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African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

In research, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,700 of 21,541 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,453 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,262 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,556
of 28,054 · #12,859 all time
Rank in South Africa
#50
of 87
Research works
1.1k
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

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 #8,700 of 21,541 14.3%409
Social SciencesDomain #7,453 of 16,945 7.4%327
Social SciencesField #7,262 of 10,206 9.6%138
Health SciencesDomain #19,321 of 20,462 2.7%241
MedicineField #17,799 of 17,978 3.9%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.73× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 10.12× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.74× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.24× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.08× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Mamadou Diop lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

  1. 1 Mamadou Diop South Africa · #1,602,815 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Nonlinear Equations, Climate Change, Global Change, Conservation 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 2022–2025 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 Change7▲ 2.2×36 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 1.74×32 topics
  3. Deep Learning6▲ 1.64×21 topics
  4. Biodiversity6▲ 7.0×13 topics
  5. Epidemiology5▲ 1.20×22 topics
  6. Invasive Species4▲ 9.6×12 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 15×4 topics
  8. Nonlinear Equations4▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Global Change4▲ 12×3 topics
  10. Conservation3▲ 7.0×12 topics
  11. Neural Networks3▲ 1.89×12 topics
  12. Population Dynamics3▲ 11×10 topics
  13. Vaccine3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  14. Inequality3▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  16. Biological Invasions2▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation2▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Community Ecology2▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Ecosystem2▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Functional Diversity2▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Immune Response2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  22. Solitons2▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Predator-Prey Interactions2▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Governance2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  25. Mathematical Modeling2▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  27. Anomalous Diffusion2▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Bayesian Inference2▲ 15×3 topics
  29. ICT2▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Institutional Quality2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Rogue Waves2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Soliton Solutions2▲ 40×1 topic
  33. financial access2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Acoustic Communication2▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Optical Lattices2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Option Pricing2▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Stochastic Calculus2▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Conservation Biology1▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Plant-Animal Interactions1▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Pollinator Decline1▲ 15×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, Economic Growth and Development and Stochastic processes and financial applications.

Ecology and Vegetation D…2Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Soli…2Nonlinear Waves and Solitons: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksStochastic processes and financial applications: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies1Plant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksFixed Point Theorems Ana…1Fixed Point Theorems Analysis: 1 fractional worksMathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsInformation SystemsFinance5 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 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  3. 3 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 2 works
  5. 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  6. 6 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  8. 8 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 1 works
  9. 9 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% lower 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.

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