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Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation

In research, Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation stands highest in Medicine (#8,265 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,623 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,187
of 28,054 · #22,407 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#11
of 25
Research works
372
▲ 253% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #8,265 of 10,443 21.7%62 #15099
Health SciencesDomain #9,623 of 11,982 19.1%73 #17485

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation 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).

What does Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 20.6 works9.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.64× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.14× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.88× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 4.05× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Insecticide Resistance, COVID-19, Global Burden, Vector Control, Genome Sequence and Artemisinin Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 4.2×47 topics
  2. Vaccine Development13▲ 32×6 topics
  3. COVID-1911▲ 4.7×13 topics
  4. Insecticide Resistance9▲ 73×4 topics
  5. Global Burden8▲ 9.0×6 topics
  6. Vector Control8▲ 41×4 topics
  7. Genome Sequence8▲ 54×3 topics
  8. Artemisinin Resistance6▲ 124×1 topic
  9. Plasmodium falciparum6▲ 124×1 topic
  10. Immune Response6▲ 6.4×11 topics
  11. Public Health6▲ 2.5×19 topics
  12. Cancer6▲ 2.5×23 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.98×18 topics
  14. Vaccine5▲ 8.1×9 topics
  15. Arboviral Diseases5▲ 49×1 topic
  16. Pandemic5▲ 3.0×7 topics
  17. Zika Virus5▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Antioxidant5▲ 4.6×24 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-25▲ 9.1×4 topics
  20. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  21. Medicinal Plants4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  22. Helminth Infections4▲ 66×2 topics
  23. Flavonoids4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  24. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Maternal Mortality4▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Mode of Action4▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Antioxidants4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  29. Zoonotic Infections3▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Essential Oils3▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Anti-inflammatory3▲ 6.8×16 topics
  32. Biopesticides3▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Pregnancy3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  34. Drug Resistance3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  35. Nutritional Value3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Immunomodulation3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Disease Burden3▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Immune Regulation3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Peer Review3▲ 55×2 topics
  40. Scholarly Communication3▲ 64×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Insect Resistance and Genetics and Parasites and Host Interactions.

Malaria Research and Con…6Malaria Research and Control: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 5 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 2 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…2Insect Pest Control Strategies: 2 fractional worksDermatological and COVID-19 studies: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular BiologyParasitologyObstetrics and Gynecology5 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Dermatological and COVID-19 studies Dermatology 2 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 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 available78.8%not open21.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.4%domestic only57.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 253% 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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