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Université Catholique du Congo

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World rank, all time
#41,943
of 42,892
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
#22
of 23
Research works
173
▲ 134% vs 2013–17
Citations
301
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

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: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.95× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.74× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.18× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.93× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Université Catholique du Congo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Religion, Colonialism, Innovation, Islam, Migration, North Africa and Ethnicity.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization5▲ 5.2×16 topics
  2. Religion4▲ 17×5 topics
  3. Innovation4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  4. Sustainable Development4▲ 4.9×7 topics
  5. Colonialism4▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Islam3▲ 35×3 topics
  7. Migration3▲ 20×3 topics
  8. Ethnicity3▲ 17×2 topics
  9. Healthcare3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  10. North Africa3▲ 169×2 topics
  11. Gender3▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Social Change3▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Democracy3▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Economic Growth3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  15. Africa3▲ 132×2 topics
  16. Climate Change3▲ 2.1×6 topics
  17. Governance3▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Development2▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Family Law2▲ 109×2 topics
  20. Political Islam2▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Political Transition2▲ 94×1 topic
  22. Reform2▲ 76×1 topic
  23. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Social Movements2▲ 16×1 topic
  25. Agroecology2▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics2▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Decolonization2▲ 54×3 topics
  28. Adaptation2▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Aging2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  30. Diversity2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Livestock Farming2▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Postcolonialism2▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Global Governance2▲ 16×5 topics
  34. Political Economy2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Fiscal Policy2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Global Competitiveness2▲ 78×2 topics
  37. Social Inequality1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. African Philosophy1▲ 264×1 topic
  39. Argumentation1▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Capital Flows1▲ 77×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: African Studies and Ethnography, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Global Financial Crisis and Policies.

African Studies and Ethnography: 2 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis …1Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 1 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…1Healthcare Systems and Practices: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksGlobal Politics and Economy: 1 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…1Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsFinance6 others

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

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

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 134% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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