Annual Report

In 2018 the LABEF collaborates with researchers from 29 countries  across the world. At country level, most of the collaboration for publication were realized researchers from different institutions in Benin (47%). About half of the scientific production by LABEF involved international collaboration. About 80% of the collaboration for publication in 2018 were realized among key countries  with which the Lab has traditional relationships. 

During the academic year 2017, 14 PhD research projects were under supervision or co-supervision in LABEF at different stage of research (Figure 1). More than half of the research projects was at their inception. About 14% of projects were at second year of implementation. Three projects were
successfully defended while a last one was nearly completed and waiting for defense procedure. Research projects were dominated by biometry issues (nearly half of the research projects) while 35.7% of PhD research topics deals with forestry and related sciences. Other research interest included Ethnobotany and related sciences, Agronomy and environmental chemistry.

Various types of publications were produced by researchers in 2016 as it was the case in previous years. From year to year, researchers from LABEF try to publish more papers in journals with impact factor. The global trend of published papers in peer review journals in LABEF, is increasing since 2009 (when first members have started working together). This can be explained by the increase of researchers, research projects and grants for holding a doctorate thesis, doctorate students and MSc students since 2009. Indeed, with more projects and grants, more papers were published with lower cost per publication and impact factor unit. It is also due to the increase in collaborations and partnerships with outstanding international Universities (E.g. University of Kansas in USA, University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, etc.). The number of published articles in journals with Impact Factor has considerably increased since 2009. 

During the year 2015, the published articles were mostly produced through national teams. About 37.5 % of the original research papers from the Laboratory were published in international journals with Impact Factor. In total, 24 scientific papers were published in 2015