Université de Yaoundé I
In research, Université de Yaoundé I stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,097 of 9,585 worldwide), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#1,397 of 1,798 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,531 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Linguistics and Language and Geochemistry and Petrology (Forestry is 9.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #8,036 of 22,385 · #9,061 all time
- Rank in Cameroon
- #6 of 24
- Research works
- 10k ▲ 20% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 111k 10.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.4% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.65× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 60% world 40%
- International
- 32% world 18%
What is Université de Yaoundé I known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #7,097 of 9,585 | 6.7% | 724 | #9675 | |
| Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField | #1,397 of 1,798 | 8.3% | 165 | #2562 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #2,531 of 3,157 | 5.4% | 345 | #3020 | |
| Economics and EconometricsSubfield | #1,097 of 1,307 | 9.1% | 115 | #2128 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,281 of 5,988 | 7.3% | 347 | #7515 | |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield | #771 of 858 | 6.2% | 76 | #1551 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #5,754 of 6,403 | 4.7% | 554 | #6395 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #8,922 of 9,902 | 4.0% | 714 | #9834 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #2,672 of 2,964 | 3.6% | 123 | #4165 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #3,022 of 3,334 | 4.5% | 192 | #4138 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#9,675 #7,097
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,562 #1,397
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,020 #2,531
- Economics and Econometrics#2,128 #1,097
- Social Sciences#7,515 #5,281
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#1,551 #771
- Life Sciences#6,395 #5,754
- Health Sciences#9,834 #8,922
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,165 #2,672
- Environmental Science#4,138 #3,022
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Université de Yaoundé I work in?
In 2022-now, 33% of research at Université de Yaoundé I is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences1,17132.6%
- Engineering2797.8%
- Environmental Science2316.4%
- Computer Science2156.0%
- Physics and Astronomy1203.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1163.2%
- Materials Science742.1%
- Chemistry541.5%
- Mathematics511.4%
- Energy260.7%
- Chemical Engineering60.2%
- Health Sciences91325.4%
- Medicine74520.7%
- Health Professions1123.1%
- Nursing320.9%
- Dentistry200.6%
- Veterinary40.1%
- Social Sciences86124.0%
- Social Sciences41211.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1915.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting852.4%
- Arts and Humanities842.3%
- Psychology581.6%
- Decision Sciences310.9%
- Life Sciences64518.0%
What does Université de Yaoundé I specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- ForestrySubfield · 35.1 works9.4×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 29.2 works7.1×
- Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 20.4 works5.6×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 88.5 works5.3×
- Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 54.0 works4.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.49×191 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.29×391 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.29×29 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.06×116 works
- Nursing1.81×32 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.50×120 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.42×51 works
- Environmental Science1.29×231 works
- Mathematics1.22×51 works
- Health Professions1.19×112 works
- Dentistry1.15×20 works
- Medicine1.08×745 works
- Chemistry0.95×54 works
- Social Sciences0.91×412 works
- Veterinary0.89×4 works
- Decision Sciences0.89×31 works
- Arts and Humanities0.81×84 works
- Energy0.78×26 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×148 works
- Computer Science0.77×215 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.73×85 works
- Materials Science0.59×74 works
- Psychology0.53×58 works
- Engineering0.52×279 works
- Chemical Engineering0.45×6 works
- Neuroscience0.44×26 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.1×
- Nursing 1.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.4×
- Environmental Science 1.3×
- Mathematics 1.2×
- Health Professions 1.2×
- Dentistry 1.1×
- Medicine 1.1×
- Chemistry 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.9×
- Veterinary 0.9×
- Decision Sciences 0.9×
- Arts and Humanities 0.8×
- Energy 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.8×
- Computer Science 0.8×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Psychology 0.5×
- Engineering 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Neuroscience 0.4×
Who are the top researchers at Université de Yaoundé I?
Ranked on the quality score, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Bonaventure Sonké and Hermann Taedoumg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université de Yaoundé I.
- 1
Jean Jacques Noubiap
Cameroon · #50,405 worldwide 171k citations · 401 works
- 2
Bonaventure Sonké
Cameroon · #117,106 worldwide 15k citations · 299 works
- 3
Hermann Taedoumg
Cameroon · #213,792 worldwide 4.5k citations · 53 works
- 4
Felix Kembe Assah
Cameroon · #299,211 worldwide 28k citations · 106 works
- 5
Jean Claude Mbanya
Cameroon · #327,957 worldwide 54k citations · 524 works
- 6
Christelle Flore Gonmadje
Cameroon · #392,167 worldwide 3.6k citations · 21 works
- 7
Gloria Ashuntantang
Cameroon · #420,102 worldwide 7.1k citations · 148 works
- 8
Lise Zemagho
Cameroon · #436,598 worldwide 3.1k citations · 32 works
- 9
Jobert Richie Nansseu
Cameroon · #446,547 worldwide 84k citations · 177 works
- 10
Bonaventure Sonké
Cameroon · #459,024 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
Which keywords describe research at Université de Yaoundé I?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Governance, Adaptation, Diversity, Agroecology and Agricultural Development.
- Tree Domestication
- Multilingualism
- Climate Resilience
- Sustainable Agriculture
- financial access
- Mobile Phones
- Inclusive Development
- ICT
- Antioxidants
- Global Burden
- Inequality
- Work Organization
- Livestock Farming
- Agroecology
- Medicinal Plants
- Economic Development
- Environmental Impact
- Economic Growth
- Smallholder Farmers
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Governance
- Adaptation
- Antioxidant
- Diversity
- Agricultural Development
- Multifunctionality
- Antioxidant Activity
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Institutional Quality
- Anti-inflammatory
- Knowledge Economy
- Sociolinguistics
- Nutritional Value
- Poverty Reduction
- Agroforestry
- Biological Activities
- Indigenous Fruits
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
- Epidemiology225▲ 1.57×127 topics
- Climate Change185▲ 1.89×83 topics
- Sustainability130▲ 1.48×61 topics
- Smallholder Farmers106▲ 14×5 topics
- Globalization100▲ 1.41×63 topics
- Economic Growth91▲ 3.1×25 topics
- Governance90▲ 7.7×10 topics
- Environmental Impact88▲ 1.43×47 topics
- Adaptation86▲ 8.1×12 topics
- Economic Development83▲ 2.9×26 topics
- Antioxidant81▲ 3.3×45 topics
- Medicinal Plants76▲ 5.5×18 topics
- Diversity69▲ 11×10 topics
- Agroecology66▲ 13×2 topics
- Agricultural Development65▲ 12×3 topics
- Livestock Farming65▲ 31×2 topics
- Multifunctionality65▲ 39×2 topics
- Work Organization64▲ 46×1 topic
- Antioxidant Activity60▲ 2.7×30 topics
- Inequality58▲ 7.1×12 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation56▲ 4.2×13 topics
- Global Burden56▲ 2.9×12 topics
- Institutional Quality55▲ 15×3 topics
- Antioxidants53▲ 3.3×15 topics
- Anti-inflammatory52▲ 5.1×28 topics
- ICT52▲ 11×3 topics
- Knowledge Economy49▲ 13×5 topics
- Inclusive Development48▲ 31×2 topics
- Sociolinguistics48▲ 7.3×7 topics
- Mobile Phones48▲ 29×1 topic
- Nutritional Value48▲ 12×4 topics
- financial access48▲ 33×1 topic
- Poverty Reduction47▲ 10×5 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture46▲ 4.2×12 topics
- Agroforestry43▲ 18×3 topics
- Climate Resilience39▲ 18×2 topics
- Biological Activities38▲ 6.7×9 topics
- Multilingualism37▲ 6.3×5 topics
- Indigenous Fruits34▲ 41×1 topic
- Tree Domestication34▲ 41×1 topic
Which research topics does Université de Yaoundé I publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Economic Growth and Development, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 64 works
- 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 48 works
- 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 34 works
- 4 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 22 works
- 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 21 works
- 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 21 works
- 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 19 works
- 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
- 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 18 works
- 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 17 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Université de Yaoundé I's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Université de Yaoundé I as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.
Fractional works of Université de Yaoundé I over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.7% in 2001.
Other research institutions in Yaoundé
- Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement
- National Advanced School of Public Works
- Central Hospital of Yaoundé
- African Governance and Development Institute
- University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde
- Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation
- Catholic University of Central Africa
- National Radiation Protection Agency of Cameroon
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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