Association of African Universities

Other · Accra · Ghana · founded 1967

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Publications

1995–2026

Citations

615

To those publications

Scholars

8 carry an ORCID — 30% of them.

Research impact, 2016–2025

Field-weighted against the world’s papers

Publications: 182016–2025
Citations: 212to papers published 2016–2025
Field-weighted impact: 3.501.00 is the world average · median 0.00
World top 10%: 28%5 of 18 papers, by citations in their field and year
Open access: 78%14 papers free to read

Diamond 6 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 22%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 17%A copy in a repository
Closed 4 · 22%Behind a paywall

Output and citations by year

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

What it publishes in

By field, with field-weighted impact

Medicine633%FWCI 0.07
Social Sciences633%FWCI 8.68
Decision Sciences422%FWCI 4.68
Agricultural and Biological Sciences317%FWCI 1.68
Arts and Humanities211%FWCI 0.00

Who it works with

67% of papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States3
Nigeria3
United Kingdom3
Mauritius2
South Africa2
Germany2
Canada1
Denmark1

Papers with at least one author in that country. 67% of all papers have a co-author abroad.

Institutions written with most

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
University of UyoNG2 papers
University of CalabarNG2 papers
University of MauritiusMU2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
Agricultural Research ServiceUS1 paper
ETH ZurichCH1 paper
George Washington UniversityUS1 paper
Lancaster UniversityGB1 paper
Monash UniversityAU1 paper

Research for the Sustainable Development Goals

13 papers address at least one goal

1No poverty211.1% of papers
2Zero hunger15.6% of papers
3Good health and well-being15.6% of papers
4Quality education211.1% of papers

Who funds it

3 of 18 papers name a funder

African Academy of Sciences1 paper
Department for International Development1 paper
International Development Research Centre1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 paper
National Research Foundation1 paper
Northwest University1 paper
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete1 paper
University of South Africa1 paper

Most published scholars

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