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Yaoundé General Hospital

In research, Yaoundé General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#12,554 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#15,350 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,851
of 28,054 · #36,785 all time
Rank in Cameroon
#25
of 25
Research works
325
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Yaoundé General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #12,554 of 17,978 2.9%262
Health SciencesDomain #15,350 of 20,462 3.3%280

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yaoundé General Hospital 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.43× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yaoundé General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, J Yomi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yaoundé General Hospital.

  1. 1 J Yomi Cameroon · #868,290 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Yaoundé General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Yaoundé General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Burden, Immune Response, Inflammation and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 5.0×56 topics
  2. Diagnosis6▲ 10×21 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 7.4×22 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 3.7×20 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 6.2×13 topics
  6. Global Burden4▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Immune Response4▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Risk Factors4▲ 4.8×16 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 3.4×15 topics
  10. Management3▲ 5.9×13 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 8.1×9 topics
  12. Surgical Management3▲ 10×14 topics
  13. Guidelines3▲ 8.3×9 topics
  14. Mortality3▲ 6.8×9 topics
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 24×6 topics
  16. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  17. Drug Resistance2▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Prognosis2▲ 9.4×6 topics
  19. Vaccine2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  20. Cervical Cancer2▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  23. Obesity2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Heart Failure2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  26. Molecular Classification2▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Pathophysiology2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  28. Primary Care2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  29. Radiation Therapy2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-22▲ 7.2×6 topics
  31. Surgery2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  32. HIV Infection1▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 8.9×5 topics
  35. Pregnancy1▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Survival Analysis1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Tuberculosis1▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Cancer Incidence1▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Thrombosis1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  40. Kidney Transplantation1▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Yaoundé General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Tuberculosis Research an…1Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…1Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …1Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and Medication Impact: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesObstetrics and GynecologyNephrologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  10. 10 Pregnancy and Medication Impact Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yaoundé General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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