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Cheikh Anta Diop University

In research, Cheikh Anta Diop University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#488 of 3,409 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,646 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,782 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry, Linguistics and Language and Anthropology — Forestry is 14.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,854
of 28,054 · #6,061 all time
Rank in Senegal
#1
of 11
Research works
7.7k
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
53k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Cheikh Anta Diop University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #488 of 3,409 8.8%271 #694
Social SciencesDomain #2,646 of 10,521 8.4%570 #4406
Social SciencesField #1,782 of 6,365 6.9%319 #3254
Physical SciencesDomain #4,408 of 12,888 7.4%712 #6305
Life SciencesDomain #3,013 of 7,800 7.5%382 #3592
Health SciencesDomain #6,046 of 11,982 4.9%566 #5456
MedicineField #5,406 of 10,443 5.0%454 #4940
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,245 of 1,998 10.2%113 #2119
EngineeringField #4,550 of 6,636 5.5%212 #7175
Environmental ScienceField #2,800 of 3,551 7.3%121 #3200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cheikh Anta Diop University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#694 #488
  2. Social Sciences#4,406 #2,646
  3. Social Sciences#3,254 #1,782
  4. Physical Sciences#6,305 #4,408
  5. Life Sciences#3,592 #3,013
  6. Health Sciences#5,456 #6,046
  7. Medicine#4,940 #5,406
  8. Arts and Humanities#2,119 #1,245
  9. Engineering#7,175 #4,550
  10. Environmental Science#3,200 #2,800
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Cheikh Anta Diop University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 33.2 works14×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 25.8 works10×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 58.0 works9.2×
  4. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 88.3 works8.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.56× its world share, 272 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.18× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 150 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 212 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 121 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 48 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.12× its world share, 56 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.33× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 454 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.75× its world share, 112 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 64 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 319 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cheikh Anta Diop University?

Ranked on the composite score, Cheikh Mbow, Souleymane Mboup and Jean Charles Moreau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cheikh Anta Diop University.

  1. 1 Cheikh Mbow Senegal · #72,385 worldwide 405 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Souleymane Mboup Senegal · #126,197 worldwide 165 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Jean Charles Moreau Senegal · #155,851 worldwide 88 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Cheikh Mouhamed Fadel Kébé Senegal · #162,328 worldwide 183 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Babacar Faye Senegal · #177,345 worldwide 158 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Vincent Sambou Senegal · #205,467 worldwide 188 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Bamba Gueye Senegal · #231,045 worldwide 121 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Alioune Diouf Senegal · #292,215 worldwide 280 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Papa Salif Sow Senegal · #375,006 worldwide 61 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Dominique Chevé Senegal · #414,317 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Cheikh Anta Diop University

Which keywords describe research at Cheikh Anta Diop University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Adaptation, Diversity, Agroecology, Agricultural Development, Livestock Farming, Climate Change and Multifunctionality.

▲ 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 Change138▲ 2.3×69 topics
  2. Epidemiology132▲ 1.50×110 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers112▲ 23×5 topics
  4. Sustainability109▲ 2.0×49 topics
  5. Adaptation86▲ 13×12 topics
  6. Diversity77▲ 20×8 topics
  7. Agricultural Development76▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Agroecology76▲ 23×4 topics
  9. Livestock Farming76▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Multifunctionality75▲ 66×1 topic
  11. Work Organization75▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Healthcare66▲ 2.6×20 topics
  13. Public Health61▲ 1.89×48 topics
  14. Colonialism56▲ 5.3×27 topics
  15. Sustainable Agriculture43▲ 6.1×10 topics
  16. Nationalism42▲ 4.1×14 topics
  17. Ethnicity41▲ 4.9×10 topics
  18. Governance41▲ 5.6×7 topics
  19. Social Movements40▲ 5.9×14 topics
  20. Biodiversity Conservation38▲ 4.7×12 topics
  21. Climate Resilience38▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Migration37▲ 4.9×15 topics
  23. Nutritional Value36▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Decentralization36▲ 7.6×2 topics
  25. Agroforestry36▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics35▲ 8.3×8 topics
  27. Rural Livelihoods32▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Indigenous Fruits32▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Tree Domestication32▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Imperialism29▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Africa29▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Political Transition27▲ 23×1 topic
  33. urban protest27▲ 154×1 topic
  34. Local Development27▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Territorial Governance27▲ 9.7×2 topics
  36. Multilingualism26▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. North Africa26▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Gender Dynamics25▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Military History24▲ 37×2 topics
  40. African History24▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Cheikh Anta Diop University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, African Studies and Ethnography and African history and culture studies.

Agriculture and Rural De…75Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 75 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…32African Botany and Ecology Studies: 32 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethn…27African Studies and Ethnography: 27 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 24 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 21 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …18French Urban and Social Studies: 18 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 15 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 13 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 13 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 13 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestrySociology and Political ScienceAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 75 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 32 works
  3. 3 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  4. 4 African history and culture studies Anthropology 24 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 21 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  8. 8 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  9. 9 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  10. 10 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cheikh Anta Diop University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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