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African Union

In research, African Union stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,846 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,114 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,964
of 22,385 · #14,052 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#46
of 55
Research works
512
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
African Union

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 #6,846 of 14,833 8.5%286
Social SciencesField #5,114 of 9,330 8.2%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does African Union work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at African Union is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 69 fractional works · 51.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 31.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 17.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 13.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAfrican Union135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences51%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4231.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities118.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance86.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting43.0%
    5. Psychology21.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.9%
    1. Medicine1813.0%
    2. Health Professions64.4%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1712.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Computer Science86.2%
    2. Environmental Science64.3%
    3. Engineering21.6%
    4. Mathematics10.8%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 2.69× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.77× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.93× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.93×8 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.77×11 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.69×17 works
  4. Social Sciences2.46×42 works
  5. Health Professions1.68×6 works
  6. Dentistry1.01×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.96×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.94×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.86×6 works
  11. Computer Science0.80×8 works
  12. Mathematics0.69×1 works
  13. Medicine0.68×18 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×4 works
  15. Psychology0.60×2 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×0 works
  17. Nursing0.41×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  19. Energy0.11×0 works
  20. Engineering0.11×2 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at African Union?

Ranked on the quality score, Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda, Nancy Ngum and Olalekan Akinbo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Union.

  1. 1 Margareth Ndomondo-Sigonda Ethiopia · #505,739 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Nancy Ngum Ethiopia · #1,457,876 worldwide 185 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Olalekan Akinbo Ethiopia · #1,689,364 worldwide 406 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Namira Negm Ethiopia · #3,052,315 worldwide 60 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Aggrey Ambali Ethiopia · #3,945,299 worldwide 777 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Peter Ewer Ethiopia · #3,956,310 worldwide 193 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Sanne Charles Bodjo Ethiopia · #3,994,228 worldwide 375 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Jean de Dieu Baziki Ethiopia · #4,581,680 worldwide 122 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Nick Nwankpa Ethiopia · #4,771,030 worldwide 327 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 R. D. MacCuaig Ethiopia · #4,981,698 worldwide 143 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at African Union

What are the most cited papers from African Union?

The most cited paper from African Union is "The Impact of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme and its Linkages" (Daniel Gilligan, John Frederick Hoddinott, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, 2009), with 359 citations. Next come "A new twenty-first century science for effective epidemic response" (325) and "A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat" (242).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Impact of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme and its Linkages Daniel Gilligan, John Frederick Hoddinott, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse · The Journal of Development Studies Open access Nov 2009 359
2 A new twenty-first century science for effective epidemic response Juliet Bedford, Jeremy Farrar, Chikwe A Ihekweazu et al. · Nature Open access 6 Nov 2019 325
3 A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Open access352 authors 3 Nov 2022 242
4 Assistive technology policy: a position paper from the first global research, innovation, and education on assistive technology (GREAT) summit Malcolm MacLachlan et al. · Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology Open access 23 May 2018 192
5 Atténuation d'une souche de virus de la peste des petits ruminants : candidat pour un vaccin homologue vivant Adama Diallo, William P. Taylor, Pierre-Charles Lefèvre et al. · Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux Open access Mar 1989 185
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at African Union?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Movements, International Law, Climate Change, Human Rights, Governance, Feminism and Smallholder Farmers.

▲ 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. Globalization9▲ 3.3×28 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 2.1×24 topics
  3. Epidemiology8▲ 1.43×39 topics
  4. Human Rights6▲ 4.0×16 topics
  5. Education5▲ 2.1×14 topics
  6. Social Movements5▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Innovation4▲ 3.2×13 topics
  8. International Law4▲ 10×8 topics
  9. Economic Growth4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  10. Governance4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  11. Feminism4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  12. Social Justice4▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. History4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  14. Economic Development3▲ 3.2×10 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Global Governance3▲ 9.8×9 topics
  17. Adaptation3▲ 7.4×6 topics
  18. Ethnicity3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  19. Postcolonialism3▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Vaccine3▲ 5.4×9 topics
  21. Cold War3▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Development3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  23. Security Council3▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Black Studies3▲ 93×1 topic
  25. Civil Rights Movement3▲ 93×1 topic
  26. Colonialism3▲ 4.1×7 topics
  27. Pathogenesis3▲ 3.9×9 topics
  28. Political Economy3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  29. State Sovereignty3▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Citizenship2▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Inequality2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  32. Community Health Workers2▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Social Inequality2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Diversity2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Humanitarian Intervention2▲ 45×1 topic
  36. International Cooperation2▲ 31×3 topics
  37. Responsibility to Protect2▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Agroecology2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Inclusive Development2▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Livestock Farming2▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does African Union publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Race, History, and American Society, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, ICT in Developing Communities and Economic Growth and Development.

Race, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksICT in Developing Commun…2ICT in Developing Communities: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…2Economic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…1Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Innovation: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksUkrainian Legal and Forensic Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsInformation SystemsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 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 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  8. 8 Economic and Technological Innovation Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  10. 10 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has African Union's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 Union as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%African Union0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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