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Université des Sciences de la Santé

In research, Université des Sciences de la Santé stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,658 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,590 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,320
of 22,385 · #22,348 all time
Rank in Gabon
#3
of 5
Research works
441
▲ 92% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Université des Sciences de la Santé

What is Université des Sciences de la Santé known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,658 of 9,902 3.3%95 #10588
MedicineField #6,590 of 8,541 2.0%79 #10586

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université des Sciences de la Santé 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 fields of science does Université des Sciences de la Santé work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Université des Sciences de la Santé is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Health Professions (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 129 fractional works · 71.6% of its workMedicine: 109 fractional works · 60.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 10.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Terminology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 16.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversité desSciences de la…180fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences9%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10960.9%
    2. Health Professions179.3%
    3. Nursing21.1%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology116.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology115.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
    1. Social Sciences105.7%
    2. Psychology31.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science21.3%
    2. Engineering10.8%
    3. Mathematics10.7%
    4. Computer Science10.5%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.35× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.51× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.35×12 works
  2. Health Professions3.51×17 works
  3. Medicine3.17×109 works
  4. Veterinary2.28×1 works
  5. Nursing2.21×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×10 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×6 works
  9. Mathematics0.61×1 works
  10. Psychology0.50×3 works
  11. Social Sciences0.45×10 works
  12. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.21×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  20. Engineering0.05×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université des Sciences de la Santé?

Ranked on the quality score, Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet, Maryvonne Kombila and Arnaud Dzeing‐Ella lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université des Sciences de la Santé.

  1. 1 Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet Gabon · #1,539,143 worldwide 3k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Maryvonne Kombila Gabon · #2,680,624 worldwide 4.1k citations · 138 works
  3. 3 Arnaud Dzeing‐Ella Gabon · #2,785,027 worldwide 656 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Samira Zoa Assoumou Gabon · #3,029,304 worldwide 411 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Coella Joyce Mihindou Gabon · #3,045,279 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba Gabon · #3,075,860 worldwide 114 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba Gabon · #3,118,579 worldwide 1.4k citations · 71 works
  8. 8 Bridy Chesly Moutombi Ditombi Gabon · #3,123,585 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Marielle Karine Bouyou Akotet Gabon · #3,152,744 worldwide 111 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Luccheri Ndong Akomezoghe Gabon · #3,236,239 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Université des Sciences de la Santé

What are the most cited papers from Université des Sciences de la Santé?

The most cited paper from Université des Sciences de la Santé is "Modulating Innate and Adaptive Immunity by (R)-Roscovitine: Potential Therapeutic Opportunity in Cystic Fibrosis" (Laurent Meijer et al., 2016), with 4,999 citations. Next come "Zika Virus in Gabon (Central Africa) – 2007: A New Threat from Aedes albopictus?" (738) and "Importance of prophages to evolution and virulence of bacterial pathogens" (607).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modulating Innate and Adaptive Immunity by (R)-Roscovitine: Potential Therapeutic Opportunity in Cystic Fibrosis Laurent Meijer et al. · Journal of Innate Immunity Open access 2016 4,999
2 Zika Virus in Gabon (Central Africa) – 2007: A New Threat from Aedes albopictus? Gilda Grard, Mélanie Caron, Illich Manfred Mombo et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 6 Feb 2014 738
3 Importance of prophages to evolution and virulence of bacterial pathogens Louis‐Charles Fortier, Ognjen Sekulović · Virulence Open access 23 Apr 2013 607
4 Epidemiology, causes, and treatment of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa Awa Ba-Diop, Benôıt Marin, Michel Druet‐Cabanac et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 15 Sep 2014 306
5 K13-Propeller Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites From Sub-Saharan Africa Edwin T. Kamau et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access 2 Nov 2014 274
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université des Sciences de la Santé?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Global Burden, Vaccine Development, Public Health, Helminth Infections, Insecticide Resistance, Immune Response and Genome Sequence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 6.1×82 topics
  2. Global Burden13▲ 14×9 topics
  3. Public Health13▲ 5.0×25 topics
  4. Vaccine Development12▲ 26×7 topics
  5. Helminth Infections9▲ 120×2 topics
  6. Insecticide Resistance8▲ 58×3 topics
  7. Risk Factors8▲ 4.1×19 topics
  8. Immune Response8▲ 7.8×13 topics
  9. Treatment8▲ 3.4×18 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 4.2×17 topics
  11. Genome Sequence7▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Artemisinin Resistance7▲ 111×1 topic
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.2×21 topics
  14. Plasmodium falciparum7▲ 111×1 topic
  15. SARS-CoV-26▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Vaccine6▲ 7.9×9 topics
  17. Disease Burden5▲ 39×2 topics
  18. Primary Care5▲ 7.8×8 topics
  19. Ivermectin5▲ 94×2 topics
  20. Zoonotic Infections5▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Immune Regulation5▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality5▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Schistosomiasis4▲ 89×1 topic
  24. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Soil-Transmitted Helminths4▲ 89×1 topic
  26. Lymphatic Filariasis4▲ 188×1 topic
  27. Onchocerciasis4▲ 188×1 topic
  28. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 15×6 topics
  30. Prevention4▲ 5.1×11 topics
  31. Vector Control4▲ 18×4 topics
  32. Digital Health4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Drug Resistance4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  34. Healthcare Policy4▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Inequalities4▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Palliative Care4▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Public Health Policy4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Universal Health Coverage4▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Zika Virus3▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Université des Sciences de la Santé publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Malaria Research and Control, Parasites and Host Interactions, Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment and Healthcare Systems and Practices.

Malaria Research and Control: 7 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 4 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Resea…4Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…4Healthcare Systems and Practices: 4 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthParasitologyInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health Professions1 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 4 works
  3. 3 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 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 available63.1%not open36.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.6%domestic only58.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université des Sciences de la Santé's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 92% 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 des Sciences de la Santé as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00094% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Université des Sciences de la Santé0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

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