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Human Capital4▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Poverty Alleviation4▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Genocide4▲ 52×2 topics
  39. Security Council4▲ 53×2 topics
  40. Transparency4▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does African Governance and Development Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Growth and Development, International Development and Aid, ICT Impact and Policies and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

Economic Growth and Deve…17Economic Growth and Development: 17 fractional worksInternational Developmen…6International Development and Aid: 6 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies4ICT Impact and Policies: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksNatural Resources and Economic Development: 3 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksCorruption and Economic Development: 3 fractional works
Information SystemsDevelopmentMedia TechnologyEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 17 works
  2. 2 International Development and Aid Development 6 works
  3. 3 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 4 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Natural Resources and Economic Development General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  6. 6 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 3 works
  8. 8 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available82.6%not open17.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.0%domestic only53.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has African Governance and Development Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is African Governance and Development Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%African Governance and Development Institute0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of African Governance and Development Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025African Governance and Development Institute9.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.5% in 2013.

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