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Catholic University of Central Africa

In research, Catholic University of Central Africa stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,164 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,753
of 28,054 · #25,945 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#19
of 25
Research works
346
▲ 186% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Catholic University of Central Africa 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 #11,164 of 16,945 11.0%157

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Catholic University of Central Africa 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: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.72× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.68× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 3.03× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Catholic University of Central Africa?

Ranked on the composite score, Jean Robert Kala Kamdjoug lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Catholic University of Central Africa.

  1. 1 Jean Robert Kala Kamdjoug Cameroon · #1,303,896 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Catholic University of Central Africa

Which keywords describe research at Catholic University of Central Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Determinants of Health, Primary Care, Public Health, Epidemiology, Digital Health, Colonialism, Healthcare Policy and Inequalities.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.3×43 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 4.8×18 topics
  3. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 29×4 topics
  4. Primary Care7▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Globalization5▲ 2.5×15 topics
  6. Digital Health5▲ 41×2 topics
  7. Sustainability5▲ 1.90×6 topics
  8. Colonialism5▲ 9.2×6 topics
  9. Healthcare Policy5▲ 46×1 topic
  10. Inequalities5▲ 125×1 topic
  11. Human Rights4▲ 3.9×9 topics
  12. Immune Response4▲ 6.5×12 topics
  13. Global Burden4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  14. Migration4▲ 10×5 topics
  15. Social Justice4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  16. Agroecology3▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Healthcare Access3▲ 9.8×6 topics
  18. Higher Education3▲ 5.2×2 topics
  19. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Adaptation3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  21. Vaccine3▲ 6.7×10 topics
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Diversity3▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Public Policy3▲ 5.2×2 topics
  25. Community Engagement3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  26. Development3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  27. Gender3▲ 4.5×4 topics
  28. Social Inequality3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  29. Vaccine Development3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  30. Local Development2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Territorial Governance2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Agricultural Development2▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Livestock Farming2▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Multilingualism2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Poverty Alleviation2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Africa2▲ 47×2 topics
  37. Inequality2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Community Development2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Glycemic Control2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Global Governance2▲ 7.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Catholic University of Central Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Systems and Practices, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African cultural and philosophical studies and Human Rights and Development.

Healthcare Systems and P…5Healthcare Systems and Practices: 5 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 2 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family1Social Policies and Family: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 1 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 1 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEducationSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender 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 available71.3%not open28.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catholic University of Central Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 186% 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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