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Science in Guinea

Guinea ranks #172 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#182 all time), with 937 research works and 4.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#172
of 192 · #182 all time
Works, 2022–2025
937
▲ 153% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
72%
world 63%

What is Guinea strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Guinea ranks highest in Medicine (#150 of 155). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Virology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Infectious Diseases.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #150 of 155 3.2%549 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. VirologySubfield · 6.0 works11×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 24.5 works9.1×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 49.9 works7.8×
  4. EndocrinologySubfield · 5.6 works7.6×
  5. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 16.6 works7.3×
  6. ParasitologySubfield · 7.2 works7.2×
  7. UrologySubfield · 8.0 works7.0×
  8. ForestrySubfield · 6.7 works6.9×
← 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: 1.65× its world share, 74 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.22× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 550 worksMedicineNursing: 2.68× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Guinea?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Diagnosis, Maternal Mortality, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Treatment and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology158▲ 4.3×109 topics
  2. Diagnosis48▲ 5.5×33 topics
  3. Immune Response44▲ 8.2×16 topics
  4. Public Health43▲ 3.2×40 topics
  5. Treatment43▲ 3.8×38 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality40▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Risk Factors39▲ 3.8×29 topics
  8. Vaccine38▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Pathogenesis34▲ 7.2×20 topics
  10. Global Burden32▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Complications32▲ 6.7×14 topics
  12. Climate Change31▲ 1.24×44 topics
  13. Inflammation29▲ 1.47×39 topics
  14. Health Inequalities28▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Child Mortality26▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Community Health Workers26▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Health Systems26▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.4×24 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity24▲ 5.7×12 topics
  20. Management23▲ 3.1×26 topics
  21. Smallholder Farmers22▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Mortality20▲ 3.8×12 topics
  23. Guidelines20▲ 4.5×12 topics
  24. Surgery19▲ 5.9×8 topics
  25. Drug Resistance19▲ 7.0×6 topics
  26. Adaptation18▲ 6.9×6 topics
  27. Chemotherapy18▲ 2.8×22 topics
  28. Surgical Management18▲ 4.8×17 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy18▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Vaccine Development17▲ 7.3×10 topics
  31. Livestock Farming16▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Agricultural Development16▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Diversity15▲ 9.4×2 topics
  34. Multifunctionality15▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Work Organization15▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Children15▲ 6.7×7 topics
  37. Transmission14▲ 28×3 topics
  38. Outbreak12▲ 35×2 topics
  39. Ebola Virus11▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Reservoirs11▲ 45×1 topic

Which universities in Guinea lead research?

Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée and Donka Hospital rank highest in Guinea on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%5%10%mean 3.375%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry: 337, 3.4%Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée: 99, 8.6%Donka Hospital: 129, 0.9%Ignace Deen Hospital: 155, 0.6%Institut de Recherch…Gamal Abdel Nasser U…Donka HospitalIgnace Deen Hospital
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Gamal Abdel Nasser University of ConakryUniversity · Conakry · #18,976 worldwide3.4% top 10% · 337 works
  2. 2Institut de Recherche Agronomique de GuinéeGovernment institution · Conakry · #22,137 worldwide8.6% top 10% · 99 works
  3. 3Donka HospitalHospital / health system · Conakry · #27,318 worldwide0.9% top 10% · 129 works
  4. 4Ignace Deen HospitalHospital / health system · Conakry · #27,588 worldwide0.6% top 10% · 155 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 Guinea

Who are the top researchers in Guinea?

Boubacar Diallo, Alexandre Délamou and Abdoulaye Touré rank highest among researchers based in Guinea.

  1. 1 Boubacar Diallo · #515,584 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Alexandre Délamou · #556,959 worldwide 33 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Abdoulaye Touré · #909,475 worldwide 55 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Moussa Traoré · #1,124,365 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 I Baldé · #1,153,814 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 M.M. Soumah · #1,236,999 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Moussa Diabaté · #1,241,127 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 C. Dalibard · #1,302,789 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Alioune Camara · #1,417,966 worldwide 9 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Sidikiba Sidibé · #1,457,108 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
Top researchers in Guinea

How open and international is Guinea's research?

72% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 38% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available72.4%not open27.6%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Guinea's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 153% 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 Guinea