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Omar Bongo University

In research, Omar Bongo University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,702 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,233
of 22,385 · #13,035 all time
Rank in Gabon
#1
of 5
Research works
587
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Omar Bongo University

What is Omar Bongo University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,702 of 9,585 7.5%75 #9554

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Omar Bongo University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Omar Bongo University work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Omar Bongo University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (22%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 86 fractional works · 41.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 65 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 16.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOmar BongoUniversity208fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences41%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4521.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2311.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities115.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.8%
    5. Psychology31.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine5727.4%
    2. Health Professions73.3%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science136.4%
    2. Computer Science105.0%
    3. Engineering73.5%
    4. Energy10.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences125.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 1.18× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.43× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.24× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.24×23 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.80×11 works
  3. Social Sciences1.71×45 works
  4. Medicine1.43×57 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.39×3 works
  6. Environmental Science1.29×13 works
  7. Health Professions1.25×7 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.18×12 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  10. Energy0.71×1 works
  11. Nursing0.65×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.64×10 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×7 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×4 works
  15. Psychology0.42×3 works
  16. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.24×1 works
  19. Engineering0.23×7 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Omar Bongo University?

Ranked on the quality score, Pulchérie Bissiengou, Médard Obiang Ebanéga and Raoul Niangadouma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Omar Bongo University.

  1. 1 Pulchérie Bissiengou Gabon · #307,381 worldwide 994 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Médard Obiang Ebanéga Gabon · #2,423,443 worldwide 251 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Raoul Niangadouma Gabon · #3,282,460 worldwide 325 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Anatole Ayissi Gabon · #4,165,035 worldwide 85 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 A Ondo Gabon · #4,538,278 worldwide 71 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Marjolaine Okanga-Guay Gabon · #4,707,608 worldwide 15 citations · 14 works
  7. 7 Serge Loungou Gabon · #4,711,287 worldwide 56 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Jean Marcel Mandji Lawson Gabon · #4,773,646 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jérôme Miloundja Gabon · #4,795,661 worldwide 114 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Caroline Magne Gabon · #4,933,430 worldwide 55 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Omar Bongo University

What are the most cited papers from Omar Bongo University?

The most cited paper from Omar Bongo University is "Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential" (Lidong Mo et al., 2023), with 453 citations. Next come "Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests" (420) and "Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity" (403).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential Lidong Mo et al. · Nature Open access232 authors 13 Nov 2023 453
2 Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests Simon L. Lewis et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 22 Jul 2013 420
3 Environmental variability supports chimpanzee behavioural diversity Ammie K. Kalan et al. · Nature Communications Open access 15 Sep 2020 403
4 Toward a dialect theory: Cultural differences in the expression and recognition of posed facial expressions. Hillary Anger Elfenbein, Martin G. Beaupré, Manon Lévesque et al. · Emotion Feb 2007 403
5 The Relationship between Risk-Taking, Sensation-Seeking, and the Tourist Behavior of Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Study Abraham Pizam, Ganghoan Jeong, Arie Reichel et al. · Journal of Travel Research Open access Feb 2004 325
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Omar Bongo University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Economic Growth, Colonialism, Smallholder Farmers, Monetary Policy, Climate Change, Fiscal Policy and Governance.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.3×67 topics
  2. Climate Change14▲ 2.4×36 topics
  3. Globalization11▲ 2.7×27 topics
  4. Economic Growth11▲ 6.4×13 topics
  5. Public Health9▲ 2.9×19 topics
  6. Sustainability9▲ 1.73×21 topics
  7. Colonialism8▲ 8.3×11 topics
  8. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Monetary Policy8▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Sustainable Development8▲ 2.4×8 topics
  11. Fiscal Policy8▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Governance7▲ 10×5 topics
  13. Adaptation7▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Ethnicity7▲ 8.6×5 topics
  15. Identity7▲ 4.4×10 topics
  16. Social Justice6▲ 5.2×5 topics
  17. Sociolinguistics6▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Migration6▲ 7.9×8 topics
  19. Community Engagement6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  20. Diversity6▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Agricultural Development5▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Inequality5▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Livestock Farming5▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Public Policy5▲ 5.3×3 topics
  25. Local Development5▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Territorial Governance5▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Citizen Participation5▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Environmental Participation5▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Immune Response5▲ 4.2×13 topics
  30. Institutional Quality4▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Structural Change4▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Africa4▲ 49×3 topics
  33. Knowledge Economy4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Financial Development4▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Panel Data Analysis4▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Decentralization4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  37. Social Movements4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  38. Capital Flows4▲ 51×2 topics
  39. ICT4▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Political Transition4▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Omar Bongo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, French Urban and Social Studies, African Studies and Ethnography and Economic Growth and Development.

Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 5 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 5 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethn…3African Studies and Ethnography: 3 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…3Economic Growth and Development: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis …3Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 3 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 2 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 2 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocult…2Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsFinance3 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 3 works
  8. 8 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 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 available66.9%not open33.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Omar Bongo University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Omar Bongo University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Omar Bongo University0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Omar Bongo University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Omar Bongo University5.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.7% in 2022.

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