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Universidade Colinas de Boé

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Research works
7
▲ 185% vs 2018-21
Citations
32
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
59%
world 18%
Universidade Colinas de Boé

Not ranked overall: Universidade Colinas de Boé 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 Universidade Colinas de Boé work in?

In all years, 38% of research at Universidade Colinas de Boé is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Social Sciences (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 37.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 16.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 11.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 12.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 6.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 16.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeColinas de Boé7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences38%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences116.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities111.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance07.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.8%
    5. Psychology00.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Environmental Science112.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences19.5%
    3. Engineering01.6%
    1. Medicine116.9%
    2. Nursing04.7%
    3. Health Professions01.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
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: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 11.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.71× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.18×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.14×0 works
  3. Arts and Humanities6.07×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.71×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.66×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.97×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.67×0 works
  9. Psychology0.36×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×0 works
  11. Engineering0.19×0 works
  12. Medicine0.15×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.04×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Colinas de Boé?

The most cited paper from Universidade Colinas de Boé is "The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance" (Houriiyah Tegally et al., 2022), with 184 citations. Next come "Diagnostic capacity for cutaneous fungal diseases in the African continent" (14) and "Notes on the conservation threats to the western lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi) in the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, West Africa)" (7).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance Houriiyah Tegally et al. · Science Open access1,824 authors 15 Sep 2022 184
2 Diagnostic capacity for cutaneous fungal diseases in the African continent Aïda Sadikh Badiane et al. · International Journal of Dermatology Open access 20 Jun 2023 14
3 Notes on the conservation threats to the western lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi) in the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, West Africa) Ivo Colmonero‐Costeira, Rui Miguel Moutinho Sá, Mariama Djaló et al. · Primates Open access Sep 2023 7
4 To plow or not to plow: Endogenous strategies for preparing mangrove swamp rice fields V. J. Cossa, T.J. Stomph, Adriano M. Barbosa et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development Open access 26 Nov 2025 2
5 The Extent of and Determinants for Smoking Cigarettes among Adolescents Attending School in Guinea-Bissau Geir Gunnlaugsson, Aladje Baldé, Zeca Jandi et al. · Preprints.org PreprintOpen access 6 Aug 2024 1
All 17 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Universidade Colinas de Boé publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Geography and Environmental Studies, Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation and Karst Systems and Hydrogeology.

Microfinance and Financi…0Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 0 fractional worksGeography and Environmen…0Geography and Environmental Studies: 0 fractional worksGeotourism and Geoherita…0Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation: 0 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrog…0Karst Systems and Hydrogeology: 0 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocult…0Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 0 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…0Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 0 fractional worksLiterature and Culture S…0Literature and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 0 fractional worksConsumer Behavior and Marketing Influence: 0 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsWater Science and TechnologyGeologyEarth-Surface Processes6 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  2. 2 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  3. 3 Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation Geology 0 works
  4. 4 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  5. 5 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 0 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 0 works
  7. 7 Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Influence Marketing 0 works
  10. 10 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 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 available73.0%not open27.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.7%domestic only41.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Colinas de Boé's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 185% 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 Universidade Colinas de Boé as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2023.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Universidade Colinas de Boé0.000012% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Colinas de Boé over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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