Question 1

What is Université de Yaoundé I known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Université de Yaoundé I rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Université de Yaoundé I ranks #8,036 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#9,061 all time), and #6 of 24 in Cameroon.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Université de Yaoundé I?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Bonaventure Sonké and Hermann Taedoumg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université de Yaoundé I.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Université de Yaoundé I?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Université de Yaoundé I is "IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045" (Hong Sun, Pouya Saeedi, Suvi Karuranga et al., 2021), with 10,305 citations. Next come "Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015" (3,906) and "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (2,699).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Université de Yaoundé I?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Université de Yaoundé I work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Université de Yaoundé I's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.