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African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

In research, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,496 of 17,446 worldwide), Social Sciences (#12,243 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,705 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,698
of 22,385 · #13,562 all time
Rank in South Africa
#52
of 75
Research works
1.1k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

What is African Institute for Mathematical Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #8,496 of 17,446 7.3%409
Social SciencesDomain #12,243 of 14,833 2.2%327
Social SciencesField #8,705 of 9,330 1.7%138
Health SciencesDomain #16,020 of 16,688 1.3%241
MedicineField #14,302 of 14,558 1.7%148

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where African Institute for Mathematical Sciences sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does African Institute for Mathematical Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (13%), Social Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 50.0% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 12.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 10.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 23.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAfrican Institutefor Mathematical…132fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences23%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1712.9%
    2. Environmental Science1410.5%
    3. Mathematics1310.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy107.3%
    5. Engineering97.0%
    6. Materials Science11.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1611.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.1%
    3. Decision Sciences42.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.8%
    6. Psychology10.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences97.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    1. Medicine129.2%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.12× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.65× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.27× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.92× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.93× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics8.65×13 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.27×10 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.92×4 works
  4. Environmental Science2.12×14 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.93×5 works
  6. Computer Science1.65×17 works
  7. Veterinary1.55×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.50×9 works
  9. Nursing1.29×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×8 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.94×16 works
  13. Health Professions0.68×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.61×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×2 works
  16. Medicine0.48×12 works
  17. Engineering0.47×9 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.30×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  22. Psychology0.25×1 works
  23. Energy0.21×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Emmanuel Dufourq, Wilfred O. Ndifon and Nadeem Oozeer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

  1. 1 Emmanuel Dufourq South Africa · #1,422,984 worldwide 440 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Wilfred O. Ndifon South Africa · #1,802,570 worldwide 1.8k citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Nadeem Oozeer South Africa · #2,513,503 worldwide 1.3k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Bubacarr Bah South Africa · #2,776,814 worldwide 427 citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Shankar Agarwal South Africa · #3,838,658 worldwide 448 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Berndt Gensel South Africa · #4,121,323 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Magdaleen S. Marais South Africa · #4,657,574 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Dennis C. Ikpe South Africa · #4,765,374 worldwide 127 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Raouf Ghomrasni South Africa · #4,969,729 worldwide 202 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Mamadou Falilou Diop South Africa · #4,997,848 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

What are the most cited papers from African Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

The most cited paper from African Institute for Mathematical Sciences is "Planck 2018 results" (N. Aghanim et al., 2020), with 14,737 citations. Next come "Planck 2015 results" (10,771) and "Planck 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters" (6,598).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planck 2018 results N. Aghanim et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access181 authors 3 Apr 2020 14,737
2 Planck 2015 results Peter A. R. Ade et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access261 authors 20 Jun 2016 10,771
3 Planck 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters Peter A. R. Ade et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access264 authors 25 Feb 2014 6,598
4 Planck 2015 results Ade, PAR et al. · ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) Open access261 authors Oct 2016 5,452
5 Planck 2018 results Y. Akrami et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access175 authors 9 Oct 2019 2,504
All 41 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Machine Learning, Infectious Diseases, Global Change and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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 Change11▲ 3.0×43 topics
  2. Machine Learning8▲ 1.93×39 topics
  3. Deep Learning8▲ 1.70×29 topics
  4. Biodiversity8▲ 7.5×13 topics
  5. Epidemiology6◆ 1.08×23 topics
  6. Invasive Species5▲ 9.2×13 topics
  7. Globalization5▲ 1.82×15 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 15×4 topics
  9. Global Change4▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Infectious Diseases4▲ 9.2×5 topics
  11. Conservation4▲ 6.6×12 topics
  12. Population Dynamics4▲ 11×11 topics
  13. Neural Networks4▲ 1.75×12 topics
  14. Nonlinear Equations4▲ 21×5 topics
  15. Inequality3▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Vaccine3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  17. Biological Invasions3▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Community Ecology2▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Ecosystem2▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Functional Diversity2▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Global Warming2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Colonialism2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  23. Governance2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  24. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation2▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Vulnerability2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  26. Solitons2▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Institutional Quality2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Social Networks2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. ICT2▲ 10×1 topic
  31. Mathematical Modeling2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 19×3 topics
  33. financial access2▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Conservation Biology2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  36. Altruism2▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Anomalous Diffusion2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Cooperation2▲ 19×3 topics
  39. One Health2▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Zoonotic Diseases2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does African Institute for Mathematical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Economic Growth and Development, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

Ecology and Vegetation D…2Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…2Economic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksStochastic processes and financial applications: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems1Nonlinear Photonic Systems: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationInformation SystemsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  4. 4 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  8. 8 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available85.7%not open14.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.2%domestic only50.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has African Institute for Mathematical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is African Institute for Mathematical Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%African Institute for Mathematical Sciences0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of African Institute for Mathematical Sciences over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%African Institute for Mathematical Sciences14.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.9% in 2016.

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