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Research in Conakry

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Conakry, Guinea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée and Ignace Deen Hospital.

Research institutions
12
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.2k
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
5.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Conakry

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 Conakry?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Gamal Abdel Nasser University of ConakryUniversity 796 #12,408
2Donka HospitalHospital / health system 413 #20,422
3Ignace Deen HospitalHospital / health system 365 #20,148
4Institut de Recherche Agronomique de GuinéeGovernment institution 241 #16,378
5Institut National de Santé PubliqueGovernment institution 110 not ranked
6Université Kofi Annan de GuinéeUniversity 104 not ranked
7Université Général Lansana ContéUniversity 51 not ranked
8Ministry of Health and Public HygieneGovernment institution 34 not ranked
9Institut Supérieur de Formation à DistanceUniversity 25 not ranked
10Institut Supérieur des Sciences de l'Éducation de GuinéeUniversity 17 not ranked
11Delegation of the European Union to GuineaGovernment institution 2 not ranked
12Ministry of Mines and GeologyGovernment institution 2 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.

Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry: 36.9%Donka Hospital: 19.1%Ignace Deen Hospital: 16.9%Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée: 11.2%8 others listed: 16.0%37%largest
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry796 · 36.9%Donka Hospital413 · 19.1%Ignace Deen Hospital365 · 16.9%Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée241 · 11.2%8 others listed345 · 16.0%

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

Which fields of science does Conakry work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Conakry is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 679 fractional works · 67.6% of its workMedicine: 613 fractional works · 61.1% of its workSurgery: 95 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEpidemiology: 73 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 55 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 50 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 48 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 133 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 57 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workParasitology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 102 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 91 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEngineering: 30 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKConakry1,004fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine61361.1%
    2. Health Professions484.8%
    3. Nursing131.3%
    4. Dentistry30.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences575.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology383.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology262.6%
    4. Neuroscience101.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences535.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance181.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting141.4%
    4. Psychology121.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities50.5%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Engineering303.0%
    2. Environmental Science242.4%
    3. Computer Science121.2%
    4. Chemistry60.6%
    5. Mathematics50.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.5%
    7. Materials Science30.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.3%
    9. Energy30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Conakry strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Conakry is most concentrated in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Infectious Diseases (9.9× the world share in Obstetrics and Gynecology).

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 24.3 works9.9×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 47.3 works8.2×
← 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: 1.18× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 533 worksMedicineNursing: 2.75× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.24×533 works
  2. Nursing2.75×12 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.17×19 works
  4. Health Professions1.90×43 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.18×48 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×14 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×30 works
  8. Neuroscience0.60×8 works
  9. Dentistry0.60×2 works
  10. Veterinary0.51×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.43×6 works
  12. Environmental Science0.43×18 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×12 works
  14. Social Sciences0.42×45 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.38×4 works
  17. Psychology0.38×10 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×4 works
  19. Energy0.22×2 works
  20. Engineering0.19×25 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.17×4 works
  22. Computer Science0.14×9 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.13×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.07×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Conakry?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Immune Response, Vaccine, Maternal Mortality, Treatment, Pathogenesis and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology184▲ 4.6×114 topics
  2. Diagnosis57▲ 6.1×34 topics
  3. Treatment54▲ 4.4×40 topics
  4. Immune Response49▲ 8.6×16 topics
  5. Public Health48▲ 3.3×41 topics
  6. Risk Factors45▲ 4.1×32 topics
  7. Vaccine45▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality43▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Pathogenesis38▲ 7.4×20 topics
  10. Global Burden35▲ 6.4×12 topics
  11. Inflammation34▲ 1.61×41 topics
  12. Complications33▲ 6.7×15 topics
  13. Health Inequalities29▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 2.5×26 topics
  15. Community Health Workers28▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Child Mortality27▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Health Systems27▲ 38×1 topic
  18. Management27▲ 3.3×26 topics
  19. Antiretroviral Therapy25▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity24▲ 5.6×12 topics
  21. Surgery22▲ 6.2×9 topics
  22. Drug Resistance21▲ 7.3×7 topics
  23. Mortality21▲ 3.7×12 topics
  24. Surgical Management20▲ 5.0×17 topics
  25. Chemotherapy20▲ 2.8×23 topics
  26. Guidelines20▲ 4.2×12 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 3.5×13 topics
  28. Vaccine Development19▲ 7.3×9 topics
  29. Smallholder Farmers17▲ 7.9×4 topics
  30. Children15▲ 6.5×7 topics
  31. Transmission13▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Pregnancy13▲ 6.3×8 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis13▲ 9.0×7 topics
  34. HIV13▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Reproductive Health12▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Outbreak11▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Maternal and Child Undernutrition11▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Water Sanitation Hygiene11▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Ebola Virus11▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Reservoirs11▲ 39×1 topic

What research is done in Conakry?

Global Maternal and Chil…26Global Maternal and Child Health: 26 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 10 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 10 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 9 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 7 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …6Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 6 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 6 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 6 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsInfectious DiseasesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 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 26 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 10 works
  4. 4 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 9 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 7 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  8. 8 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 6 works
  10. 10 Hernia repair and management Surgery 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Conakry5.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 2011.

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