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Research in Bamako

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Bamako, Mali. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, University of Bamako and Mali-Folkecenter.

Research institutions
19
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.9k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
117k
14.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Bamako

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Bamako?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BamakoUniversity 1,354 #9,122
2Mali-FolkecenterInstitution 1,276 #11,696
3Institut National de Recherche en Santé PubliqueGovernment institution 920 #18,338
4Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de BamakoUniversity 835 #8,085
5Université des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de BamakoUniversity 797 #12,019
6Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène PubliqueGovernment institution 540 #15,483 all time
7Ministry of Economy and FinanceGovernment institution 538 #20,084
8Institut d'Économie RuraleGovernment institution 349 #21,983
9Centre Pour le Développement des Vaccins-MaliInstitution 194 #13,294 all time
10Institut du SahelResearch facility 180 #31,293 all time
11Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de BamakoUniversity 91 not ranked
12Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs – Abderhamane Baba TouréUniversity 65 not ranked
13Aid to Development of Traditional MedicineNonprofit 5 not ranked
14Sahel EcoNonprofit 5 not ranked
15Association de Recherche de Communication et d’Accompagnement à Domicile de personnes Vivant avec le VIHNonprofit 5 not ranked
16Mali HealthNonprofit 1 not ranked
17Ministère de Environnement et de l'Assainissement du MaliGovernment institution 1 not ranked
18Association of Support in the Development of Activities of PopulationNonprofit 0 not ranked
19Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers MultimédiaArchive 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Bamako: 18.9%Mali-Folkecenter: 17.8%Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique: 12.9%Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako: 11.7%13 others listed: 38.7%19%largest
University of Bamako1,354 · 18.9%Mali-Folkecenter1,276 · 17.8%Institut National de Recherche en Santé Publique920 · 12.9%Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako835 · 11.7%13 others listed2,771 · 38.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Bamako work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Bamako is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,008 fractional works · 48.2% of its workMedicine: 839 fractional works · 40.1% of its workSurgery: 130 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 119 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 80 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 68 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 65 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 120 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 92 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 462 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 257 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 88 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 63 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 59 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 415 fractional works · 19.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 257 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 76 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 75 fractional works · 3.6% of its workForestry: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 88 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 47 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 206 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 75 fractional works · 3.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBamako2,091fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,00848.2%
    1. Medicine83940.1%
    2. Health Professions1205.8%
    3. Nursing371.8%
    4. Dentistry80.4%
    5. Veterinary50.2%
    1. Social Sciences25712.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance633.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities592.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting452.1%
    5. Psychology271.3%
    6. Decision Sciences110.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25712.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology884.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology472.3%
    4. Neuroscience140.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.4%
    1. Environmental Science753.6%
    2. Engineering452.2%
    3. Computer Science371.8%
    4. Mathematics160.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences100.5%
    6. Materials Science60.3%
    7. Chemistry60.3%
    8. Energy50.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy50.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bamako strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bamako is most concentrated in Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Emergency Medicine (11.9× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 22.9 works12×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 70.9 works8.2×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 32.0 works7.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 230 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.08× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 108 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 764 worksMedicineNursing: 3.71× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 215 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.71×34 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.63×230 works
  3. Health Professions2.22×108 works
  4. Medicine2.15×764 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.08×39 works
  6. Veterinary1.55×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×58 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.94×50 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×6 works
  10. Social Sciences0.92×215 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×77 works
  12. Dentistry0.78×7 works
  13. Environmental Science0.72×66 works
  14. Mathematics0.59×13 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×33 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.49×9 works
  17. Neuroscience0.40×12 works
  18. Psychology0.40×22 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×9 works
  20. Energy0.24×4 works
  21. Computer Science0.22×32 works
  22. Chemistry0.17×5 works
  23. Engineering0.14×40 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.11×4 works
  25. Materials Science0.08×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Bamako?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Smallholder Farmers, Public Health, Adaptation, Vaccine Development, Climate Change, Agroecology and Agricultural Development.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Epidemiology269▲ 3.2×126 topics
  2. Climate Change118▲ 2.1×73 topics
  3. Public Health106▲ 3.5×54 topics
  4. Sustainability96▲ 1.88×60 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers91▲ 21×6 topics
  6. Diagnosis74▲ 3.8×38 topics
  7. Treatment68▲ 2.7×44 topics
  8. Adaptation68▲ 11×9 topics
  9. Vaccine Development62▲ 12×11 topics
  10. Global Burden59▲ 5.2×12 topics
  11. Agroecology57▲ 19×3 topics
  12. Immune Response56▲ 4.8×17 topics
  13. Agricultural Development54▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Diversity54▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Livestock Farming54▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality54▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Multifunctionality54▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Work Organization54▲ 66×1 topic
  19. Pathogenesis49▲ 4.6×22 topics
  20. Vaccine48▲ 5.8×11 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture46▲ 7.1×12 topics
  22. Health Inequalities41▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Primary Care41▲ 5.3×12 topics
  24. Community Health Workers41▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Socio-economic Factors40▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health40▲ 8.8×6 topics
  27. Child Mortality39▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Health Systems39▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Insecticide Resistance39▲ 23×4 topics
  30. Genome Sequence37▲ 21×4 topics
  31. Digital Health35▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Artemisinin Resistance34▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Plasmodium falciparum34▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Healthcare Policy34▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Healthcare Management32▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Healthcare Quality Indicators32▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Inequalities32▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Universal Health Coverage32▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Maternal and Child Undernutrition29▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Water Sanitation Hygiene29▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Bamako?

Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 51 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 36 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…30Healthcare Systems and Practices: 30 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…28Malaria Research and Control: 28 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 27 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 21 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…18Health, Medicine and Society: 18 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 16 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 13 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 12 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 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 51 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 36 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 30 works
  4. 4 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 28 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 27 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 21 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 18 works
  8. 8 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  9. 9 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  10. 10 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 12 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bamako9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.5% in 2008.

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