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Science in French Guiana

French Guiana ranks #145 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#145 all time), with 518 research works and 5.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#145
of 189 · #145 all time
Works, 2022-now
518
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
16.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
French Guiana

Which fields of science does French Guiana work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in French Guiana is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 243 fractional works · 41.7% of its workMedicine: 205 fractional works · 35.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 45 fractional works · 7.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 24 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 151 fractional works · 26.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 108 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 68 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 109 fractional works · 18.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 26 fractional works · 4.5% of its workParasitology: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFrench Guiana582fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences26%

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 country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine20535.2%
    2. Health Professions305.2%
    3. Nursing40.6%
    4. Dentistry20.4%
    5. Veterinary20.3%
    1. Social Sciences10818.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities193.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.2%
    4. Psychology61.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting61.1%
    6. Decision Sciences40.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences549.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology264.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology244.1%
    4. Neuroscience30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Environmental Science345.8%
    2. Engineering203.5%
    3. Computer Science101.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.3%
    5. Mathematics20.4%
    6. Materials Science20.3%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    9. Chemistry10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in French Guiana?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Migration, Healthcare Access, Ethnicity, Cultural Diversity, Sociolinguistics and Social Inequality.

▲ 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 country'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. Epidemiology104▲ 4.5×89 topics
  2. Public Health80▲ 9.5×36 topics
  3. Migration46▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Healthcare Access45▲ 28×8 topics
  5. Ethnicity43▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Cultural Diversity43▲ 33×5 topics
  7. Sociolinguistics42▲ 40×5 topics
  8. Social Inequality42▲ 27×7 topics
  9. Discrimination41▲ 34×3 topics
  10. French Territories40▲ 722×1 topic
  11. Migrant Workers40▲ 722×1 topic
  12. Climate Change32▲ 2.0×58 topics
  13. Vaccine Development28▲ 19×9 topics
  14. Diagnosis26▲ 4.8×29 topics
  15. Pathogenesis21▲ 7.0×20 topics
  16. Globalization20▲ 1.76×29 topics
  17. Vector Control20▲ 29×4 topics
  18. Treatment19▲ 2.7×33 topics
  19. Biodiversity18▲ 4.1×22 topics
  20. Immune Response15▲ 4.7×16 topics
  21. Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Arboviral Diseases14▲ 36×1 topic
  23. Diversity14▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Zika Virus14▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Antifungal Therapy13▲ 26×3 topics
  26. Virulence Factors13▲ 15×7 topics
  27. Colonialism13▲ 4.6×16 topics
  28. HIV12▲ 25×4 topics
  29. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 9.5×4 topics
  30. Adaptation11▲ 6.4×6 topics
  31. Candidiasis11▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 22×4 topics
  33. Local Development9▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Territorial Governance9▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Agricultural Development9▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Livestock Farming9▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Fungal Pathogens9▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Host-Pathogen Interactions9▲ 18×4 topics
  39. Genome Sequence9▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Oral Manifestations9▲ 59×2 topics

Which research topics does French Guiana publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Migration, Identity, and Health, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

Migration, Identity, and…40Migration, Identity, and Health: 40 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 13 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 9 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS oral health manifestations: 7 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 7 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 6 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEpidemiology4 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 40 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  4. 4 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 8 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  7. 7 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 6 works
  8. 8 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 5 works
  11. 11 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  12. 12 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 5 works

Which universities in French Guiana lead research?

University of French Guiana and Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon rank highest in French Guiana on research quality in 2022-now.

  1. 1University of French GuianaUniversity · Cayenne · #7,903 worldwide5.1% top 10% · 259 works
  2. 2Centre Hospitalier Andrée RosemonHospital / health system · Cayenne · #11,527 worldwide5.4% top 10% · 180 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in French Guiana

Who are the top researchers in French Guiana?

Christopher Baraloto, C. E. Timothy Paine and Pascal Pétronelli rank highest among researchers based in French Guiana.

  1. 1 Christopher Baraloto #17,484 worldwide 26k citations · 268 works
  2. 2 C. E. Timothy Paine #81,364 worldwide 8.9k citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Pascal Pétronelli #167,560 worldwide 2k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Éric Marcon #208,107 worldwide 5.2k citations · 116 works
  5. 5 Clément Stahl #223,947 worldwide 5.8k citations · 193 works
  6. 6 Pascal Petronelli #335,019 worldwide 3.5k citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Mathilde Gendrin #413,796 worldwide 1.6k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Benoît Burban #645,840 worldwide 925 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Giacomo Sellan #673,427 worldwide 567 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Camille Ziegler #686,327 worldwide 746 citations · 56 works
Top researchers in French Guiana

How open and international is French Guiana's research?

43% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 41% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

In 2022-now, 54% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 52% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 0.85× the expected open access and 1.67× the expected international share, which puts it #152 of 173 countries on openness.

How has French Guiana's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is French Guiana as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%French Guiana0.0026% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 8.2% of its 2.1k works since 1956 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025French Guiana3.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2010.

Which countries have research most like French Guiana's?

Mali is French Guiana's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like French Guiana's, with both strong in Immunology and Microbiology.

  1. 1 MaliBoth strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Health Professions, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.89 Compare
  2. 2 Democratic Republic of the CongoBoth strong in Health Professions, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology 0.82 Compare
  3. 3 LaosBoth strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Veterinary, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.82 Compare
  4. 4 CuraçaoBoth strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Health Professions, Medicine 0.81 Compare
  5. 5 HaitiBoth strong in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Health Professions, Social Sciences 0.78 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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