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Université Libre de Kinshasa

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Research works
21
▲ 310% vs 2013–17
Citations
19
0.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Université Libre de Kinshasa is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11.32× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Université Libre de Kinshasa?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Development, Monetary Policy, Legal Pluralism, Diversity, Rural Development, Land Tenure, Agricultural Investment and Decolonization.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Development2▲ 16×5 topics
  2. Monetary Policy2▲ 28×3 topics
  3. Globalization1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  4. Legal Pluralism1▲ 147×2 topics
  5. Diversity1▲ 31×2 topics
  6. Sustainability1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  7. Rural Development1▲ 17×2 topics
  8. Agricultural Investment1▲ 321×1 topic
  9. Decolonization1▲ 60×2 topics
  10. Financial Crisis1▲ 33×1 topic
  11. Income Distribution1▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Land Tenure1▲ 131×2 topics
  13. Library Services1▲ 291×1 topic
  14. Property Rights1▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Social Inclusion1▲ 134×1 topic
  16. Wireless Power Transfer1▲ 67×2 topics

Which research topics does Université Libre de Kinshasa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Theory and Policy, Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks, Corporate Governance and Law and Wireless Power Transfer Systems.

Economic Theory and Policy1Economic Theory and Policy: 1 fractional worksEnergy Harvesting in Wireless Networks: 0 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…0Corporate Governance and Law: 0 fractional worksWireless Power Transfer …0Wireless Power Transfer Systems: 0 fractional worksGlobal Politics and Economy: 0 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…0Health, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksDeath, Funerary Practices, and Mourning: 0 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 0 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 0 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringStrategy and ManagementEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  2. 2 Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 0 works
  4. 4 Wireless Power Transfer Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Global Politics and Economy Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.1%domestic only63.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université Libre de Kinshasa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 310% 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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