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African Union

In research, African Union stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,973 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,965 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,487
of 28,054 · #22,290 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#49
of 56
Research works
512
▲ 96% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is African Union known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #7,973 of 16,945 14.8%286
Social SciencesField #4,965 of 10,206 12.9%201

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where African Union 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 2.72× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.24× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.88× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.45× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at African Union?

Ranked on the composite score, Alfred T. DeMaria lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Union.

  1. 1 Alfred T. DeMaria Ethiopia · #1,024,077 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at African Union

Which keywords describe research at African Union?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Movements, Globalization, Climate Change, Feminism, Governance, Economic Growth, International Law and Human Rights.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change7▲ 2.4×21 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 1.57×36 topics
  3. Globalization6▲ 3.1×25 topics
  4. Social Movements5▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 1.71×16 topics
  6. Education4▲ 2.4×14 topics
  7. Human Rights4▲ 3.9×12 topics
  8. Economic Growth4▲ 4.5×13 topics
  9. Innovation4▲ 3.3×12 topics
  10. Feminism4▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Governance3▲ 9.5×4 topics
  12. History3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  13. Public Health3▲ 2.2×21 topics
  14. Social Justice3▲ 5.5×15 topics
  15. International Law3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  16. Cold War3▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Black Studies3▲ 111×1 topic
  18. Civil Rights Movement3▲ 111×1 topic
  19. Economic Development3▲ 3.1×9 topics
  20. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.7×9 topics
  21. Vaccine2▲ 5.8×9 topics
  22. Adaptation2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Culture2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  25. Diversity2▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Global Warming2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  27. Global Governance2▲ 9.4×7 topics
  28. Technology2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  29. Security Council2▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Social Inequality2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  31. State Sovereignty2▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Livestock Farming2▲ 31×2 topics
  33. International Cooperation2▲ 38×3 topics
  34. Postcolonialism2▲ 15×5 topics
  35. Inequality2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  36. Agricultural Development2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. Fiscal Policy2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  38. Work Organization2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Humanitarian Intervention2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Responsibility to Protect2▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does African Union publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Race, History, and American Society, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Global Peace and Security Dynamics and Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature.

Race, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…2Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environ…1Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…1Economic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksUkrainian Legal and Forensic Studies: 1 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 1 fractional worksInternational Relations …1International Relations in Latin America: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPolitical Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  4. 4 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  5. 5 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  6. 6 International Development and Aid Development 1 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 1 works
  10. 10 International Relations in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 1 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has African Union's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 96% 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.

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