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Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée

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Research works
29
▲ 101% vs 2018-21
Citations
99
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée

Not ranked overall: Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée 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 Golfe de Guinée work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (18%), Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 44.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 22.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 12.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutUniversitaire du…29fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences44%

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 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting518.3%
    2. Social Sciences517.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.4%
    4. Decision Sciences12.7%
    5. Psychology01.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Engineering412.2%
    2. Environmental Science12.9%
    3. Computer Science12.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.5%
    6. Chemistry00.6%
    7. Materials Science00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences39.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology13.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.8%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.4%
    1. Medicine413.2%
    2. Health Professions01.0%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.54× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.54×5 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.04×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.36×0 works
  4. Nursing2.04×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.00×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.53×4 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.27×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×0 works
  10. Engineering1.07×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.63×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.55×0 works
  13. Medicine0.54×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.29×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.25×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée?

The most cited paper from Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée is "Burnout syndrome and associated factors among university teaching staff in Cameroon: Effect of the practice of sport and physical activities and leisures" (Pierre Tchienrg Moueleu Ngalagou, P.B. Assomo-Ndemba, L.J. Owona Manga et al., 2018), with 52 citations. Next come "Burnout syndrome and associated factors among university teaching staff in Cameroon: Effect of the practice of sport and physical activities and leisures." (24) and "A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of the Performance of the Widal Test and the Typhidot Immunoassay for Typhoid Fever Diagnosis in the West Region of Cameroon" (21).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burnout syndrome and associated factors among university teaching staff in Cameroon: Effect of the practice of sport and physical activities and leisures Pierre Tchienrg Moueleu Ngalagou, P.B. Assomo-Ndemba, L.J. Owona Manga et al. · L Encéphale 10 Oct 2018 52
2 Burnout syndrome and associated factors among university teaching staff in Cameroon: Effect of the practice of sport and physical activities and leisures. P T Moueleu Ngalagou, Peguy Brice Assomo-Ndemba, L.J. Owona Manga et al. · PubMed 1956 24
3 A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of the Performance of the Widal Test and the Typhidot Immunoassay for Typhoid Fever Diagnosis in the West Region of Cameroon Ousenu Karimo, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Leonard Fonkeng Sama et al. · Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Open access 7 Aug 2021 21
4 Effect of the Hydroethanolic Extract of Bixa orellana Linn (Bixaceae) Leaves on Castor Oil-Induced Diarrhea in Swiss Albino Mice Michel Archange Fokam Tagne, Hypolyte Akaou, Paul Aimé Noubissi et al. · Gastroenterology Research and Practice Open access Dec 2019 19
5 Comparative Study on the Use of Widal Test to Stool Culture in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Holy Family Hospital Akum, North West Region of Cameroon Elvis Chongsi Wam, Christabel N. Arrey, Leonard Fonkeng Sama et al. · The Open Microbiology Journal Open access 28 Mar 2019 15
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Smallholder Farmers, Antioxidant, Customer Experience, Human Resource Management, Indigenous Knowledge, Medicinal Plants and Sustainability.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.92×21 topics
  2. Globalization2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  3. Sustainability2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 37×3 topics
  5. Antioxidant1▲ 7.2×8 topics
  6. Customer Experience1▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Human Resource Management1▲ 49×1 topic
  8. Indigenous Knowledge1▲ 64×1 topic
  9. Medicinal Plants1▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Cancer1▲ 2.6×7 topics
  11. Information Sharing1▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Character Building1▲ 105×1 topic
  13. Social Movements1▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  15. Traditional Games1▲ 131×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global and Cross-Cultural Management, Child Development and Education, Quality and Supply Management and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Global and Cross-Cultura…1Global and Cross-Cultural Management: 1 fractional worksChild Development and Ed…1Child Development and Education: 1 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksInternational Business a…1International Business and FDI: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksInternational Student an…1International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 1 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 1 fractional works
AnthropologyEducationManagement Information SystemsBusiness and International Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 1 works
  2. 2 Child Development and Education Education 1 works
  3. 3 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  5. 5 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  7. 7 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 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 available83.2%not open16.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 101% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000054% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée0.000042% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Universitaire du Golfe de Guinée over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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