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Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement

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World rank, all time
#30,931
of 42,892
Rank in Burkina Faso
#13
of 20
Research works
183
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

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: 3.07× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Smallholder Farmers, History, Adaptation, Pathogenesis, Politics, Climate Change and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.3×42 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 2.8×15 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 2.5×9 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 27×2 topics
  5. History2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  6. Adaptation2▲ 17×4 topics
  7. Pathogenesis2▲ 9.2×14 topics
  8. Politics2▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Vaccine2▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Diversity2▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Globalization2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  12. Public Health2▲ 2.9×17 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-22▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Colonialism2▲ 8.0×6 topics
  15. Conflict2▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Migration2▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Social Movements2▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Agricultural Development2▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Culture2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  20. Livestock Farming2▲ 59×1 topic
  21. Pandemic2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  22. Religion2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Vaccine Development1▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Eritrea1▲ 209×1 topic
  26. Ethiopia1▲ 209×1 topic
  27. Immune Response1▲ 5.1×6 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Citizenship Education1▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Climate Resilience1▲ 45×2 topics
  32. Coronavirus1▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Decolonization1▲ 32×3 topics
  34. Agroforestry1▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Cultural Diversity1▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Indigenous Fruits1▲ 101×1 topic
  37. Lifelong Learning1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Tree Domestication1▲ 101×1 topic
  39. Historical Thinking1▲ 90×1 topic
  40. Social Studies1▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African history and culture analysis, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy.

Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…1African Botany and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksEducator Training and Hi…1Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Soc…1Communism, Protests, Social Movements: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPolitical Science and International RelationsForestrySociology and Political Science3 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 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 1 works
  4. 4 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors78.5%domestic only21.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017.

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