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University of Maroua

In research, University of Maroua stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#640 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,046 of 12,888 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,882 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics — Forestry is 23.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,190
of 28,054 · #10,806 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#5
of 25
Research works
2.1k
▲ 164% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is University of Maroua 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 #640 of 3,409 9.1%166 #1325
Physical SciencesDomain #4,046 of 12,888 10.4%399 #7740
Life SciencesDomain #3,882 of 7,800 9.6%213 #7225
MedicineField #6,773 of 10,443 10.8%64 #15062
Social SciencesDomain #6,832 of 10,521 11.4%228 #11760
Health SciencesDomain #8,104 of 11,982 9.9%90 #17388
EngineeringField #5,128 of 6,636 7.9%101 #9363
Social SciencesField #5,327 of 6,365 7.7%122 #8679
Environmental ScienceField #3,044 of 3,551 11.3%66 #5411
Computer ScienceField #4,215 of 4,667 13.1%62 #6558

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Maroua 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#1,325 #640
  2. Physical Sciences#7,740 #4,046
  3. Life Sciences#7,225 #3,882
  4. Medicine#15,062 #6,773
  5. Social Sciences#11,760 #6,832
  6. Health Sciences#17,388 #8,104
  7. Engineering#9,363 #5,128
  8. Social Sciences#8,679 #5,327
  9. Environmental Science#5,411 #3,044
  10. Computer Science#6,558 #4,215
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 Maroua specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 22.9 works24×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 46.3 works11×
  3. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 21.1 works7.2×
← 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: 3.75× its world share, 166 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.00× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.47× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 62 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.91× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 101 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.42× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.52× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.47× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 2.33× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Maroua?

Ranked on the composite score, Noël Djongyang, Alidou Mohamadou and Sifeu Takougang Kingni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Maroua.

  1. 1 Noël Djongyang Cameroon · #360,338 worldwide 205 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Alidou Mohamadou Cameroon · #953,816 worldwide 127 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Sifeu Takougang Kingni Cameroon · #1,123,802 worldwide 59 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Gambo Betchewe Cameroon · #1,172,452 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Serge Y. Doka Cameroon · #1,278,006 worldwide 49 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Roger Ponka Cameroon · #1,367,620 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Mibaile Justin Cameroon · #1,394,597 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mama Nsangou Cameroon · #1,598,415 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Maroua

Which keywords describe research at University of Maroua?

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

▲ 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. Climate Change69▲ 2.8×50 topics
  2. Sustainability63▲ 2.8×35 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers61▲ 30×6 topics
  4. Adaptation45▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Agricultural Development39▲ 25×1 topic
  6. Agroecology39▲ 29×2 topics
  7. Livestock Farming39▲ 67×1 topic
  8. Renewable Energy36▲ 2.7×29 topics
  9. Antioxidant30▲ 4.7×40 topics
  10. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 7.7×7 topics
  11. Climate Resilience27▲ 47×2 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture26▲ 8.6×7 topics
  13. Agroforestry25▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Nutritional Value25▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Medicinal Plants24▲ 6.5×17 topics
  16. Sociolinguistics23▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Oxidative Stress23▲ 1.52×29 topics
  18. Multilingualism22▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Indigenous Fruits21▲ 98×1 topic
  20. Tree Domestication21▲ 98×1 topic
  21. Antioxidant Activity20▲ 3.4×26 topics
  22. Colonialism19▲ 4.4×17 topics
  23. Antioxidants19▲ 4.6×14 topics
  24. Flavonoids19▲ 7.8×10 topics
  25. Language Policy19▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Governance18▲ 5.9×7 topics
  27. Economic Development18▲ 2.4×13 topics
  28. Language Contact17▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Bioactive Compounds15▲ 6.2×11 topics
  30. Anti-inflammatory15▲ 5.7×24 topics
  31. Phytochemicals12▲ 12×7 topics
  32. Inequality12▲ 5.5×4 topics
  33. Bilingual Education12▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Nutritional Quality11▲ 16×4 topics
  35. ICT11▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Biochar11▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Institutional Quality10▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Optical Lattices10▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Knowledge Economy10▲ 9.9×2 topics
  40. Nonlinear Equations10▲ 8.2×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Maroua publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Economic Growth and Development and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Agriculture and Rural De…39Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 39 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 21 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 10 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 8 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 8 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 8 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 7 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 7 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 6 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 6 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestryInformation SystemsPollution4 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 39 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 21 works
  3. 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 10 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 8 works
  5. 5 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8 works
  6. 6 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  7. 7 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 7 works
  8. 8 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  10. 10 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 6 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 available69.9%not open30.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Maroua's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 164% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.