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University of Buea

In research, University of Buea stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#462 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,436 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,962 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,692
of 28,054 · #9,654 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#4
of 25
Research works
4k
▲ 102% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is University of Buea known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #462 of 3,409 14.9%186 #1009
Life SciencesDomain #2,436 of 7,800 14.5%287 #4778
Physical SciencesDomain #4,962 of 12,888 11.5%423 #9052
MedicineField #4,023 of 10,443 10.0%301 #7638
Health SciencesDomain #4,699 of 11,982 9.6%380 #8850
Social SciencesDomain #5,264 of 10,521 13.0%399 #7903
EngineeringField #3,591 of 6,636 11.9%102 #7668
Social SciencesField #3,691 of 6,365 14.2%224 #5503
Environmental ScienceField #2,182 of 3,551 13.2%110 #3817
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,232 of 1,395 13.5%63 #2341

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Buea 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,009 #462
  2. Life Sciences#4,778 #2,436
  3. Physical Sciences#9,052 #4,962
  4. Medicine#7,638 #4,023
  5. Health Sciences#8,850 #4,699
  6. Social Sciences#7,903 #5,264
  7. Engineering#7,668 #3,591
  8. Social Sciences#5,503 #3,691
  9. Environmental Science#3,817 #2,182
  10. Plant Science#2,341 #1,232
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Buea specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 37.7 works5.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.64× its world share, 186 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.08× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.23× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 102 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 110 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 301 worksMedicineNursing: 3.72× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 224 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Buea?

Ranked on the composite score, Alain Chichom‐Mefire, Elroy Patrick Weledji and Gregory Halle‐Ekane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Buea.

  1. 1 Alain Chichom‐Mefire Cameroon · #191,093 worldwide 108 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Elroy Patrick Weledji Cameroon · #623,679 worldwide 40 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Gregory Halle‐Ekane Cameroon · #681,685 worldwide 28 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ernest L. Molua Cameroon · #704,238 worldwide 36 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Dickson Shey Nsagha Cameroon · #748,842 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Jules Clément Nguedia Assob Cameroon · #878,866 worldwide 32 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Roland N. Ndip Cameroon · #909,900 worldwide 48 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Lotsmart Fonjong Cameroon · #1,003,083 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Lucy Ndip Cameroon · #1,050,630 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Samuel Wanji Cameroon · #1,070,078 worldwide 28 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at University of Buea

Which keywords describe research at University of Buea?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Adaptation, Diversity, Sustainability, Agroecology and Agricultural Development.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology107▲ 1.82×104 topics
  2. Climate Change86▲ 2.1×67 topics
  3. Sustainability67▲ 1.84×40 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers52▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Globalization48▲ 1.65×35 topics
  6. Renewable Energy46▲ 2.2×30 topics
  7. Environmental Impact43▲ 1.70×37 topics
  8. Adaptation36▲ 8.4×10 topics
  9. Global Burden34▲ 4.2×12 topics
  10. Public Health33▲ 1.54×44 topics
  11. Diversity33▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Agroecology31▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Agricultural Development30▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Human Rights30▲ 1.94×25 topics
  15. Livestock Farming29▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Multifunctionality29▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Work Organization29▲ 45×1 topic
  18. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 4.9×10 topics
  19. Vaccine Development27▲ 7.2×9 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity25▲ 3.8×20 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture25▲ 5.3×9 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants23▲ 3.9×15 topics
  23. Higher Education23▲ 2.9×14 topics
  24. Vaccine22▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Child Development21▲ 3.3×5 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction19▲ 9.9×5 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease19▲ 5.3×4 topics
  28. Insecticide Resistance19▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition18▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Water Sanitation Hygiene18▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Genome Sequence18▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Sociolinguistics18▲ 6.3×6 topics
  33. Synchronization18▲ 9.8×4 topics
  34. Helminth Infections17▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Antiretroviral Therapy17▲ 7.1×6 topics
  36. Artemisinin Resistance16▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Climate Resilience16▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Plasmodium falciparum16▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Agroforestry16▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Multilingualism16▲ 6.2×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Buea publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Malaria Research and Control and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Agriculture and Rural De…29Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 29 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 18 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…16Malaria Research and Control: 16 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…12African Botany and Ecology Studies: 12 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 11 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 10 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…10Parasites and Host Interactions: 10 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 9 fractional worksstochastic dynamics and bifurcation: 9 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 8 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthForestry6 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 29 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 18 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 12 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 11 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 10 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 10 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  9. 9 stochastic dynamics and bifurcation Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 9 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 8 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 available77.7%not open22.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Buea's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 102% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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