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Science in Mauritania

Mauritania ranks #178 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#194 all time), with 269 research works and 13.5% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#178
of 192 · #194 all time
Works, 2022–2025
269
▲ 82% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
55%
world 63%

Which keywords describe research in Mauritania?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Nonlinear Equations, Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Renewable Energy, Deep Learning and Fractional Laplacian.

▲ 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. Climate Change17▲ 2.3×36 topics
  2. Epidemiology16▲ 1.47×52 topics
  3. Machine Learning15▲ 1.74×31 topics
  4. Deep Learning13▲ 1.46×28 topics
  5. Renewable Energy10▲ 2.6×20 topics
  6. Remote Sensing8▲ 2.5×17 topics
  7. Sustainability7◆ 1.14×18 topics
  8. Environmental Impact7▲ 1.56×17 topics
  9. Nonlinear Equations7▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Neural Networks6▲ 1.53×11 topics
  12. Public Health6▲ 1.45×20 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 4.9×4 topics
  14. Fractional Laplacian5▲ 84×1 topic
  15. Sobolev Spaces5▲ 84×1 topic
  16. Porous Media5▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Population Dynamics4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  18. Agroforestry4▲ 25×1 topic
  19. Tree Domestication4▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Infectious Diseases4▲ 4.9×5 topics
  21. Heterogeneous4▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Multiscale Methods4▲ 40×1 topic
  23. Conservation4▲ 3.3×7 topics
  24. Islam4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  25. North Africa4▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Migration4▲ 4.0×4 topics
  27. Water Quality4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  28. Solar Energy3▲ 3.8×2 topics
  29. Grid Integration3▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Antiviral Therapy3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Boundary Value Problems3▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  34. Eutrophication2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  35. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Trophic Cascades2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Numerical Methods2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Ecosystem Management2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Livestock Farming2▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Marine Fisheries2▲ 21×1 topic

Which universities in Mauritania lead research?

Université de Nouakchott rank highest in Mauritania on research quality in 2022–2025.

  1. 1Université de NouakchottUniversity · Nouakchott · #13,833 worldwide13.6% top 10% · 184 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 Mauritania

Who are the top researchers in Mauritania?

Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh, Robert Vernet and Mohamed Vall Ould Moustapha rank highest among researchers based in Mauritania.

  1. 1 Abdel Wedoud Ould Cheikh · #555,626 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Robert Vernet · #676,996 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Mohamed Vall Ould Moustapha · #1,622,131 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
Top researchers in Mauritania

How open and international is Mauritania's research?

55% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 56% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available55.4%not open44.6%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.3%domestic only43.7%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Mauritania's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 82% 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.