Question 1

Who are the top researchers at AFRICSanté?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from AFRICSanté?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 3

Which research topics does AFRICSanté publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

Which keywords describe research at AFRICSanté?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

Which fields of science does AFRICSanté work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Is AFRICSanté's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% higher than in 2018-2021.

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