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Centre Pasteur du Cameroun

In research, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun stands highest in Medicine (#14,660 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#17,384 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,834
of 28,054 · #24,411 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#17
of 25
Research works
374
▲ 65% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Centre Pasteur du Cameroun 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
MedicineField #14,660 of 17,978 15.7%195
Health SciencesDomain #17,384 of 20,462 15.6%209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Pasteur du Cameroun 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: 1.97× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.36× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.07× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre Pasteur du Cameroun?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Njouom, Michel Boussinesq and Sara Eyangoh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Pasteur du Cameroun.

  1. 1 Richard Njouom Cameroon · #398,045 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Michel Boussinesq Cameroon · #481,217 worldwide 59 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Sara Eyangoh Cameroon · #632,468 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Daniel Quillévéré Cameroon · #1,374,716 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Lawrence Ayong Cameroon · #1,579,316 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Pasteur du Cameroun

Which keywords describe research at Centre Pasteur du Cameroun?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Genetic Diversity and Antiviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 8.7×49 topics
  2. Vaccine12▲ 39×11 topics
  3. Immune Response11▲ 27×12 topics
  4. Pathogenesis8▲ 22×13 topics
  5. Vaccine Development8▲ 41×7 topics
  6. Global Burden7▲ 18×7 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity5▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Antiviral Therapy5▲ 66×3 topics
  9. Liver Disease5▲ 69×2 topics
  10. Public Health4▲ 4.2×18 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 28×3 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-24▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Adaptation3▲ 16×2 topics
  15. Diagnosis3▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Diversity3▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Pandemic3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  18. Agricultural Development3▲ 26×1 topic
  19. Chronic Hepatitis B3▲ 125×1 topic
  20. Genome Sequence3▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Hepatitis B Virus3▲ 125×1 topic
  22. Livestock Farming3▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 25×6 topics
  24. Artemisinin Resistance3▲ 128×1 topic
  25. Insecticide Resistance3▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Plasmodium falciparum3▲ 128×1 topic
  27. Vector Control3▲ 34×4 topics
  28. Zoonotic Transmission3▲ 54×3 topics
  29. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Insulin Resistance2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Zika Virus2▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Immunity2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Transmission2▲ 62×2 topics
  35. Disease Burden2▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Viral Load2▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Viral Transmission2▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Drug Resistance2▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Infection2▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Food Safety2▲ 10.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre Pasteur du Cameroun publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Malaria Research and Control and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Hepatitis B Virus Studies3Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…3Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…3Malaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 2 fractional worksHepatitis Viruses Studie…2Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…2Viral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases1 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology Hepatology 2 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 2 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 available55.0%not open45.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.8%domestic only52.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Pasteur du Cameroun's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% 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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