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Université Catholique du Congo

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World rank, all time
#31,013
of 34,923
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
#22
of 23
Research works
173
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
301
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Université Catholique du Congo

Which fields of science does Université Catholique du Congo work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Université Catholique du Congo is in Social Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 38 fractional works · 65.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 37.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 18.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 9.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéCatholique du…58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences66%

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 Sciences2237.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance813.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities69.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting23.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.9%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Medicine46.4%
    2. Health Professions35.9%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Computer Science35.0%
    2. Environmental Science23.8%
    3. Engineering23.0%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences46.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.38× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.35× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.35×8 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.38×6 works
  3. Social Sciences2.97×22 works
  4. Health Professions2.23×3 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.30×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.89×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.76×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.64×3 works
  12. Neuroscience0.55×0 works
  13. Nursing0.46×0 works
  14. Medicine0.33×4 works
  15. Engineering0.20×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  18. Psychology0.16×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Catholique du Congo?

Ranked on the quality score, Léon de Saint Moulin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Catholique du Congo.

  1. 1 Léon de Saint Moulin Democratic Republic of the Congo · #3,411,551 worldwide 99 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Université Catholique du Congo

What are the most cited papers from Université Catholique du Congo?

The most cited paper from Université Catholique du Congo is "Directed Qualitative Content Analysis (DQlCA): A Tool for Conflict Analysis" (Naupess Kibiswa, 2019), with 127 citations. Next come "Insecurity and Local Governance in Congo's South Kivu" (39) and "The Science of Scale for Violence Prevention: A New Agenda for Family Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" (36).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Directed Qualitative Content Analysis (DQlCA): A Tool for Conflict Analysis Naupess Kibiswa · The Qualitative Report Open access 26 Aug 2019 127
2 Insecurity and Local Governance in Congo's South Kivu Ferdinand Mugumo Mushi · IDS Bulletin Open access 2013 39
3 The Science of Scale for Violence Prevention: A New Agenda for Family Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Yulia Shenderovich et al. · Frontiers in Public Health Open access 19 Mar 2021 36
4 Prevalence of suspected dementia in a sample of adults living in Kinshasa‐Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean N. Ikanga, Anny Reyes, Didine Kinkodi Kaba et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia Open access 7 Mar 2023 17
5 Point prevalence study of antibiotic use in hospitals in Butembo Mulwahali Wambale José, Liesse Iyamba Jean-Marie, Masika Mathe Divine et al. · International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences Open access 6 Dec 2016 13
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Which keywords describe research at Université Catholique du Congo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Colonialism, Religion, Ethnicity, Governance, Innovation, Healthcare and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Globalization6▲ 5.1×18 topics
  2. Sustainable Development5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  3. Colonialism4▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Healthcare4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  5. Religion4▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Innovation4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  7. Ethnicity4▲ 19×2 topics
  8. Governance4▲ 22×3 topics
  9. Democracy4▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Africa4▲ 155×2 topics
  11. Islam4▲ 31×3 topics
  12. Social Movements4▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Climate Change4▲ 2.2×9 topics
  14. Migration3▲ 17×3 topics
  15. North Africa3▲ 161×2 topics
  16. Political Transition3▲ 117×1 topic
  17. urban protest3▲ 694×1 topic
  18. Gender3▲ 10×3 topics
  19. Economic Growth3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  20. Social Change3▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Family Law3▲ 107×2 topics
  22. Human Rights3▲ 4.6×10 topics
  23. Global Governance3▲ 19×7 topics
  24. Political Islam3▲ 79×1 topic
  25. Reform3▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 21×4 topics
  27. Development2▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Agroecology2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Economic Development2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  30. Decolonization2▲ 49×3 topics
  31. Global Competitiveness2▲ 84×2 topics
  32. Identity2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  33. Sociolinguistics2▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Knowledge Management2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Political Economy2▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Postcolonialism2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Livestock Farming2▲ 55×2 topics
  38. Adaptation2▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Agricultural Development2▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Diversity2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Université Catholique du Congo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African Studies and Ethnography, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Global Politics and Economy.

African Studies and Ethn…3African Studies and Ethnography: 3 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Politics and Econ…2Global Politics and Economy: 2 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 1 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…1Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 1 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and Innovation: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEconomics and Econometrics6 others

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

  1. 1 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Global Politics and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 1 works
  6. 6 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 1 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 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 available87.8%not open12.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Catholique du Congo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% 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 Université Catholique du Congo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Université Catholique du Congo0.00026% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Université Catholique du Congo over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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