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Faroe Islands vs Senegal

On research quality in 2022-now, Senegal ranks #151 in the world and the Faroe Islands #154, of 189 countries. The Faroe Islands stands higher in 0 of the 6 fields both publish in, Senegal in 6.

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Faroe Islands

World rank, 2022-now
#154
#150 all time
Works, 2022-now
246
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
61%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Oceanography, Linguistics and Language.

Senegal

World rank, 2022-now
#151
#136 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
4.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
62%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Forestry, Horticulture, Microbiology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

The Faroe Islands leads on 5 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, international co-authorship and growth. Senegal leads on 2 of 9 measures: research quality and output. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100 and open access.

Faroe Islands 52 level2 Senegal
  1. #154Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#151
  2. 0.97×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.40×
  3. 246Outputfractional works, 2022-now5.3k
  4. 9.2%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited4.3%
  5. 19.8Citations per workall time, per fractional work6.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 61%Open accessof its works free to read, all time62%
  8. 59%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time30%
  9. +33%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+15%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Faroe Islands stands higher in 0 of 6 fields, Senegal in 6. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Faroe Islands 06 Senegal
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#97
  2. -Computer Science#121
  3. -Engineering#124
  4. -Environmental Science#106
  5. -Medicine#118
  6. -Social Sciences#122

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Faroe Islands rankSenegal rank Faroe Islands top 10%Senegal top 10% Faroe Islands worksSenegal works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - #97 - 5.5% - 657
Computer Science - #121 - 3.1% - 314
Engineering - #124 - 2.8% - 419
Environmental Science - #106 - 3.8% - 310
Medicine - #118 - 2.6% - 1.4k
Social Sciences - #122 - 8.4% - 643

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Faroe Islands

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change28▲ 3.8×40 topics
  2. Sustainability15▲ 2.3×26 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 2.7×21 topics
  4. Epidemiology12◆ 1.14×46 topics
  5. Mental Health8▲ 2.2×13 topics
  6. Fisheries Sustainability8▲ 36×2 topics
  7. Aquaculture8▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Governance7▲ 8.3×3 topics
  9. Renewable Energy7▲ 1.86×17 topics
  10. Invasive Species7▲ 5.7×10 topics
  11. High-Intensity Interval Training6▲ 22×2 topics
  12. Arctic6▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Depression6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  14. Vulnerability6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  15. Trophic Cascades6▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Management6▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Marine Fisheries6▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Anxiety5▲ 4.1×6 topics
  19. International Relations5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  20. Resistance Training5▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Social Isolation5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  22. Psychological Impact5▲ 5.7×4 topics
  23. Psychological Distress4▲ 6.7×2 topics
  24. Population Dynamics4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  25. Geopolitics4▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Marine Environment4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Healthcare Workers4▲ 6.3×1 topic
  28. Northern Sea Route4▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Quarantine4▲ 10×1 topic
  30. Shipping4▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Fuzzy Sets4▲ 27×3 topics
  33. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  34. Ocean Circulation4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  35. Bivalve Molluscs4▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Freshwater Biodiversity4▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Judicial Review4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Oyster Reefs4▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Decolonization3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Training Load3▲ 19×1 topic

Senegal

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology498▲ 2.0×129 topics
  2. Climate Change426▲ 2.5×90 topics
  3. Sustainability328▲ 2.2×77 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers307▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Adaptation238▲ 13×13 topics
  6. Agroecology208▲ 24×5 topics
  7. Diversity207▲ 19×10 topics
  8. Agricultural Development202▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Livestock Farming201▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Multifunctionality201▲ 70×2 topics
  11. Work Organization199▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Public Health191▲ 2.1×56 topics
  13. Healthcare160▲ 2.3×27 topics
  14. Sustainable Agriculture126▲ 6.6×12 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation113▲ 4.9×14 topics
  16. Pathogenesis112▲ 3.6×23 topics
  17. Social Justice112▲ 3.0×31 topics
  18. Community Engagement110▲ 5.5×15 topics
  19. Global Burden110▲ 3.3×12 topics
  20. Colonialism108▲ 3.7×34 topics
  21. Territorial Governance105▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Local Development105▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Vaccine Development100▲ 6.4×11 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity99▲ 3.7×19 topics
  25. Governance98▲ 4.9×11 topics
  26. Agroforestry96▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Climate Resilience95▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Ethnicity94▲ 4.1×13 topics
  29. Nutritional Value92▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Vaccine90▲ 3.7×11 topics
  31. Social Movements82▲ 4.5×18 topics
  32. Rural Livelihoods82▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Indigenous Fruits82▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Tree Domestication82▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Decentralization77▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Citizen Participation74▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Environmental Participation73▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Proximity and Innovation73▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Africa65▲ 26×3 topics
  40. Political Transition62▲ 20×3 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Senegal has out-published the Faroe Islands every year since 1980.

still counting5001k1.5kSenegal1,295 in 2025Faroe Islands58 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Senegal0.022% in 2025Faroe Islands0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%Faroe Islands6.9% in 2025Senegal4.2% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Faroe Islands 05 level0 Senegal
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Faroe Islands or Senegal?

Senegal publishes 21.4× as much research as the Faroe Islands in 2022-now (5.3k against 246 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Faroe Islands or Senegal?

9.2% of the Faroe Islands's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 4.3% for Senegal.

Is Faroe Islands or Senegal growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +33% against 2018-21 for the Faroe Islands, and +15% for Senegal.

Which has more open access research, Faroe Islands or Senegal?

62% of Senegal's research is free to read, against 61% of the Faroe Islands's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Faroe Islands or Senegal?

The Faroe Islands holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Senegal 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Senegal

  1. 1Université Gaston Berger4.4% top 10% · 520 works
  2. 2Cheikh Anta Diop University3.6% top 10% · 2.2k works
  3. 3Ziguinchor University5.2% top 10% · 302 works
  4. 4Université Alioune Diop de Bambey1.8% top 10% · 254 works
  5. 5Ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable10.7% top 10% · 168 works
  6. 6Centre Hospitalier National Universitaire de Fann2.0% top 10% · 262 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Faroe Islands

  1. 1 Pál Weihe #107,757 worldwide 21k citations · 331 works
  2. 2 Fróði Debes #283,705 worldwide 5.7k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Ulrike Steuerwald #445,529 worldwide 3.4k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Anna Maria Fosaa #496,956 worldwide 3.2k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Toke Meier Carlsen #515,762 worldwide 893 citations · 69 works

Senegal

  1. 1 Amadou Alpha Sall #62,432 worldwide 13k citations · 193 works
  2. 2 Amadou Alpha Sall #98,926 worldwide 12k citations · 199 works
  3. 3 Susan Shepherd #185,173 worldwide 10k citations · 146 works
  4. 4 Massamba Sylla #244,316 worldwide 2.4k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Gamou Fall #272,079 worldwide 2.7k citations · 161 works