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Université Protestante de Lubumbashi

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Research works
13
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
110
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Université Protestante de Lubumbashi

Not ranked overall: Université Protestante de Lubumbashi 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 de Lubumbashi work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Université Protestante de Lubumbashi is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (18%), Medicine (17%).

Physical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 46.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 17.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 15.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 9.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 21.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 20.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéProtestante de…13fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences28%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering217.9%
    2. Computer Science217.0%
    3. Environmental Science19.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.7%
    1. Social Sciences321.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting15.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Medicine217.3%
    2. Health Professions01.9%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
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: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 2.56× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.56×1 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.35×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.13×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.57×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.42×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.11×0 works
  7. Medicine1.09×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×0 works
  9. Engineering0.92×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Université Protestante de Lubumbashi?

The most cited paper from Université Protestante de Lubumbashi is "Review of Practices in the Managements of Mineral Wastes: The Case of Waste Rocks and Mine Tailings" (L. M. Shengo, 2021), with 82 citations. Next come "Cobalt Dissolution from Concentrate in Sulfuric Acid—Ferrous Sulfate System: Process Parameters Optimization by Response Surface Methodology (RSM)" (16) and "Adherence to Artemisinin Combination Therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" (13).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review of Practices in the Managements of Mineral Wastes: The Case of Waste Rocks and Mine Tailings L. M. Shengo · Water Air & Soil Pollution 25 Jun 2021 82
2 Cobalt Dissolution from Concentrate in Sulfuric Acid—Ferrous Sulfate System: Process Parameters Optimization by Response Surface Methodology (RSM) Mbal Henock-Michel Mwanat, Kubangala Brest Kasongo · Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 16 Nov 2021 16
3 Adherence to Artemisinin Combination Therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ruby Siddiqui, Andrew C Willis, Karla Bil et al. · F1000Research Open access 24 Feb 2015 13
4 Positing the Polis: Topography as a Way to De-centre Urban Thinking Filip De Boeck, Sammy Baloji · Urbanisation Nov 2017 11
5 Natural Defenses Against Cadmium Toxicity: Mechanisms and Emerging Strategies - A Review Lukman Iddrisu, Linru Huang, Evodia Moses Mkulo et al. · Biological Trace Element Research 16 Jan 2026 3
All 41 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Université Protestante de Lubumbashi publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: QR Code Applications and Technologies, Transportation Planning and Optimization, Global Health and Epidemiology and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies.

QR Code Applications and…1QR Code Applications and Technologies: 1 fractional worksTransportation Planning …0Transportation Planning and Optimization: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health and Epidem…0Global Health and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 0 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 0 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Af…0Legal Issues in South Africa: 0 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 0 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 0 fractional worksMusculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments: 0 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsTransportationHealth Information ManagementCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 QR Code Applications and Technologies Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 0 works
  3. 3 Global Health and Epidemiology Health Information Management 0 works
  4. 4 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 0 works
  7. 7 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 0 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available73.3%not open26.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université Protestante de Lubumbashi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower 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 de Lubumbashi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000056% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%Université Protestante de Lubumbashi0.000031% in 202520102020

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

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