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French Polynesia vs Senegal

On research quality in 2022-now, Senegal ranks #151 in the world and French Polynesia #152, of 189 countries. French Polynesia stands higher in 0 of the 6 fields both publish in, Senegal in 6.

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French Polynesia

World rank, 2022-now
#152
#117 all time
Works, 2022-now
313
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Developmental Biology, History and Philosophy of Science, Geography, Planning and Development.

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?

French Polynesia leads on 4 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work and international co-authorship. Senegal leads on 4 of 9 measures: research quality, output, open access and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

French Polynesia 41 level4 Senegal
  1. #152Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#151
  2. 0.96×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.40×
  3. 313Outputfractional works, 2022-now5.3k
  4. 5.9%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited4.3%
  5. 22.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work6.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 41%Open accessof its works free to read, all time62%
  8. 41%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time30%
  9. +4%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?

French Polynesia 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.

French Polynesia 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 French Polynesia rankSenegal rank French Polynesia top 10%Senegal top 10% French Polynesia 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.

French Polynesia

▲ 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 Change46▲ 4.9×40 topics
  2. Sustainability37▲ 4.3×17 topics
  3. Globalization36▲ 5.2×29 topics
  4. Decolonization28▲ 99×5 topics
  5. Governance26▲ 23×6 topics
  6. Vulnerability25▲ 31×4 topics
  7. Economic Development24▲ 8.8×9 topics
  8. Resilience24▲ 14×7 topics
  9. Environmental Impact23▲ 3.9×18 topics
  10. Pacific23▲ 344×2 topics
  11. Islands22▲ 559×1 topic
  12. Small States22▲ 559×1 topic
  13. Ocean Acidification18▲ 68×3 topics
  14. Public Health18▲ 3.5×20 topics
  15. Migration17▲ 14×8 topics
  16. Marine Ecosystems16▲ 86×2 topics
  17. Identity15▲ 6.2×14 topics
  18. Colonialism14▲ 8.7×13 topics
  19. Conservation14▲ 9.2×13 topics
  20. Public Policy13▲ 8.0×4 topics
  21. Sustainable Development13▲ 2.4×9 topics
  22. Population Dynamics13▲ 15×9 topics
  23. Social Justice13▲ 6.2×6 topics
  24. Community Engagement12▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity12▲ 8.3×9 topics
  26. Local Development12▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Territorial Governance12▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Bleaching11▲ 101×1 topic
  29. Coral Reefs11▲ 101×1 topic
  30. Archaeology10▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Citizen Participation10▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Cultural History10▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Environmental Participation10▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Island Ecosystems10▲ 87×2 topics
  35. Pacific Islands10▲ 224×1 topic
  36. settlement10▲ 224×1 topic
  37. Aquaculture9▲ 10×7 topics
  38. Marine Environment9▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Cultural Diversity9▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Healthcare Access8▲ 8.9×4 topics

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 French Polynesia every year since 1980.

still counting5001k1.5kSenegal1,295 in 2025French Polynesia69 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 2025French Polynesia0.0012% 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%French Polynesia7.3% 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.

French Polynesia 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, French Polynesia or Senegal?

Senegal publishes 16.8× as much research as French Polynesia in 2022-now (5.3k against 313 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, French Polynesia or Senegal?

5.9% of French Polynesia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 4.3% for Senegal.

Is French Polynesia or Senegal growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +15% against 2018-21 for Senegal, and +4% for French Polynesia.

Which has more open access research, French Polynesia or Senegal?

62% of Senegal's research is free to read, against 41% of French Polynesia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, French Polynesia or Senegal?

French Polynesia 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.

French Polynesia

  1. 1 Joachim Claudet #13,481 worldwide 13k citations · 340 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey Allen Maynard #68,760 worldwide 8k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Didier Musso #145,369 worldwide 21k citations · 223 works
  4. 4 Van‐Mai Cao‐Lormeau #156,587 worldwide 14k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Lauric Thiault #264,474 worldwide 1.6k citations · 38 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