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African University College of Communications

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Research works
112
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
938
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: African University College of Communications is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at African University College of Communications?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Gender Dynamics, Colonialism, Nationalism, Social Impact, Cultural Studies and Military History.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Media5▲ 9.4×14 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 7.9×8 topics
  3. Gender Dynamics3▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Colonialism3▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Nationalism2▲ 14×3 topics
  6. Sustainability2▲ 2.6×6 topics
  7. Cultural Studies2▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Social Impact2▲ 15×3 topics
  9. African History2▲ 224×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning2▲ 1.69×11 topics
  11. Military History2▲ 189×2 topics
  12. Post-Colonial Africa2▲ 224×1 topic
  13. Risk Management2▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  15. Social Interaction2▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Digital Divide1▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Education1▲ 2.1×3 topics
  18. BIM1▲ 58×1 topic
  19. Construction1▲ 26×1 topic
  20. ICT1▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Big Data1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  22. Epidemiology1▼ 0.83×10 topics
  23. Online Communication1▲ 22×3 topics
  24. User-Generated Content1▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Environmental Management1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  26. Globalization1▲ 1.46×5 topics
  27. Online Learning1▲ 3.6×2 topics
  28. Political Economy1▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Social Capital1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  30. Blended Learning1▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Distance Education1▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Green Economy1▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Information Security1▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Legal Regulation1▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Online Gaming1▲ 70×1 topic
  36. Resource Efficiency1▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Social Justice1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  38. Video Games1▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does African University College of Communications publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African history and culture studies, BIM and Construction Integration, Digital Games and Media and Economic and Business Development Strategies.

African history and culture studies: 2 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 1 fractional worksDigital Games and Media1Digital Games and Media: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Business Development Strategies: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions1AI in Service Interactions: 1 fractional worksCommunication in Education and Healthcare: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 1 fractional works
AnthropologyBuilding and ConstructionSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 African history and culture studies Anthropology 2 works
  2. 2 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 1 works
  3. 3 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Economic and Business Development Strategies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Communication in Education and Healthcare Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Social Media and Politics Communication 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.9%domestic only63.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has African University College of Communications's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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