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African Methodist Episcopal University

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Research works
33
▲ 1173% vs 2018-21
Citations
55
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
African Methodist Episcopal University

Not ranked overall: African Methodist Episcopal University 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 African Methodist Episcopal University work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at African Methodist Episcopal University is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Medicine (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 38.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAfrican MethodistEpiscopal…26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences49%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1038.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities13.9%
    3. Psychology13.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    1. Computer Science29.0%
    2. Environmental Science26.7%
    3. Engineering01.8%
    4. Chemistry01.0%
    1. Medicine312.0%
    2. Health Professions14.9%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences311.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 2.39× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.04× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.64×0 works
  2. Social Sciences3.04×10 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.39×3 works
  4. Health Professions1.88×1 works
  5. Nursing1.49×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.36×2 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.33×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.20×1 works
  9. Computer Science1.16×2 works
  10. Psychology1.05×1 works
  11. Medicine0.62×3 works
  12. Chemistry0.61×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.40×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×0 works
  17. Engineering0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at African Methodist Episcopal University?

Ranked on the quality score, Adeyinka Olufemi Adepoju and Ambrues Monboe Nebo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Methodist Episcopal University.

  1. 1 Adeyinka Olufemi Adepoju Liberia · #3,597,516 worldwide 389 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Ambrues Monboe Nebo Liberia · #4,839,810 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at African Methodist Episcopal University

What are the most cited papers from African Methodist Episcopal University?

The most cited paper from African Methodist Episcopal University is "The Health and Health Behaviors of a Sample of African American Pastors" (Meghan Baruth, Sara Wilcox, Rebecca Evans, 2014), with 28 citations. Next come "Factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding in Sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of demographic and health surveys" (25) and "Love with No Exceptions: A Statewide Faith-Based, University–Community Partnership for Faith-Based HIV Training and Assessment of Needs in the Deep South" (19).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Health and Health Behaviors of a Sample of African American Pastors Meghan Baruth, Sara Wilcox, Rebecca Evans · Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Open access Feb 2014 28
2 Factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding in Sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of demographic and health surveys Munawar Harun Koray, James Njuguna Wanjiru, Johnson Socrates Kerkula et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 15 May 2025 25
3 Love with No Exceptions: A Statewide Faith-Based, University–Community Partnership for Faith-Based HIV Training and Assessment of Needs in the Deep South Robin Gaines Lanzi, Alison P. Footman, Edward A. Jackson et al. · AIDS and Behavior Open access 18 Jul 2019 19
4 Soil pollution and management practices Adeyinka Olufemi Adepoju, Abiola Grace Femi-Adepoju, Alhassan Jalloh et al. · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 2024 17
5 Safety, health and environmental impacts of commercial motorcycles in Sub-Saharan African cities Simon Ntramah, Krijn Peters, Jack Jenkins et al. · Urban Planning and Transport Research Open access 18 Sep 2023 17
All 67 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at African Methodist Episcopal University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Governance, Community Health Workers, Colonialism, African Philosophy, Decolonization, Digital Literacy, International Law and 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-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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Global Governance2▲ 34×6 topics
  2. Sustainability2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  3. Colonialism2▲ 14×2 topics
  4. Community Health Workers2▲ 72×2 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  6. African Philosophy1▲ 432×1 topic
  7. Decolonization1▲ 63×1 topic
  8. Digital Literacy1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  9. International Law1▲ 16×2 topics
  10. Development1▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Healthcare1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  12. Vulnerability1▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Aquaponics1▲ 236×1 topic
  14. Argumentation1▲ 136×1 topic
  15. Discourse Analysis1▲ 16×1 topic
  16. Hydroponics1▲ 59×1 topic
  17. Mobile Technology1▲ 229×1 topic
  18. Postdigital Education1▲ 288×1 topic
  19. Rural Communities1▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Technology-Enhanced Learning1▲ 267×1 topic

Which research topics does African Methodist Episcopal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African cultural and philosophical studies, Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems, ICT in Developing Communities and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.

African cultural and phi…1African cultural and philosophical studies: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Aquaponic…1Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems: 1 fractional worksICT in Developing Commun…1ICT in Developing Communities: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…1Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 1 fractional worksDigital Education and Society: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…1HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Scientific Studies: 0 fractional works
EducationAquatic ScienceInformation SystemsPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 1 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems Aquatic Science 1 works
  3. 3 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Education and Society Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Historical and Scientific Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available72.3%not open27.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.4%domestic only51.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has African Methodist Episcopal University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1173% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is African Methodist Episcopal University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%African Methodist Episcopal University0.000058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of African Methodist Episcopal University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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