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Institut Universitaire du Congo

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Research works
6
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
25
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Institut Universitaire du Congo

Not ranked overall: Institut Universitaire du Congo is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Institut Universitaire du Congo work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Institut Universitaire du Congo is in Health Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Health Professions (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (17%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4 fractional works · 60.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 39.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 17.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 14.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 37.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutUniversitaire du…6fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences37%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 3 domains and 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine239.9%
    2. Health Professions117.3%
    3. Nursing02.9%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance116.8%
    2. Social Sciences111.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities04.2%
    4. Psychology02.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.9%
    1. Environmental Science02.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

What are the most cited papers from Institut Universitaire du Congo?

The most cited paper from Institut Universitaire du Congo is "Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (HBsAg) in Rural Blood Donors, Moba, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (2014 to 2016)" (Bukasa Héman Kabemba, Ebondo Patrick Kasendue, Muteba André Shiku et al., 2017), with 9 citations. Next come "Frequency of Erythrocyte Phenotypes in Blood Group Systems ABO and Rhesus at Moba, Province of Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of Congo" (5) and "Artemisia afra infusions clinical benefits as a complementary treatment to “WHO” approved drugs against tuberculosis" (4).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (HBsAg) in Rural Blood Donors, Moba, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (2014 to 2016) Bukasa Héman Kabemba, Ebondo Patrick Kasendue, Muteba André Shiku et al. · OALib Open access 2017 9
2 Frequency of Erythrocyte Phenotypes in Blood Group Systems ABO and Rhesus at Moba, Province of Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of Congo Bukasa Héman Kabemba, Kabobo Ignace Kabobo, Tchoni Savant Mukena et al. · OALib Open access 2017 5
3 Artemisia afra infusions clinical benefits as a complementary treatment to “WHO” approved drugs against tuberculosis Pascal Gisenya Bagire, Patrick Engeu Ogwang, Jonathan KM Lusi et al. · Pharmacy & Pharmacology International Journal Open access 13 Sep 2022 4
4 Frequency and Early Neonatal Mortality Related to Anomalies of Birth Weight and Gestational Age in Rural Areas: A Case of the General Reference Hospital of Lubao (Lomami Province, Democratic Republic of Congo) Bukasa Héman Kabemba, Ebondo Patrick Kasendue, Muteba André Shiku et al. · OALib Open access 2017 2
5 Epidemiological Profile of Treponema pallidum Infection in Blood Donors Candidates at Moba, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo Bukasa Héman Kabemba, Ebondo Patrick Kasendue, Muteba André Shiku et al. · OALib Open access 2017 2
All 12 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Institut Universitaire du Congo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Systems and Practices, Health, Medicine and Society, Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law and Legal and cultural studies analysis.

Healthcare Systems and Practices: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksIndigenous Peoples' Rights and Law: 0 fractional worksLegal and cultural studies analysis: 0 fractional worksLegal and Social Philosophy: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsLawAnthropologySociology and Political Science

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 0 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law Law 0 works
  4. 4 Legal and cultural studies analysis Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Legal and Social Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available58.2%not open41.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Universitaire du Congo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

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