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Catholic University of Cameroon

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World rank, all time
#41,342
of 42,892
Rank in Cameroon
#35
of 37
Research works
167
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
868
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

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: 3.52× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 5.93× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.17× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.43× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Catholic University of Cameroon?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Metabolism, Economic Growth, Institutional Quality, Obesity, Colonialism, Antioxidant and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Sustainability3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.89×21 topics
  3. Economic Growth2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  4. Metabolism2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  5. Obesity2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  6. Antioxidant2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  7. Institutional Quality2▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Colonialism2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  9. Innovation2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  10. Governance1▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Potato1▲ 94×2 topics
  12. African Philosophy1▲ 304×1 topic
  13. Consumer Behavior1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  14. Decolonization1▲ 41×1 topic
  15. Ethics1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  16. Health Outcomes1▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Antimicrobial1▲ 10×2 topics
  18. ICT1▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Neurotoxicity1▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Social Capital1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  21. Toxicity1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  22. financial access1▲ 76×1 topic
  23. Antioxidants1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  24. Health1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  25. Neuroprotection1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Smallholder Farmers1▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  28. Well-being1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  29. Acrylamide1▲ 120×1 topic
  30. Ageing Population1▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Constraints1▲ 199×1 topic
  32. Employment1▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Firm Survival1▲ 116×1 topic
  34. Green Tea1▲ 115×1 topic
  35. Health Care Expenditure1▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Leisure1▲ 99×1 topic
  37. Maillard Reaction1▲ 120×1 topic
  38. Phenomenology1▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Psychology1▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Tea Polyphenols1▲ 115×1 topic

Which research topics does Catholic University of Cameroon publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African cultural and philosophical studies, Economic Growth and Development, Tea Polyphenols and Effects and Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy.

African cultural and phi…1African cultural and philosophical studies: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…1Economic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effects: 1 fractional worksPhenomenology and Existential Philosophy: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksPotato Plant Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth1Firm Innovation and Growth: 1 fractional worksRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional works
EducationInformation SystemsPathology and Forensic MedicineExperimental and Cognitive Psychology6 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 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Potato Plant Research Food Science 1 works
  7. 7 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Firm Innovation and Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available87.8%not open12.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catholic University of Cameroon's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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