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Pan African Institute for Development

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World rank, all time
#30,816
of 34,923
Rank in Cameroon
#32
of 34
Research works
133
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
867
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Pan African Institute for Development

Which fields of science does Pan African Institute for Development work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Pan African Institute for Development is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (14%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 22 fractional works · 35.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 34.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 10.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPan AfricanInstitute for…63fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences35%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1523.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.6%
    3. Decision Sciences23.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.8%
    5. Psychology11.7%
    1. Environmental Science710.9%
    2. Engineering610.1%
    3. Computer Science45.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy22.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.8%
    6. Energy11.1%
    7. Mathematics11.0%
    8. Materials Science00.6%
    1. Medicine914.0%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences57.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    4. Neuroscience11.4%
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: 1.66× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.19× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.14× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.08×2 works
  2. Environmental Science2.19×7 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.14×3 works
  4. Social Sciences1.84×15 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.66×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.27×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.15×1 works
  9. Energy1.15×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.89×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.87×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.83×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.75×4 works
  14. Health Professions0.75×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.73×0 works
  16. Medicine0.73×9 works
  17. Engineering0.68×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×2 works
  19. Psychology0.54×1 works
  20. Nursing0.37×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.18×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Pan African Institute for Development?

The most cited paper from Pan African Institute for Development is "Effects of land use change on soil physicochemical properties in selected areas in the North West region of Cameroon" (Valentine Asong Tellen, Bernard Palmer Kfuban Yerima, 2018), with 178 citations. Next come "Insecticide Resistance in Malaria Vectors: An Update at a Global Scale" (134) and "Understanding climate variability and change: analysis of temperature and rainfall across agroecological zones in Ghana" (120).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of land use change on soil physicochemical properties in selected areas in the North West region of Cameroon Valentine Asong Tellen, Bernard Palmer Kfuban Yerima · ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH Open access 24 Jan 2018 178
2 Insecticide Resistance in Malaria Vectors: An Update at a Global Scale Jacob M. Riveron, Magellan Tchouakui, Leon M. J. Mugenzi et al. · InTech eBooks Book chapterOpen access 18 Jul 2018 134
3 Understanding climate variability and change: analysis of temperature and rainfall across agroecological zones in Ghana Peter Asare‐Nuamah, Ebo Botchway · Heliyon Open access Oct 2019 120
4 Comparing smallholder farmers’ climate change perception with climate data: the case of Adansi North District of Ghana Peter Asare‐Nuamah, Ebo Botchway · Heliyon Open access Dec 2019 85
5 The G119S Acetylcholinesterase (Ace-1) Target Site Mutation Confers Carbamate Resistance in the Major Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae from Cameroon: A Challenge for the Coming IRS Implementation Emmanuel Elanga-Ndille, Lynda Nouage, Cyrille Ndo et al. · Genes Open access 11 Oct 2019 80
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Which keywords describe research at Pan African Institute for Development?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Climate Change, Adaptation, Sustainability, Conflict, Inequality, Migration and Institutional Quality.

▲ 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. Climate Change5▲ 3.1×18 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 2.9×12 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.69×23 topics
  4. Governance4▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.0×12 topics
  6. Renewable Energy3▲ 3.5×13 topics
  7. Adaptation3▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Conflict3▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Education3▲ 2.4×4 topics
  10. Inequality3▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Globalization2▲ 2.0×10 topics
  12. Institutional Quality2▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Migration2▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 18×3 topics
  15. ICT2▲ 28×1 topic
  16. financial access2▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Religion2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  18. Economic Growth2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  19. Vaccine Development2▲ 13×3 topics
  20. History2▲ 4.4×2 topics
  21. Risk Management2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  22. Diversity2▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Politics2▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Agricultural Development2▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Eritrea2▲ 201×1 topic
  26. Ethiopia2▲ 201×1 topic
  27. Livestock Farming2▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Supply Chain Management2▲ 3.1×3 topics
  29. Water Resources2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Archaeology2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Global Burden1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  32. Insecticide Resistance1▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Construction Projects1▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Poverty Reduction1▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Project Success1▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Artemisinin Resistance1▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Global Governance1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Humanitarian Intervention1▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Plasmodium falciparum1▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Responsibility to Protect1▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does Pan African Institute for Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Growth and Development, African history and culture analysis, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Construction Project Management and Performance.

Economic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…1Construction Project Management and Performance: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art…1Archaeology and Rock Art Studies: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsPolitical Science and International RelationsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsManagement Science and Operations Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  5. 5 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 1 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  9. 9 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available73.0%not open27.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.0%domestic only55.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pan African Institute for Development's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pan African Institute for Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Pan African Institute for Development0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

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