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AFRICSanté

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Research works
57
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
669
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
AFRICSanté

Not ranked overall: AFRICSanté is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does AFRICSanté work in?

In all years, 41% of research at AFRICSanté is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (16%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Health Sciences: 23 fractional works · 41.1% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 26.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 37.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 9.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 12.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAFRICSanté57fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences38%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1526.0%
    2. Nursing47.5%
    3. Health Professions47.2%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Social Sciences916.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities712.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.0%
    5. Psychology11.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences59.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Computer Science23.5%
    2. Engineering23.3%
    3. Environmental Science11.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 29.49× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.91× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 29.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing29.49×2 works
  2. Veterinary5.15×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.26×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.91×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.21×2 works
  6. Medicine1.37×4 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.19×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.94×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.93×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.86×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.34×0 works
  15. Engineering0.30×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×0 works
  17. Psychology0.17×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AFRICSanté?

Ranked on the quality score, Rasmané Ganaba, Moctar Ouédraogo and Henri Somé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AFRICSanté.

  1. 1 Rasmané Ganaba Burkina Faso · #683,221 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Moctar Ouédraogo Burkina Faso · #1,748,458 worldwide 746 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Henri Somé Burkina Faso · #2,060,893 worldwide 254 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Lishi Deng Burkina Faso · #2,181,709 worldwide 62 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Maurice Yaogo Burkina Faso · #3,911,684 worldwide 335 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at AFRICSanté

What are the most cited papers from AFRICSanté?

The most cited paper from AFRICSanté is "Rapid malaria diagnostic tests vs. clinical management of malaria in rural Burkina Faso: safety and effect on clinical decisions. A randomized trial" (Zeno Bisoffi, Bienvenu Sodiomon Sirima, Andrea Angheben et al., 2009), with 114 citations. Next come "Beyond body counts: A qualitative study of lives and loss in Burkina Faso after ‘near-miss’ obstetric complications" (98) and "Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria - attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso" (90).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rapid malaria diagnostic tests vs. clinical management of malaria in rural Burkina Faso: safety and effect on clinical decisions. A randomized trial Zeno Bisoffi, Bienvenu Sodiomon Sirima, Andrea Angheben et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health 16 Feb 2009 114
2 Beyond body counts: A qualitative study of lives and loss in Burkina Faso after ‘near-miss’ obstetric complications Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng, Susan Fairley Murray, Mélanie S. Akoum et al. · Social Science & Medicine Open access Jun 2010 98
3 Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria - attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso Zeno Bisoffi, Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima, Joris Menten et al. · Malaria Journal Open access 7 Jul 2010 90
4 Mortality after near-miss obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: medical, social and health-care factors Katerini Tagmatarchi Storeng, Seydou Drabo, Rasmané Ganaba et al. · Bulletin of the World Health Organization Open access 13 Mar 2012 84
5 Involving male partners in maternity care in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial Marina AS Daniele, Rasmané Ganaba, Sophie Sarrassat et al. · Bulletin of the World Health Organization Open access 4 Jun 2018 71
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AFRICSanté?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sociolinguistics, Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Argumentation, Discourse Analysis, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers and Child Mortality.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Sociolinguistics6▲ 54×3 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality5▲ 51×4 topics
  3. Child Development5▲ 30×3 topics
  4. Argumentation5▲ 206×1 topic
  5. Discourse Analysis5▲ 36×1 topic
  6. Community Health Workers5▲ 116×2 topics
  7. Health Inequalities5▲ 80×2 topics
  8. Child Mortality4▲ 143×1 topic
  9. Health Systems4▲ 143×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology4▲ 1.82×25 topics
  11. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 112×1 topic
  12. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 112×1 topic
  13. Sustainability3▲ 3.2×8 topics
  14. Community Engagement3▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Local Development3▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Territorial Governance3▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Public Health3▲ 3.7×12 topics
  18. Public Policy3▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Social Justice3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  20. Climate Change3▲ 1.74×7 topics
  21. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 32×3 topics
  22. Environmental Participation2▲ 47×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.8×1 topic
  24. Agricultural Development2▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Mental Health2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  26. Adaptation2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Multifunctionality2▲ 64×2 topics
  28. Diversity2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Livestock Farming2▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Work Organization2▲ 85×1 topic
  31. Colonialism2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Chronic Disease2▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Health Outcomes2▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Health System Reform2▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Cultural Identity1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  36. Gender Equality1▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Gender Studies1▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Educational Policies1▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Professional Practices1▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Public Action1▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does AFRICSanté publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Child Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksCultural and Social Stud…1Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…1Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 1 fractional worksDiverse scientific resea…0Diverse scientific research topics: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 0 fractional worksMedical and Agricultural Research Studies: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsLiterature and Literary TheoryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse scientific research topics Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  9. 9 Medical and Agricultural Research Studies Development 0 works
  10. 10 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 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 available77.5%not open22.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.0%domestic only43.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AFRICSanté's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% 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 AFRICSanté as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%AFRICSanté0.000091% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of AFRICSanté over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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