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The Environmental Foundation for Africa

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Research works
3
fractional, all time
Citations
32
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
The Environmental Foundation for Africa

Not ranked overall: The Environmental Foundation for Africa 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 The Environmental Foundation for Africa work in?

In all years, 62% of research at The Environmental Foundation for Africa is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (38%), Medicine (27%), Psychology (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 61.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 38.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 11.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 30.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 26.9% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workALL ITS WORKThe EnvironmentalFoundation for…3fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences62%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities138.5%
    2. Psychology011.5%
    3. Social Sciences011.5%
    1. Medicine126.9%
    2. Health Professions03.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology03.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology03.8%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Health Professions: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksMedicinePsychology: 7.72× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology7.72×0 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.84×0 works
  3. Medicine1.94×0 works
  4. Social Sciences1.86×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.49×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×0 works

What are the most cited papers from The Environmental Foundation for Africa?

The most cited paper from The Environmental Foundation for Africa is "Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks" (Jesús Olivero, Julia E. Fa, Raimundo Real et al., 2017), with 234 citations. Next come "Sex-based disparities in whooping cough prevalence in Sierra Leone: Evaluating World Health Organization Health Equity Assessment Toolkit data" (1) and "Women’s leadership in academic medicine requires structural change, not representation alone" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks Jesús Olivero, Julia E. Fa, Raimundo Real et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 24 Oct 2017 234
2 Sex-based disparities in whooping cough prevalence in Sierra Leone: Evaluating World Health Organization Health Equity Assessment Toolkit data Augustus Osborne, Umaru Sesay, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah · International Health Open access 15 Jan 2026 1
3 Women’s leadership in academic medicine requires structural change, not representation alone Augustus Osborne · Academic Medicine 21 May 2026 0
4 P-1326. Prevalence of Rectal Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) Carriage Among Patients Attending Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Healthcare Facilities in West Africa Olukemi A Adekanmbi, Dr Oluwafemi Popoola, Sulaiman Lakoh et al. · Open Forum Infectious Diseases Open access 2026 0
5 Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat Arthur F. Bethea · The Explicator Apr 2008 0
All 5 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does The Environmental Foundation for Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sex and Gender in Healthcare, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Mentoring and Academic Development and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

Sex and Gender in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 0 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 0 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 0 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 0 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender StudiesSocial PsychologyApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology5 others

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

  1. 1 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 0 works
  3. 3 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 0 works
  5. 5 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 0 works
  7. 7 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Environmental Foundation for Africa's research output changed?

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