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Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville

In research, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,107 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#13,331 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,361 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,509
of 28,054 · #16,835 all time
Rank in Gabon
#4
of 5
Research works
450
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
34.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville 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
Life SciencesDomain #7,107 of 14,347 16.2%158
MedicineField #13,331 of 17,978 19.3%207
Health SciencesDomain #16,361 of 20,462 18.9%218

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville 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: 1.99× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 13.80× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 13.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville?

Ranked on the composite score, Eric M. Leroy, E. Jean Wickings and Robert W. Cooper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville.

  1. 1 Eric M. Leroy Gabon · #71,213 worldwide 351 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 E. Jean Wickings Gabon · #485,589 worldwide 92 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Robert W. Cooper Gabon · #1,067,944 worldwide 52 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Gaël Darren Maganga Gabon · #1,537,267 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville

Which keywords describe research at Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Immune Response, Helminth Infections, Global Burden, Pathogenesis, Public Health and Insecticide Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 9.4×44 topics
  2. Vaccine Development8▲ 52×10 topics
  3. Immune Response6▲ 17×15 topics
  4. Helminth Infections5▲ 226×2 topics
  5. Public Health5▲ 5.6×13 topics
  6. Global Burden5▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Pathogenesis5▲ 14×11 topics
  8. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 88×3 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Vaccine4▲ 16×9 topics
  11. Genome Sequence4▲ 74×2 topics
  12. Zoonotic Infections4▲ 112×2 topics
  13. Diagnosis4▲ 6.5×15 topics
  14. Artemisinin Resistance4▲ 182×1 topic
  15. Plasmodium falciparum4▲ 182×1 topic
  16. Ivermectin4▲ 210×2 topics
  17. Global Epidemiology3▲ 125×2 topics
  18. Vector Control3▲ 43×4 topics
  19. Pandemic3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  20. Disease Burden3▲ 61×2 topics
  21. Lymphatic Filariasis3▲ 395×1 topic
  22. Onchocerciasis3▲ 395×1 topic
  23. SARS-CoV-23▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Biodiversity3▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Drug Resistance3▲ 15×6 topics
  26. Schistosomiasis3▲ 153×1 topic
  27. Soil-Transmitted Helminths3▲ 153×1 topic
  28. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 57×2 topics
  30. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 58×1 topic
  31. Zika Virus2▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 42×4 topics
  33. Viral Transmission2▲ 24×4 topics
  34. Virulence Factors2▲ 24×6 topics
  35. Infection2▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 16×6 topics
  37. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  38. Pathophysiology2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  39. Aquatic Environment2▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Thrombosis2▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment, Parasites and Host Interactions and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Malaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…3Parasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…1Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…1Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesParasitologyMolecular Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 3 works
  3. 3 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.6%domestic only49.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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