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Science in French Guiana

French Guiana ranks #175 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#162 all time), with 518 research works and 8.6% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#175
of 192 · #162 all time
Works, 2022–2025
518
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
37%
world 63%

Which keywords describe research in French Guiana?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology92▲ 4.5×82 topics
  2. Public Health75▲ 9.9×34 topics
  3. Migration43▲ 25×9 topics
  4. Healthcare Access43▲ 29×8 topics
  5. Ethnicity41▲ 21×4 topics
  6. Cultural Diversity41▲ 35×4 topics
  7. Sociolinguistics41▲ 41×5 topics
  8. Social Inequality40▲ 29×6 topics
  9. Discrimination39▲ 39×3 topics
  10. French Territories39▲ 753×1 topic
  11. Migrant Workers39▲ 753×1 topic
  12. Climate Change29▲ 2.1×55 topics
  13. Vaccine Development24▲ 18×8 topics
  14. Diagnosis22▲ 4.5×27 topics
  15. Pathogenesis19▲ 7.1×19 topics
  16. Globalization18▲ 1.76×28 topics
  17. Vector Control18▲ 29×4 topics
  18. Biodiversity16▲ 4.1×21 topics
  19. Treatment16▲ 2.5×30 topics
  20. Antifungal Therapy13▲ 29×3 topics
  21. Diversity13▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Immune Response13▲ 4.4×15 topics
  23. Virulence Factors12▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Arboviral Diseases12▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Zika Virus12▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Colonialism12▲ 4.7×15 topics
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 14×6 topics
  29. HIV11▲ 26×4 topics
  30. Public Policy11▲ 4.4×8 topics
  31. Candidiasis11▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Adaptation11▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. Local Development9▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Territorial Governance9▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Agricultural Development9▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Livestock Farming9▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Fungal Pathogens9▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Oral Manifestations8▲ 65×2 topics
  39. Opportunistic Infections8▲ 55×2 topics
  40. Insecticide Resistance8▲ 21×4 topics

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 2022–2025.

  1. 1University of French GuianaUniversity · Cayenne · #15,443 worldwide8.5% top 10% · 259 works
  2. 2Centre Hospitalier Andrée RosemonHospital / health system · Cayenne · #22,227 worldwide6.1% top 10% · 180 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in French Guiana

Who are the top researchers in French Guiana?

Christopher Baraloto, Éric Marcon and Antoine Gardel rank highest among researchers based in French Guiana.

  1. 1 Christopher Baraloto · #97,271 worldwide 321 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Éric Marcon · #135,063 worldwide 292 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Antoine Gardel · #192,680 worldwide 147 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Vincent Lacoste · #226,474 worldwide 113 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Gabriel Carles · #226,868 worldwide 103 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Bernard Carme · #242,506 worldwide 108 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Dominique Rousset · #289,988 worldwide 65 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Clément Stahl · #331,184 worldwide 159 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Magalie Demar · #339,994 worldwide 110 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Maylis Douine · #368,349 worldwide 60 citations · 19 works
Top researchers in French Guiana

How open and international is French Guiana's research?

37% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 41% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.5%domestic only59.5%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has French Guiana's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research fields in French Guiana