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Université de Yaoundé I

In research, Université de Yaoundé I stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#209 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,303 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,801 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Linguistics and Language and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Forestry is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,848
of 28,054 · #4,033 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#2
of 25
Research works
10k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
111k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Université de Yaoundé I known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #209 of 3,409 10.2%345 #345
Physical SciencesDomain #2,303 of 12,888 10.1%1,025 #3596
Life SciencesDomain #1,801 of 7,800 9.6%554 #2603
Social SciencesDomain #3,003 of 10,521 17.9%724 #3661
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #544 of 1,775 32.5%165 #1235
Health SciencesDomain #3,964 of 11,982 7.1%714 #5348
MedicineField #3,534 of 10,443 7.4%574 #5090
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #496 of 1,272 37.0%115 #1282
EngineeringField #3,043 of 6,636 9.2%249 #3882
Social SciencesField #3,015 of 6,365 14.0%347 #3091

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université de Yaoundé I sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#345 #209
  2. Physical Sciences#3,596 #2,303
  3. Life Sciences#2,603 #1,801
  4. Social Sciences#3,661 #3,003
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,235 #544
  6. Health Sciences#5,348 #3,964
  7. Medicine#5,090 #3,534
  8. Economics and Econometrics#1,282 #496
  9. Engineering#3,882 #3,043
  10. Social Sciences#3,091 #3,015
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Université de Yaoundé I specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 31.3 works10.0×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 26.4 works7.6×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 81.7 works5.8×
  4. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 48.7 works5.1×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 46.4 works4.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.41× its world share, 345 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 123 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.49× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 47 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 189 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 104 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 249 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 192 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 46 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.60× its world share, 108 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 574 worksMedicineNursing: 1.99× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 76 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 72 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.55× its world share, 165 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 347 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Université de Yaoundé I?

Ranked on the composite score, Eugène Sobngwi, Jean Jacques Noubiap and Jobert Richie Nansseu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université de Yaoundé I.

  1. 1 Eugène Sobngwi Cameroon · #1,523 worldwide 3.4k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Jean Jacques Noubiap Cameroon · #6,289 worldwide 5.2k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Jobert Richie Nansseu Cameroon · #73,894 worldwide 3.3k citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Georges Nguefack‐Tsague Cameroon · #164,079 worldwide 360 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Bonaventure T. Ngadjui Cameroon · #190,939 worldwide 139 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Bonaventure Sonké Cameroon · #204,410 worldwide 304 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Félix Assah Cameroon · #275,679 worldwide 128 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Gloria Ashuntantang Cameroon · #295,191 worldwide 74 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Jan René Nkeck Cameroon · #295,445 worldwide 94 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Donatien Njomo Cameroon · #311,226 worldwide 184 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Université de Yaoundé I

Which keywords describe research at Université de Yaoundé I?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Climate Change, Adaptation, Governance, Epidemiology, Diversity, Livestock Farming and Agroecology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology173▲ 1.45×123 topics
  2. Climate Change162▲ 2.0×77 topics
  3. Sustainability116▲ 1.58×55 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers98▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Globalization84▲ 1.42×54 topics
  6. Adaptation81▲ 9.3×12 topics
  7. Economic Growth80▲ 3.1×23 topics
  8. Governance76▲ 7.7×10 topics
  9. Environmental Impact76▲ 1.47×47 topics
  10. Economic Development73▲ 3.0×23 topics
  11. Antioxidant72▲ 3.5×45 topics
  12. Medicinal Plants68▲ 5.6×18 topics
  13. Diversity67▲ 13×9 topics
  14. Livestock Farming63▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Agroecology63▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Agricultural Development63▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Multifunctionality63▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Work Organization62▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Antioxidant Activity54▲ 2.8×30 topics
  20. Biodiversity Conservation50▲ 4.5×13 topics
  21. Inequality49▲ 7.2×10 topics
  22. Institutional Quality48▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Antioxidants47▲ 3.5×15 topics
  24. Anti-inflammatory45▲ 5.4×27 topics
  25. Sociolinguistics45▲ 7.9×7 topics
  26. ICT45▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Nutritional Value43▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Knowledge Economy42▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Inclusive Development41▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Mobile Phones41▲ 31×1 topic
  31. financial access41▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Poverty Reduction41▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Sustainable Agriculture41▲ 4.2×12 topics
  34. Agroforestry39▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Flavonoids38▲ 4.9×11 topics
  36. Biological Activities36▲ 7.4×8 topics
  37. Climate Resilience35▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Multilingualism34▲ 6.7×5 topics
  39. Indigenous Fruits31▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Tree Domestication31▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Université de Yaoundé I publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Economic Growth and Development, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Agriculture and Rural De…62Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 62 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 41 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 31 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 20 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 18 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 18 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 17 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 16 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 16 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 16 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInformation SystemsForestryArtificial Intelligence6 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 62 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 41 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 31 works
  4. 4 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 18 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 18 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 17 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 16 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 16 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 available60.2%not open39.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université de Yaoundé I's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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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