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University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde

In research, University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,677 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,329
of 28,054 · #34,474 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#24
of 25
Research works
411
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,677 of 11,982 4.0%61 #18368

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde 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).

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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.01× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 5.32× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.20× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde?

Ranked on the composite score, L Kouam and Elie Nkwabong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde.

  1. 1 L Kouam Cameroon · #1,101,434 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Elie Nkwabong Cameroon · #1,163,336 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde

Which keywords describe research at University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Maternal Mortality, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Global Burden and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 4.6×60 topics
  2. Risk Factors6▲ 6.9×16 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 6.7×17 topics
  4. Quality of Life5▲ 4.8×17 topics
  5. Inflammation5▲ 3.2×29 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality4▲ 28×5 topics
  7. Diagnosis3▲ 4.9×18 topics
  8. Global Burden3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  9. Immune Response3▲ 7.4×9 topics
  10. Management3▲ 5.4×13 topics
  11. Treatment3▲ 3.2×17 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance3▲ 8.1×9 topics
  13. Public Health3▲ 2.5×12 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 4.3×11 topics
  15. Mortality3▲ 6.1×10 topics
  16. Child Mortality2▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Health Systems2▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Surgical Management2▲ 7.6×10 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Mortality Rates2▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  23. Cancer Incidence2▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Infertility2▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Drug Resistance2▲ 8.6×7 topics
  26. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Liver Disease2▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Pregnancy2▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 14×5 topics
  30. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Blood Transfusion2▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Prophylaxis2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Recombinant Factor VIIa2▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Factor VIII2▲ 145×1 topic
  38. Health Disparities2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Hemodialysis2▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Hemophilia2▲ 145×1 topic

Which research topics does University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Hemophilia Treatment and Research and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…2Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and…2Hemophilia Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …2Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksBlood donation and transfusion practices: 1 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies1Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 1 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…1Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNephrologyHematologyOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  2. 2 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  3. 3 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 2 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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.

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