Research in Dakar
Science Explorer records 64 research institutions in Dakar, Senegal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Cheikh Anta Diop University, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles and Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable.
- Research institutions
- 64 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 17k ▲ 48% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 7.3% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Dakar?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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What is Dakar strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Dakar is most concentrated in Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Linguistics and Language (13.4× the world share in Forestry).
- ForestrySubfield · 53.7 works13×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 146.1 works8.1×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 29.5 works6.7×
- AnthropologySubfield · 69.5 works6.4×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Dakar?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Smallholder Farmers, Adaptation, Climate Change, Agroecology, Diversity, Agricultural Development and Livestock Farming.
- Healthcare Policy
- Proximity and Innovation
- Citizen Participation
- Indigenous Fruits
- Social Determinants of Health
- Primary Care
- Nutritional Value
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Local Development
- Genetic Diversity
- Social Justice
- Immune Response
- Global Burden
- Pathogenesis
- Work Organization
- Livestock Farming
- Diversity
- Public Health
- Smallholder Farmers
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Adaptation
- Agroecology
- Agricultural Development
- Multifunctionality
- Healthcare
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Vaccine Development
- Community Engagement
- Colonialism
- Territorial Governance
- Vaccine
- Climate Resilience
- Agroforestry
- Governance
- Rural Livelihoods
- Tree Domestication
- Environmental Participation
- Digital Health
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology358▲ 2.4×128 topics
- Climate Change249▲ 2.4×82 topics
- Sustainability188▲ 2.0×68 topics
- Smallholder Farmers180▲ 21×6 topics
- Adaptation139▲ 13×13 topics
- Public Health137▲ 2.5×56 topics
- Agroecology122▲ 22×5 topics
- Diversity121▲ 18×8 topics
- Agricultural Development119▲ 19×4 topics
- Livestock Farming119▲ 50×2 topics
- Multifunctionality117▲ 60×2 topics
- Work Organization117▲ 71×1 topic
- Healthcare95▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Pathogenesis85▲ 4.4×23 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture75▲ 6.2×12 topics
- Global Burden75▲ 3.6×12 topics
- Vaccine Development75▲ 7.7×11 topics
- Immune Response72▲ 3.3×19 topics
- Community Engagement72▲ 5.7×12 topics
- Social Justice72▲ 3.2×25 topics
- Colonialism71▲ 3.9×30 topics
- Genetic Diversity70▲ 4.1×19 topics
- Territorial Governance69▲ 14×4 topics
- Local Development69▲ 16×2 topics
- Vaccine67▲ 4.3×11 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation66▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Climate Resilience59▲ 25×2 topics
- Nutritional Value59▲ 14×4 topics
- Agroforestry57▲ 23×3 topics
- Primary Care56▲ 3.9×12 topics
- Governance55▲ 4.3×10 topics
- Social Determinants of Health50▲ 5.8×7 topics
- Rural Livelihoods50▲ 26×2 topics
- Indigenous Fruits50▲ 55×1 topic
- Tree Domestication50▲ 55×1 topic
- Citizen Participation49▲ 10×2 topics
- Environmental Participation49▲ 16×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation49▲ 16×1 topic
- Digital Health41▲ 9.4×2 topics
- Healthcare Policy40▲ 11×3 topics
What research is done in Dakar?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 117 works
- 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 50 works
- 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 49 works
- 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 38 works
- 5 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 35 works
- 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29 works
- 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29 works
- 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 28 works
- 9 African history and culture studies Anthropology 27 works
- 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 23 works
Research output over time
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