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Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales

In research, Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales stands highest in Life Sciences (#10,410 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,506
of 28,054 · #25,793 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#18
of 25
Research works
326
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales 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 #10,410 of 14,347 12.3%137

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales 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: 3.71× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.31× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.51× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10.05× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.86× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 5.41× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales?

Ranked on the composite score, Alembert Tiabou Tchinda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales.

  1. 1 Alembert Tiabou Tchinda Cameroon · #1,110,319 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Medicinal Plants, Antioxidant, Antioxidant Activity, Flavonoids, Oxidative Stress, Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidants.

▲ 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▲ 3.3×42 topics
  2. Medicinal Plants7▲ 21×10 topics
  3. Antioxidant6▲ 12×29 topics
  4. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 11×15 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 4.1×18 topics
  6. Inflammation4▲ 2.8×21 topics
  7. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 18×18 topics
  8. Flavonoids4▲ 19×9 topics
  9. Antioxidants4▲ 10×6 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance3▲ 9.3×6 topics
  11. Biological Activities3▲ 25×5 topics
  12. Cancer3▲ 2.9×17 topics
  13. Diabetes3▲ 7.6×10 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.6×10 topics
  15. Herbal Medicine3▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Pharmacology3▲ 14×11 topics
  17. Vaccine Development3▲ 13×7 topics
  18. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Global Burden2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  20. Cancer Therapy2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  21. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 11×9 topics
  22. Vaccine2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  23. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  24. Immune Response2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  25. Phytochemistry2▲ 22×5 topics
  26. Nutritional Value2▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Antimicrobial Activity2▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Bioactive Compounds2▲ 9.9×7 topics
  29. Cancer Prevention2▲ 9.3×6 topics
  30. Essential Oils2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Neuroprotective2▲ 16×8 topics
  32. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Drug Resistance2▲ 8.4×8 topics
  34. Natural Products2▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Phytochemicals2▲ 21×6 topics
  36. Genome Sequence2▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Insecticide Resistance2▲ 29×4 topics
  38. Anticancer2▲ 14×10 topics
  39. Food Preservation2▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Mode of Action2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Essential Oils and Antim…2Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 2 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Age…2Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…1Malaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medic…1Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biological Activities: 1 fractional works
Food ScienceEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismForestryNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 2 works
  2. 2 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 1 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 International Development and Aid Development 1 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  8. 8 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 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 available68.0%not open32.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.6%domestic only50.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.