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Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

In research, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,273 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,800 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,104 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,498
of 28,054 · #15,442 all time
Rank in Burkina Faso
#3
of 12
Research works
897
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,273 of 11,982 13.7%162 #11398
MedicineField #6,800 of 10,443 15.2%129 #10421
Life SciencesDomain #5,104 of 7,800 14.0%73 #6498

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé 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. Health Sciences#11,398 #7,273
  2. Medicine#10,421 #6,800
  3. Life Sciences#6,498 #5,104
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 Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 42.5 works10×
← 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: 2.67× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.18× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.83× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.16× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 6.28× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé?

Ranked on the composite score, Halidou Tinto, Jean‐Bosco Ouédraogo and Zékiba Tarnagda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé.

  1. 1 Halidou Tinto Burkina Faso · #208,201 worldwide 172 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Jean‐Bosco Ouédraogo Burkina Faso · #374,065 worldwide 119 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Zékiba Tarnagda Burkina Faso · #454,532 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Innocent Valéa Burkina Faso · #499,003 worldwide 74 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Hermann Sorgho Burkina Faso · #575,874 worldwide 64 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Abdoulaye Diabaté Burkina Faso · #1,056,781 worldwide 68 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Séni Kouanda Burkina Faso · #1,173,246 worldwide 23 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Roch K. Dabiré Burkina Faso · #1,212,644 worldwide 32 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Palpouguini Lompo Burkina Faso · #1,599,843 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Sylvin Ouédraogo Burkina Faso · #1,616,408 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Insecticide Resistance, Genome Sequence, Public Health, Artemisinin Resistance and Plasmodium falciparum.

▲ 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. Epidemiology61▲ 4.9×73 topics
  2. Vaccine Development30▲ 39×9 topics
  3. Global Burden24▲ 14×12 topics
  4. Public Health23▲ 5.1×34 topics
  5. Insecticide Resistance21▲ 86×4 topics
  6. Genome Sequence20▲ 75×3 topics
  7. Artemisinin Resistance18▲ 182×1 topic
  8. Plasmodium falciparum18▲ 182×1 topic
  9. Maternal Mortality17▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Vector Control15▲ 42×4 topics
  11. Health Inequalities14▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Community Health Workers13▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Child Mortality13▲ 59×1 topic
  14. Health Systems13▲ 59×1 topic
  15. Immune Response13▲ 7.2×13 topics
  16. Energy Storage11▲ 5.2×6 topics
  17. Arboviral Diseases11▲ 53×1 topic
  18. Zika Virus11▲ 53×1 topic
  19. Vaccine10▲ 8.2×11 topics
  20. Primary Care10▲ 8.5×10 topics
  21. Child Development10▲ 7.3×3 topics
  22. Antioxidant9▲ 4.4×22 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Social Determinants of Health9▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Medicinal Plants9▲ 7.2×12 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Pathogenesis8▲ 5.3×18 topics
  28. Digital Health8▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition8▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Water Sanitation Hygiene8▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Helminth Infections8▲ 64×2 topics
  32. Healthcare Policy8▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Healthcare Quality Indicators7▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Inequalities7▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Universal Health Coverage7▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Anti-inflammatory7▲ 7.9×13 topics
  37. Diversity7▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Drug Resistance6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  39. Nutritional Value6▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Climate Resilience5▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Global Maternal and Child Health, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Malaria Research and Con…18Malaria Research and Control: 18 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 13 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 11 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 8 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 7 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…5African Botany and Ecology Studies: 5 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 5 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 4 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 8 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 7 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 5 works
  7. 7 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 5 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 4 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  10. 10 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available76.1%not open23.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.0%domestic only42.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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