Science in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone ranks #112 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#98 all time), with 1.1k research works and 6.6% of them in the world's top 10%.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #112 of 189 · #98 all time
- Works, 2022-now
- 1.1k ▲ 104% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 27k 8.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate
- 6.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.93× 1.00× is exactly expected
- In the world top 100
- 0 0 in the top 1,000
- Open access
- 68% world 40%
- International
- 39% world 18%
What is Sierra Leone strongest at in science?
On research quality in 2022-now, Sierra Leone ranks highest in Medicine (#99 of 152) and Social Sciences (#107 of 148). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Horticulture, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Development.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #99 of 152 | 8.7% | 209 | #83 | Institutions | |
| Social SciencesField | #107 of 148 | 5.1% | 209 | #95 | 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.
- HorticultureSubfield · 2.6 works · #86 of 178 active here15×
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 6.4 works · #105 of 202 active here9.8×
- DevelopmentSubfield · 10.8 works · #110 of 190 active here8.1×
- Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 2.0 works · #96 of 146 active here8.0×
- VirologySubfield · 6.0 works · #105 of 204 active here7.8×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 5.4 works · #95 of 186 active here7.6×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 48.7 works · #126 of 221 active here5.5×
- FinanceSubfield · 20.3 works · #120 of 210 active here5.1×
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: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.11×116 works
- Nursing3.56×23 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.30×144 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.20×94 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.65×22 works
- Health Professions1.63×56 works
- Social Sciences1.54×257 works
- Veterinary1.39×2 works
- Environmental Science1.30×85 works
- Decision Sciences1.05×13 works
- Medicine0.98×248 works
- Mathematics0.94×15 works
- Psychology0.84×34 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.62×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.58×22 works
- Computer Science0.52×53 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×10 works
- Energy0.40×5 works
- Engineering0.38×76 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×21 works
- Materials Science0.19×9 works
- Chemistry0.16×3 works
- Chemical Engineering0.14×1 works
- Dentistry0.14×1 works
- Neuroscience0.08×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.08×2 works
Which fields of science does Sierra Leone work in?
In 2022-now, 41% of research in Sierra Leone is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social 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
- Social Sciences53540.7%
- Social Sciences25719.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1168.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting937.1%
- Psychology342.6%
- Arts and Humanities221.7%
- Decision Sciences131.0%
- Health Sciences33125.1%
- Medicine24818.9%
- Health Professions564.3%
- Nursing231.7%
- Veterinary20.2%
- Dentistry10.1%
- Physical Sciences25819.6%
- Environmental Science856.5%
- Engineering765.8%
- Computer Science534.0%
- Mathematics151.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences100.7%
- Materials Science90.7%
- Energy50.4%
- Chemistry30.3%
- Physics and Astronomy20.2%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Life Sciences19214.6%
Which keywords describe research in Sierra Leone?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Maternal Mortality, Vaccine, Governance, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities and Poverty Reduction.
- Knowledge Economy
- Finance
- Inequality
- Global Burden of Disease
- Corruption
- Reservoirs
- Adaptation
- Transmission
- Genetic Diversity
- Infectious Diseases
- Economic Development
- Health Systems
- Poverty Reduction
- Community Health Workers
- Pathogenesis
- Maternal Mortality
- Fiscal Policy
- Public Health
- Globalization
- Economic Growth
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Environmental Impact
- Vaccine
- Governance
- Immune Response
- Health Inequalities
- Child Mortality
- Institutional Quality
- Risk Management
- Smallholder Farmers
- Regulation
- Outbreak
- Ebola Virus
- ICT
- Gender Equality
- Monetary Policy
- Global Health
- Inclusive Development
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
- Epidemiology78▲ 1.48×79 topics
- Economic Growth68▲ 6.3×21 topics
- Climate Change66▲ 1.86×62 topics
- Globalization59▲ 2.3×48 topics
- Sustainability56▲ 1.76×50 topics
- Public Health45▲ 2.4×40 topics
- Environmental Impact41▲ 1.83×44 topics
- Fiscal Policy40▲ 15×6 topics
- Vaccine38▲ 7.3×10 topics
- Maternal Mortality37▲ 13×5 topics
- Governance36▲ 8.5×9 topics
- Pathogenesis36▲ 5.4×18 topics
- Immune Response36▲ 4.8×12 topics
- Community Health Workers35▲ 30×2 topics
- Health Inequalities34▲ 21×3 topics
- Poverty Reduction33▲ 19×5 topics
- Child Mortality32▲ 34×1 topic
- Health Systems32▲ 34×1 topic
- Institutional Quality31▲ 23×2 topics
- Economic Development30▲ 2.9×20 topics
- Risk Management30▲ 4.8×10 topics
- Infectious Diseases28▲ 6.4×8 topics
- Smallholder Farmers28▲ 10×5 topics
- Genetic Diversity27▲ 4.7×17 topics
- Regulation26▲ 3.8×11 topics
- Transmission26▲ 36×3 topics
- Outbreak24▲ 49×2 topics
- Adaptation24▲ 6.2×7 topics
- Ebola Virus24▲ 65×1 topic
- Reservoirs24▲ 65×1 topic
- ICT22▲ 13×3 topics
- Corruption22▲ 11×6 topics
- Gender Equality21▲ 5.8×11 topics
- Global Burden of Disease21▲ 6.4×4 topics
- Monetary Policy21▲ 6.6×7 topics
- Inequality20▲ 6.8×5 topics
- Global Health20▲ 9.6×4 topics
- Finance20▲ 8.1×3 topics
- Inclusive Development19▲ 33×2 topics
- Knowledge Economy18▲ 13×2 topics
Which research topics does Sierra Leone publish the most in?
Its largest topics in 2022-now are Global Maternal and Child Health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Economic Growth and Development.
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 32 works
- 2 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 24 works
- 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 18 works
- 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 17 works
- 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 17 works
- 6 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 13 works
- 7 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 13 works
- 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 12 works
- 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 11 works
- 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 11 works
- 11 Cassava research and cyanide Plant Science 11 works
- 12 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 10 works
Which universities in Sierra Leone lead research?
University of Sierra Leone, Njala University and University of Makeni rank highest in Sierra Leone on research quality in 2022-now.
One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.
- 1University of Sierra LeoneUniversity · Freetown · #4,316 worldwide5.1% top 10% · 501 works
- 2Njala UniversityUniversity · Bo · #5,643 worldwide6.9% top 10% · 307 works
- 3University of MakeniUniversity · Makeni · #18,096 worldwide5.7% top 10% · 66 works
- 4Sierra Leone Agricultural Research InstituteResearch facility · Freetown · #19,662 worldwide7.9% top 10% · 73 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 Sierra LeoneWho are the top researchers in Sierra Leone?
Haja Ramatulai Wurie, Amara Jambai and Rashid Ansumana rank highest among researchers based in Sierra Leone.
- 1 Haja Ramatulai Wurie #161,092 worldwide 2.4k citations · 68 works
- 2 Amara Jambai #176,221 worldwide 3.4k citations · 97 works
- 3 Rashid Ansumana #239,551 worldwide 4.4k citations · 163 works
- 4 Abdul Salami Bah #270,549 worldwide 111 citations · 29 works
- 5 Augustus Osborne #296,042 worldwide 4k citations · 162 works
- 6 Abdulai Jawo Bah #311,368 worldwide 1.3k citations · 87 works
- 7 Tom Sesay #361,722 worldwide 850 citations · 59 works
- 8 Alie H. Wurie #400,910 worldwide 1k citations · 19 works
- 9 Sahr M. Gevao #418,464 worldwide 4k citations · 32 works
- 10 Francis Smart #451,661 worldwide 771 citations · 38 works
How open and international is Sierra Leone's research?
68% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 39% 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 42% 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 1.55× the expected international share, which puts it #30 of 173 countries on openness.
How has Sierra Leone's research grown?
Output in 2022-2025 was 104% 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 Sierra Leone as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0054% in 2024.
Fractional works of Sierra Leone 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, 6.9% of its 3k works since 1950 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 13.5% in 2015.
Which countries have research most like Sierra Leone's?
Tanzania is Sierra Leone's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like Sierra Leone's, with both strong in Nursing.
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TanzaniaBoth strong in Nursing, Business, Management and Accounting, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.95 Compare
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GhanaBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business, Management and Accounting 0.95 Compare
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KenyaBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.94 Compare
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MalawiBoth strong in Nursing, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology 0.93 Compare
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ZimbabweBoth strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Business, Management and Accounting, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.91 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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