Science in Gambia
The Gambia ranks #87 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#77 all time), with 793 research works and 11.2% of them in the world's top 10%.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #87 of 189 · #77 all time
- Works, 2022-now
- 793 ▲ 58% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 82k 25.5 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate
- 11.2% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.30× 1.00× is exactly expected
- In the world top 100
- 0 0 in the top 1,000
- Open access
- 73% world 40%
- International
- 44% world 18%
What is Gambia strongest at in science?
On research quality in 2022-now, the Gambia ranks highest in Medicine (#51 of 152). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases and Anthropology.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #51 of 152 | 13.4% | 260 | #48 |
Where its research is concentrated
Location quotient: how much more (or less) of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where "twice the world share" and "half of it" are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 3.8 works · #124 of 202 active here7.7×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 38.6 works · #132 of 221 active here5.7×
- AnthropologySubfield · 15.8 works · #128 of 213 active here5.7×
- MicrobiologySubfield · 5.0 works · #129 of 206 active here4.9×
- Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 6.7 works · #124 of 206 active here4.9×
- ParasitologySubfield · 5.0 works · #144 of 211 active here4.8×
- Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 20.1 works · #132 of 220 active here4.7×
- AnatomySubfield · 1.1 works · #114 of 159 active here4.7×
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Nursing4.16×20 works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.52×25 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.26×48 works
- Mathematics2.06×24 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.82×58 works
- Health Professions1.69×44 works
- Medicine1.62×309 works
- Social Sciences1.35×169 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.32×62 works
- Decision Sciences1.15×11 works
- Veterinary1.10×2 works
- Environmental Science1.06×52 works
- Dentistry0.67×3 works
- Energy0.62×6 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×32 works
- Psychology0.59×18 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.54×12 works
- Computer Science0.48×37 works
- Arts and Humanities0.46×13 works
- Neuroscience0.27×4 works
- Chemistry0.21×3 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×3 works
- Engineering0.18×26 works
- Materials Science0.18×6 works
- Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works
Which fields of science does Gambia work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research in Gambia is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences37838.1%
- Medicine30931.1%
- Health Professions444.4%
- Nursing202.0%
- Dentistry30.3%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Social Sciences31732.0%
- Social Sciences16917.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting585.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance484.8%
- Psychology181.8%
- Arts and Humanities131.3%
- Decision Sciences111.1%
- Physical Sciences17117.3%
- Environmental Science525.3%
- Computer Science373.8%
- Engineering272.7%
- Mathematics242.4%
- Physics and Astronomy121.2%
- Materials Science60.6%
- Energy60.6%
- Chemistry30.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Life Sciences12612.6%
Which keywords describe research in Gambia?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Immune Response, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and Economic Growth.
- Infertility
- Global Health
- Artemisinin Resistance
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition
- Genome Sequence
- Governance
- Global Warming
- Risk Management
- Global Burden of Disease
- Health Systems
- Socio-economic Factors
- Vulnerability
- Child Development
- Pathogenesis
- Maternal Mortality
- COVID-19
- Public Health
- Global Burden
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Economic Growth
- Immune Response
- Vaccine
- Vaccine Development
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Infectious Diseases
- Community Health Workers
- Health Inequalities
- Child Mortality
- Social Capital
- Insecticide Resistance
- Adaptation
- Poverty Reduction
- Risk Perception
- Development
- Water Sanitation Hygiene
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Respiratory Infections
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
- Epidemiology113▲ 2.9×97 topics
- Climate Change50▲ 1.84×62 topics
- Sustainability33▲ 1.35×49 topics
- Globalization32▲ 1.66×41 topics
- Economic Growth32▲ 4.0×19 topics
- Global Burden32▲ 5.8×12 topics
- Immune Response31▲ 5.4×17 topics
- Public Health30▲ 2.1×41 topics
- Vaccine29▲ 7.4×11 topics
- COVID-1928▲ 2.2×21 topics
- Vaccine Development28▲ 11×9 topics
- Maternal Mortality25▲ 11×5 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.1×28 topics
- Pathogenesis23▲ 4.5×20 topics
- Infectious Diseases22▲ 6.8×9 topics
- Child Development19▲ 4.7×7 topics
- Community Health Workers19▲ 22×2 topics
- Vulnerability19▲ 8.2×6 topics
- Health Inequalities19▲ 16×3 topics
- Socio-economic Factors18▲ 17×2 topics
- Child Mortality18▲ 25×1 topic
- Health Systems18▲ 25×1 topic
- Social Capital18▲ 3.4×12 topics
- Global Burden of Disease16▲ 6.7×4 topics
- Insecticide Resistance16▲ 20×4 topics
- Risk Management16▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Adaptation15▲ 5.1×7 topics
- Global Warming15▲ 3.5×9 topics
- Poverty Reduction15▲ 11×4 topics
- Governance14▲ 4.4×8 topics
- Risk Perception14▲ 5.3×6 topics
- Genome Sequence14▲ 17×3 topics
- Development14▲ 3.9×14 topics
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition13▲ 17×1 topic
- Water Sanitation Hygiene13▲ 17×1 topic
- Artemisinin Resistance13▲ 41×1 topic
- Plasmodium falciparum13▲ 41×1 topic
- Global Health12▲ 7.6×5 topics
- Respiratory Infections12▲ 10×3 topics
- Infertility10▲ 7.3×4 topics
Which research topics does Gambia publish the most in?
Its largest topics in 2022-now are Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Malaria Research and Control.
Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.
- 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 18 works
- 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 13 works
- 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
- 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 9 works
- 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 8 works
- 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 7 works
- 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
- 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 7 works
- 9 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
- 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
- 11 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 6 works
- 12 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 5 works
Which universities in Gambia lead research?
University of the Gambia and Euclid University rank highest in Gambia on research quality in 2022-now.
- 1University of the GambiaUniversity · Banjul · #3,922 worldwide11.0% top 10% · 341 works
- 2Euclid UniversityUniversity · Banjul · #16,791 worldwide9.8% top 10% · 76 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 GambiaWho are the top researchers in Gambia?
Amadou Barrow, Kris A. Murray and Kalifa Bojang rank highest among researchers based in Gambia.
- 1 Amadou Barrow #15,664 worldwide 47k citations · 170 works
- 2 Kris A. Murray #30,005 worldwide 21k citations · 210 works
- 3 Kalifa Bojang #75,209 worldwide 13k citations · 189 works
- 4 Sophie E. Moore #84,737 worldwide 16k citations · 416 works
- 5 Martín Antonio #89,709 worldwide 24k citations · 365 works
- 6 Beate Kampmann #101,642 worldwide 21k citations · 510 works
- 7 Andrew M. Prentice #116,850 worldwide 36k citations · 677 works
- 8 Richard Adebayo Adegbola #132,588 worldwide 16k citations · 198 works
- 9 Umberto D’Alessandro #158,745 worldwide 24k citations · 742 works
- 10 Alfred Amambua‐Ngwa #173,229 worldwide 5.9k citations · 227 works
How open and international is Gambia's research?
73% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 44% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
In 2022-now, 87% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 59% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 1.19× the expected open access and 1.96× the expected international share, which puts it #18 of 173 countries on openness.
How has Gambia's research grown?
Output in 2022-2025 was 58% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Gambia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.
Fractional works of Gambia 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, 12.7% of its 3.2k works since 1951 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.6% in 1991.
Which countries have research most like the Gambia's?
Uganda is the Gambia's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like the Gambia's, with both strong in Nursing.
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UgandaBoth strong in Nursing, Immunology and Microbiology, Business, Management and Accounting 0.88 Compare
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SomaliaBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Health Professions 0.86 Compare
- 3
ZambiaBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business, Management and Accounting 0.84 Compare
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KenyaBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business, Management and Accounting 0.83 Compare
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TanzaniaBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business, Management and Accounting 0.81 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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