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Université Protestante au Congo

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,250
of 22,385 · #28,659 all time
Rank in Democratic Republic of the Congo
#15
of 15
Research works
179
▲ 131% vs 2018-21
Citations
677
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Université Protestante au Congo

Which fields of science does Université Protestante au Congo work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Université Protestante au Congo is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 38 fractional works · 48.5% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 39.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 30.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéProtestante au…79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences31%

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. Medicine3139.8%
    2. Health Professions56.8%
    3. Nursing11.2%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1417.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance45.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting33.9%
    4. Psychology22.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences911.7%
    2. Neuroscience22.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Computer Science11.8%
    2. Engineering11.1%
    3. Mathematics10.7%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
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: 2.46× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.60× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.07× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.60×5 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.46×9 works
  3. Nursing2.45×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.33×4 works
  5. Veterinary2.17×0 works
  6. Medicine2.07×31 works
  7. Social Sciences1.39×14 works
  8. Neuroscience1.34×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.20×3 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×1 works
  11. Psychology0.89×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.87×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.60×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.53×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.41×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.23×1 works
  19. Energy0.23×0 works
  20. Engineering0.07×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Protestante au Congo?

Ranked on the quality score, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Linda James and Claude Sumata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Protestante au Congo.

  1. 1 Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki Democratic Republic of the Congo · #2,135,299 worldwide 560 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Linda James Democratic Republic of the Congo · #3,684,976 worldwide 124 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Claude Sumata Democratic Republic of the Congo · #3,919,090 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Philippe Lukanu Ngwala Democratic Republic of the Congo · #4,514,405 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Philippe Ngwala Lukanu Democratic Republic of the Congo · #4,966,874 worldwide 262 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Université Protestante au Congo

What are the most cited papers from Université Protestante au Congo?

The most cited paper from Université Protestante au Congo is "Collagen family of proteins" (Michel van der Rest, Robert Garrone, 1991), with 1,275 citations. Next come "The Digital Health Competencies in Medical Education Framework" (148) and "Glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes patients in sub-Saharan Africa from 2012 to 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (66).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Collagen family of proteins Michel van der Rest, Robert Garrone · The FASEB Journal Oct 1991 1,275
2 The Digital Health Competencies in Medical Education Framework Josip Car et al. · JAMA Network Open Open access 31 Jan 2025 148
3 Glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes patients in sub-Saharan Africa from 2012 to 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Olufemi Babatunde Omole, Joel M Francis · Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome ReviewOpen access 20 Sep 2022 66
4 Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme): a population-based study Florian Marks et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 12 Mar 2024 65
5 RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine mismatch observed among Plasmodium falciparum isolates from southern and central Africa and globally Julia C. Pringle, Giovanna Carpi, Jacob Almagro‐Garcia et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 20 Apr 2018 55
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université Protestante au Congo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Adaptation, Agricultural Development, Livestock Farming, Insulin Resistance and Diabetes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.9×37 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 7.7×16 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 35×3 topics
  4. Climate Change5▲ 2.4×7 topics
  5. Sustainability5▲ 2.6×5 topics
  6. Adaptation5▲ 20×2 topics
  7. Agricultural Development4▲ 38×1 topic
  8. Livestock Farming4▲ 97×1 topic
  9. Globalization4▲ 2.7×9 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance4▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Diabetes4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  13. Global Burden4▲ 8.1×10 topics
  14. Obesity3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  15. Religion3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  16. Primary Care3▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Public Health3▲ 2.7×17 topics
  18. Democracy3▲ 10×2 topics
  19. Nationalism3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  20. Maternal Mortality3▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Child Mortality2▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Glycemic Control2▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Health Systems2▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Immune Response2▲ 5.1×9 topics
  25. Heart Failure2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  26. Knowledge Management2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  27. Politics2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  28. Quality Improvement2▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  30. Hypertension2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  31. Vaccine2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  32. Glucose Metabolism2▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Lifestyle Intervention2▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Migration2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  35. Vaccine Development2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  36. Community Engagement2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  37. Institutional Quality2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Knowledge Economy2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Profitability2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Université Protestante au Congo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Global Maternal and Child Health, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins and Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender.

Agriculture and Rural De…4Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular…2Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 2 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 1 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 1 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPolitical Science and International Relations5 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 4 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  4. 4 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  8. 8 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 1 works
  9. 9 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Firm Innovation and Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 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 available84.4%not open15.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.9%domestic only71.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Protestante au Congo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 131% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Université Protestante au Congo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Université Protestante au Congo0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université Protestante au Congo over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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