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University · Yaoundé · Cameroon

Institut Supérieur de Technologie Médicale

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World rank, all time
#42,350
of 42,892
Rank in Cameroon
#36
of 37
Research works
155
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
581
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
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: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.57× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institut Supérieur de Technologie Médicale?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Governance, Drug Resistance, Immune Response, Vaccine, Treatment, Diagnosis and Maternal Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.8×29 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 2.1×9 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  4. Governance2▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 1.99×9 topics
  6. Diagnosis2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  7. Drug Resistance2▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Immune Response2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  10. Sustainability2▲ 1.35×4 topics
  11. Vaccine2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  13. Maternal Mortality2▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Healthcare1▲ 2.6×4 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.3×7 topics
  17. Innovation1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  18. International Trade1▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Tuberculosis1▲ 50×1 topic
  21. Consumer Behavior1▲ 3.7×3 topics
  22. Development1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  23. Economic Development1▲ 2.9×3 topics
  24. Risk Factors1▲ 2.2×9 topics
  25. Social Capital1▲ 4.3×6 topics
  26. Social Movements1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  27. Arid Regions1▲ 91×2 topics
  28. Gender Equality1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  29. Global Burden1▲ 4.0×8 topics
  30. International Cooperation1▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Nonlinear Dynamics1▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Regulatory Challenges1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Africa1▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Conflict1▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Economic Diplomacy1▲ 163×1 topic
  36. Foreign Policy1▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Inequality1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  38. Political Transition1▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Prostate Cancer1▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Water Resources1▲ 8.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Supérieur de Technologie Médicale publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Transboundary Water Resource Management, African Studies and Ethnography and Balkan and Eastern European Studies.

Tuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksTransboundary Water Reso…1Transboundary Water Resource Management: 1 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethn…1African Studies and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern Europ…1Balkan and Eastern European Studies: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksComplementary and Altern…1Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  7. 7 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 0 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 available62.7%not open37.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.7%domestic only63.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Supérieur de Technologie Médicale's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017.

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