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École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan

In research, École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,570 of 17,446 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,215 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,251 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,567
of 22,385 · #10,061 all time
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
#7
of 18
Research works
551
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
62%
world 18%
École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan

What is École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan 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 #6,570 of 17,446 6.1%203
Social SciencesDomain #7,215 of 14,833 7.6%226
Social SciencesField #5,251 of 9,330 7.0%149

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan 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 École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Arts and Humanities (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 39.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 9.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 38.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 11.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 15.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% 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 workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKÉcole NormaleSupérieure…140fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences38%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1611.4%
    2. Engineering139.5%
    3. Materials Science75.3%
    4. Computer Science64.5%
    5. Mathematics32.4%
    6. Chemistry32.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.9%
    9. Energy10.6%
    10. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    1. Social Sciences3323.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1611.6%
    3. Psychology21.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1712.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine53.5%
    2. Health Professions42.6%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
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: 2.63× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.30× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.05× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.02× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.02×16 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.63×18 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.60×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.30×16 works
  5. Mathematics2.05×3 works
  6. Social Sciences1.89×33 works
  7. Materials Science1.51×7 works
  8. Chemistry1.48×3 works
  9. Nursing1.47×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.43×3 works
  11. Health Professions0.98×4 works
  12. Engineering0.63×13 works
  13. Energy0.62×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.58×6 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×3 works
  17. Psychology0.40×2 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.33×1 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.32×0 works
  21. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  23. Medicine0.18×5 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan?

Ranked on the quality score, Pierre Kipré, Diarrassouba Moussa and Walter D'Hondt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan.

  1. 1 Pierre Kipré Côte d'Ivoire · #4,692,301 worldwide 50 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Diarrassouba Moussa Côte d'Ivoire · #4,718,286 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Walter D'Hondt Côte d'Ivoire · #4,732,538 worldwide 129 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Mariame Coulibaly Côte d'Ivoire · #4,910,873 worldwide 379 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 P Dreux Côte d'Ivoire · #4,979,420 worldwide 84 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Drissa Bamba Côte d'Ivoire · #5,381,999 worldwide 250 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Eugénie Eyeang Côte d'Ivoire · #5,578,612 worldwide 8 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Donafologo Soro Côte d'Ivoire · #5,788,506 worldwide 207 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 M. Oudadess Côte d'Ivoire · #6,458,918 worldwide 138 citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Michel Vandewiele Côte d'Ivoire · #6,463,377 worldwide 377 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan

What are the most cited papers from École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan?

The most cited paper from École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan is "Quantum computation and quantum information" (Thierry Paul, 2007), with 1,908 citations. Next come "Stochastic Geometry and Wireless Networks: Volume I Theory" (495) and "Consumer Neuroscience: Applications, Challenges, and Possible Solutions" (484).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quantum computation and quantum information Thierry Paul · Mathematical Structures in Computer Science 23 Nov 2007 1,908
2 Stochastic Geometry and Wireless Networks: Volume I Theory François Baccelli, Bartłomiej Błaszczyszyn · Foundations and Trends® in Networking Open access 18 Jan 2010 495
3 Consumer Neuroscience: Applications, Challenges, and Possible Solutions Hilke Plaßmann, Vinod Venkatraman, Scott A. Huettel et al. · Journal of Marketing Research 9 Jan 2015 484
4 Replica symmetry breaking and the nature of the spin glass phase Marc Mézard, Giorgio Parisi, Nicolas Sourlas et al. · Journal de physique Open access 1984 448
5 Sense of agency Patrick Haggard, Valérian Chambon · Current Biology Open access May 2012 433
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Water Quality, Smallholder Farmers, Sociolinguistics, Climate Change, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric and Argumentation.

▲ 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 Change10▲ 2.7×19 topics
  2. Water Quality8▲ 14×8 topics
  3. Sustainability7▲ 2.0×17 topics
  4. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.8×17 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 22×3 topics
  6. Sociolinguistics6▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Globalization5▲ 1.76×20 topics
  8. Pragmatics5▲ 22×3 topics
  9. Discourse Analysis5▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Rhetoric5▲ 33×2 topics
  11. Social Justice5▲ 5.6×5 topics
  12. Nanomaterials4▲ 2.9×7 topics
  13. Argumentation4▲ 106×1 topic
  14. Diversity4▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Ethos4▲ 106×1 topic
  16. Adaptation4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  17. Multilingualism4▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Agricultural Development4▲ 17×1 topic
  19. Livestock Farming4▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Cultural Heritage3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  21. Nanocrystals3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  22. Efficiency3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  24. Climate Resilience3▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Nutritional Value3▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Agroforestry3▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Language Teaching3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  28. Semiconductors3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  29. Crystal Growth3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  30. Gender Studies3▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Eutrophication3▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Indigenous Fruits3▲ 82×1 topic
  33. Photovoltaics3▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Tree Domestication3▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Intercultural Communication2▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Language Education2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Industrialization2▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Local Development2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Territorial Governance2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Social Innovation2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies and French Urban and Social Studies.

Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 4 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 3 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Environmental Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 2 fractional worksFrench Language Learning…2French Language Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksLinguistic and Sociocult…2Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies: 2 fractional works
PhilosophyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestrySociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 4 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 3 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Historical and Environmental Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 2 works
  8. 8 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics and Language 2 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.4%domestic only37.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan4.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.9% in 2021.

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