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Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest

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Research works
27
▲ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
191
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
85%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest

Not ranked overall: Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest is in Health Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 12 fractional works · 46.4% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 38.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 28.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéProtestante…27fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences29%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1038.9%
    2. Health Professions25.9%
    3. Nursing01.6%
    1. Social Sciences416.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities26.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences312.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Computer Science13.7%
    2. Environmental Science01.4%
    3. Engineering01.0%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
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: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.69×1 works
  2. Medicine2.28×5 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.84×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.69×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.32×2 works
  6. Computer Science1.14×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.01×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.51×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.22×0 works
  12. Engineering0.16×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest?

Ranked on the quality score, Luis Enrique Tord lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest.

  1. 1 Luis Enrique Tord Benin · #2,306,847 worldwide 34 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest

What are the most cited papers from Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest?

The most cited paper from Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest is "Characterization of resistance profile (intensity and mechanisms) of Anopheles gambiae in three communes of northern Benin, West Africa" (Casimir Dossou Kpanou, Hermann Watson Sagbohan, Fortuné Dagnon et al., 2021), with 38 citations. Next come "Des mobilités aux transports. Regards croisés en Afrique de l’Ouest" (16) and "What can be learned from the residual efficacy of three formulations of insecticides (pirimiphos-methyl, clothianidin and deltamethrin mixture, and clothianidin alone) in large-scale in community trial in North Benin, West Africa?" (15).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterization of resistance profile (intensity and mechanisms) of Anopheles gambiae in three communes of northern Benin, West Africa Casimir Dossou Kpanou, Hermann Watson Sagbohan, Fortuné Dagnon et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 27 Jul 2021 38
2 Des mobilités aux transports. Regards croisés en Afrique de l’Ouest Jérôme Lombard, Olivier Ninot · EchoGéo Open access 2012 16
3 What can be learned from the residual efficacy of three formulations of insecticides (pirimiphos-methyl, clothianidin and deltamethrin mixture, and clothianidin alone) in large-scale in community trial in North Benin, West Africa? Esdras Mahoutin Odjo, Albert Sourou Salako, Germain Gil Padonou et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 8 May 2023 15
4 Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetics in Benin Daniel Amoussou-Guénou, A. Wanvoegbe, Anthelme Kouessi Agbodande et al. · Journal of Diabetes Mellitus Open access 2015 14
5 Menaces sur les aires marines protégées en Afrique de l’Ouest : de la pêche non contrôlée aux changements climatiques Pierre Failler, Grégoire Touron-Gardic, Oumar Sadio et al. · Mondes en développement Open access 24 Sep 2019 12
All 69 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Adaptation, Livestock Farming, Public Health, Epidemiology, Climate Change and Competency-Based Education.

▲ 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 73×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.5×15 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  4. Climate Change2▲ 3.2×2 topics
  5. Adaptation2▲ 27×1 topic
  6. Livestock Farming2▲ 146×1 topic
  7. Public Health2▲ 5.4×7 topics
  8. Globalization1▲ 2.9×5 topics
  9. Risk Factors1▲ 5.0×8 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  11. Competency-Based Education1▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 7.0×6 topics
  13. Diabetes1▲ 7.7×5 topics
  14. Cybercrime1▲ 103×1 topic
  15. Dark Web1▲ 280×1 topic
  16. Prior Learning1▲ 151×1 topic
  17. Recognition1▲ 98×1 topic
  18. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Information Technology and Learning and Malaria Research and Control.

Cybercrime and Law Enfor…1Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 1 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 0 fractional worksInformation Technology a…0Information Technology and Learning: 0 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…0Malaria Research and Control: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…0Healthcare Systems and Practices: 0 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 0 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsSociology and Political ScienceEducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Information Technology and Learning Education 0 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 0 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 0 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available85.2%not open14.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.7%domestic only66.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 95% 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 d'Afrique de l'Ouest as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000032% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest0.000026% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Université Protestante d'Afrique de l'Ouest over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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