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École Polytechnique de Thiès

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World rank, all time
#27,770
of 34,923
Rank in Senegal
#14
of 15
Research works
166
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
École Polytechnique de Thiès

Which fields of science does École Polytechnique de Thiès work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at École Polytechnique de Thiès is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (22%), Computer Science (18%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 64.5% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 22.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 18.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 11.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKÉcolePolytechnique de…59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences11%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1322.5%
    2. Computer Science1118.5%
    3. Environmental Science711.8%
    4. Mathematics23.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy22.8%
    6. Energy12.2%
    7. Materials Science12.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    9. Chemistry00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences711.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    1. Social Sciences24.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    4. Decision Sciences11.5%
    5. Psychology00.8%
    1. Medicine46.9%
    2. Health Professions11.6%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
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: 2.35× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.37× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.44× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.50× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.38× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.78× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.78×2 works
  2. Energy2.44×1 works
  3. Environmental Science2.38×7 works
  4. Computer Science2.37×11 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.35×7 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.51×1 works
  7. Engineering1.50×13 works
  8. Nursing1.40×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.27×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.60×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.59×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.39×0 works
  18. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  19. Medicine0.36×4 works
  20. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.32×2 works
  22. Psychology0.28×0 works

Who are the top researchers at École Polytechnique de Thiès?

Ranked on the quality score, Ousmane Seydi, Oumar Niang and Michel Seck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is École Polytechnique de Thiès.

  1. 1 Ousmane Seydi Senegal · #1,386,000 worldwide 1.2k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Oumar Niang Senegal · #3,231,617 worldwide 1.1k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Michel Seck Senegal · #3,841,740 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Baba Ngom Senegal · #4,041,763 worldwide 212 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Ababacar Fall Senegal · #4,838,100 worldwide 107 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Saïdou Ndao Senegal · #5,050,896 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 El Hadji Bamba Diaw Senegal · #5,060,915 worldwide 61 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ibrahima Gueye Senegal · #5,104,219 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Séni Tamba Senegal · #5,401,699 worldwide 301 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Ibrahima Cissé Senegal · #6,269,711 worldwide 444 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at École Polytechnique de Thiès

What are the most cited papers from École Polytechnique de Thiès?

The most cited paper from École Polytechnique de Thiès is "A COVID-19 epidemic model with latency period" (Ziyan Liu, Pierre Magal, Ousmane Seydi et al., 2020), with 258 citations. Next come "Understanding Unreported Cases in the COVID-19 Epidemic Outbreak in Wuhan, China, and the Importance of Major Public Health Interventions" (248) and "Comparison of the thermal performances of two nanofluids at low temperature in a plate heat exchanger" (197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A COVID-19 epidemic model with latency period Ziyan Liu, Pierre Magal, Ousmane Seydi et al. · Infectious Disease Modelling Open access 2020 258
2 Understanding Unreported Cases in the COVID-19 Epidemic Outbreak in Wuhan, China, and the Importance of Major Public Health Interventions Zhihua Liu, Pierre Magal, Ousmane Seydi et al. · Biology Open access 8 Mar 2020 248
3 Comparison of the thermal performances of two nanofluids at low temperature in a plate heat exchanger Thierry Maré, Salma Halelfadl, Ousmane Sow et al. · Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science Open access 3 Aug 2011 197
4 Predicting the cumulative number of cases for the COVID-19 epidemic in China from early data Zhihua Liu, Pierre Magal, Ousmane Seydi et al. · Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering Open access 2020 178
5 Origin of the pozzolanic effect of rice husks Raoul Jauberthie, F. Rendell, Séni Tamba et al. · Construction and Building Materials Dec 2000 150
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Which keywords describe research at École Polytechnique de Thiès?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Adaptation, Environmental Monitoring, IoT, Diversity and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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. Deep Learning6▲ 3.1×17 topics
  2. Sustainability5▲ 3.3×13 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 2.3×14 topics
  4. Machine Learning4▲ 1.87×18 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 26×3 topics
  6. Neural Networks3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  7. Adaptation3▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Healthcare3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  9. Remote Sensing3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  10. Renewable Energy3▲ 3.3×9 topics
  11. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 12×3 topics
  12. IoT3▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.5×10 topics
  14. Internet of Things2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  15. Agroecology2▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Diversity2▲ 20×2 topics
  17. IoT Security2▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Agricultural Development2▲ 23×1 topic
  19. Livestock Farming2▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Solar Cells2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. 5G Networks2▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Aquaculture2▲ 12×1 topic
  23. Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Smart Cities2▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Water Quality Monitoring2▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Land Use Change2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  27. Security Analysis2▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  29. Edge Computing2▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Fog Computing2▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Infectious Diseases1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  32. Controllability1▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Global Carbon Budget1▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  35. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Agroforestry1▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Indigenous Fruits1▲ 90×1 topic
  38. Knowledge Sharing1▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Nonlinear Systems1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Tree Domestication1▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does École Polytechnique de Thiès publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Water Quality Monitoring Technologies, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques.

Agriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…2Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 2 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and M…1Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 1 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksSilicon and Solar Cell T…1Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies: 1 fractional worksInfection Control and Ventilation: 1 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and Innovation: 1 fractional worksMathematical and Theoret…1Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsWater Science and TechnologyComputer Networks and CommunicationsBuilding and Construction6 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 2 works
  2. 2 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  4. 4 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 1 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 1 works
  7. 7 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.2%domestic only63.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has École Polytechnique de Thiès's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is École Polytechnique de Thiès as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%École Polytechnique de Thiès0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of École Polytechnique de Thiès over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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