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Science in Gambia

The Gambia ranks #147 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#138 all time), with 793 research works and 20.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#147
of 192 · #138 all time
Works, 2022–2025
793
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
67%
world 63%

What is Gambia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the Gambia ranks highest in Medicine (#117 of 155). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases and Anatomy.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #117 of 155 22.0%260 Institutions

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.

  1. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 3.1 works7.9×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 32.7 works6.1×
  3. AnatomySubfield · 1.1 works5.9×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 12.8 works5.8×
  5. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 10.0 works5.6×
  6. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 6.1 works5.5×
  7. ParasitologySubfield · 4.3 works5.1×
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 51.7 works4.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.23× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 260 worksMedicineNursing: 4.29× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.80× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.45× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 129 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Gambia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Global Burden, Immune Response, Economic Growth, Maternal Mortality and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology100▲ 3.2×91 topics
  2. Climate Change38▲ 1.78×56 topics
  3. Economic Growth27▲ 4.0×18 topics
  4. Global Burden26▲ 6.0×12 topics
  5. Sustainability25▲ 1.31×43 topics
  6. COVID-1925▲ 2.3×19 topics
  7. Globalization25▲ 1.62×35 topics
  8. Immune Response25▲ 5.5×17 topics
  9. Vaccine Development25▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Public Health24▲ 2.0×40 topics
  11. Vaccine24▲ 7.4×11 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality20▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Pathogenesis19▲ 4.8×20 topics
  14. Pandemic18▲ 2.1×11 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases18▲ 6.8×9 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 1.97×27 topics
  17. Child Development16▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Vulnerability15▲ 8.2×6 topics
  19. Community Health Workers14▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Socio-economic Factors14▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Health Inequalities14▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Insecticide Resistance14▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Child Mortality14▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Global Burden of Disease14▲ 7.0×4 topics
  25. Health Systems14▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Adaptation13▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Risk Management13▲ 3.4×7 topics
  28. Development13▲ 4.6×12 topics
  29. Genome Sequence12▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction12▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Artemisinin Resistance12▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Plasmodium falciparum12▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition11▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene11▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Risk Perception11▲ 5.2×6 topics
  36. Infertility10▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Respiratory Infections10▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Global Health9▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. Liver Disease8▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Antiviral Therapy8▲ 10×3 topics

Which universities in Gambia lead research?

MRC Unit the Gambia, University of the Gambia and Euclid University rank highest in Gambia on research quality in 2022–2025.

  1. 1MRC Unit the GambiaResearch facility · Banjul · #7,305 worldwide30.3% top 10% · 206 works
  2. 2University of the GambiaUniversity · Banjul · #11,672 worldwide19.9% top 10% · 341 works
  3. 3Euclid UniversityUniversity · Banjul · #21,585 worldwide15.7% top 10% · 76 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 Gambia

Who are the top researchers in Gambia?

Anna Roca, Andrew M. Prentice and Martín Antonio rank highest among researchers based in Gambia.

  1. 1 Anna Roca · #34,708 worldwide 1k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Andrew M. Prentice · #44,136 worldwide 715 citations · 99 works
  3. 3 Martín Antonio · #46,728 worldwide 308 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Amadou Barrow · #51,210 worldwide 807 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Beate Kampmann · #65,461 worldwide 304 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 R. S. Bray · #90,194 worldwide 161 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Kris A. Murray · #111,191 worldwide 407 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Sophie E. Moore · #142,962 worldwide 289 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Brian Greenwood · #210,832 worldwide 117 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Umberto D’Alessandro · #213,720 worldwide 227 citations · 70 works
Top researchers in Gambia

How open and international is Gambia's research?

67% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 52% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available66.6%not open33.4%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.5%domestic only48.5%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Gambia's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% 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 Gambia