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Institut de Technologie Alimentaire

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World rank, all time
#25,536
of 34,923
Rank in Senegal
#12
of 15
Research works
249
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Institut de Technologie Alimentaire

Which fields of science does Institut de Technologie Alimentaire work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Institut de Technologie Alimentaire is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (31%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Mathematics (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 42.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 16.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 9.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 37.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 30.5% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut deTechnologie…59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences8%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1016.5%
    2. Mathematics59.1%
    3. Environmental Science46.5%
    4. Engineering35.1%
    5. Computer Science12.5%
    6. Energy11.3%
    7. Chemistry00.8%
    8. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1830.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine46.4%
    2. Nursing34.4%
    3. Health Professions11.9%
    1. Social Sciences46.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    5. Psychology00.2%
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: 6.43× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.73× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.42× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 9.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing9.01×3 works
  2. Mathematics7.73×5 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy7.42×10 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.43×18 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.75×0 works
  6. Energy1.46×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.32×4 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.70×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.50×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.50×4 works
  12. Engineering0.34×3 works
  13. Medicine0.34×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.32×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.20×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  20. Psychology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Technologie Alimentaire?

Ranked on the quality score, J.P. Melcion, P. S. Vassileva-Alexandrova and Ibrahima Louis Mane lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Technologie Alimentaire.

  1. 1 J.P. Melcion Senegal · #3,766,720 worldwide 889 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 P. S. Vassileva-Alexandrova Senegal · #4,575,273 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Ibrahima Louis Mane Senegal · #4,774,760 worldwide 172 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Michel Bennasar Senegal · #4,862,840 worldwide 242 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 J. Delort-Laval Senegal · #4,902,697 worldwide 81 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Momar Talla Guèye Senegal · #7,030,490 worldwide 415 citations · 81 works
  7. 7 A Carayon Senegal · #7,670,664 worldwide 198 citations · 339 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Technologie Alimentaire

What are the most cited papers from Institut de Technologie Alimentaire?

The most cited paper from Institut de Technologie Alimentaire is "Role of lipopeptides produced by Bacillus subtilis GA1 in the reduction of grey mould disease caused by Botrytis cinerea on apple" (Yacine Touré, Marc Ongena, Philippe Jacques et al., 2004), with 353 citations. Next come "Coconut water uses, composition and properties: a review" (283) and "Le bissap ( Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) : composition et principales utilisations" (116).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Role of lipopeptides produced by Bacillus subtilis GA1 in the reduction of grey mould disease caused by Botrytis cinerea on apple Yacine Touré, Marc Ongena, Philippe Jacques et al. · Journal of Applied Microbiology 8 Apr 2004 353
2 Coconut water uses, composition and properties: a review Alexia Prades, Manuel Dornier, Nafissatou Diop et al. · Fruits Open access Mar 2012 283
3 Le bissap ( Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) : composition et principales utilisations Mady Cissé, Manuel Dornier, Mama Sakho et al. · Fruits Open access May 2009 116
4 Coconut water preservation and processing: a review Alexia Prades, Manuel Dornier, Nafissatou Diop et al. · Fruits Open access 6 Apr 2012 90
5 Ripening of Mangos Following Low-temperature Storage Andrew P. Medlicott, José Maria Monteiro Sigrist, Ousmane Sy · Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science Open access May 1990 89
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Which keywords describe research at Institut de Technologie Alimentaire?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Agroecology, Dark Matter, Climate Change, Geometric Algebra, Quantum Gravity and Quaternionic Analysis.

▲ 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. Sustainability7▲ 5.0×12 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 51×4 topics
  4. Agroecology5▲ 65×4 topics
  5. Dark Matter5▲ 79×2 topics
  6. Geometric Algebra5▲ 598×1 topic
  7. Quantum Gravity5▲ 95×3 topics
  8. Quaternionic Analysis5▲ 598×1 topic
  9. Adaptation4▲ 24×3 topics
  10. Agricultural Development4▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Diversity4▲ 39×1 topic
  12. Livestock Farming4▲ 116×2 topics
  13. Work Organization4▲ 175×1 topic
  14. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 9.2×10 topics
  15. Health Benefits3▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Nutritional Value3▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Lorentz Violation3▲ 301×1 topic
  18. Noncommutative Field Theory3▲ 301×1 topic
  19. Rheological Properties3▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Cosmological Parameters2▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Dark Energy2▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Metabolic Health2▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Agroforestry2▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Climate Resilience2▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Food Security2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  28. Indigenous Fruits2▲ 155×1 topic
  29. Tree Domestication2▲ 155×1 topic
  30. Dietary Fiber2▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Food Safety2▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Glycemic Index2▲ 61×1 topic
  33. International Relations2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Agriculture2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Phytochemicals2▲ 26×3 topics
  36. S&T Policies2▲ 342×1 topic
  37. Science Diplomacy2▲ 342×1 topic
  38. Functional Foods2▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Hydrocolloids1▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Superconducting Circuits1▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut de Technologie Alimentaire publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Algebraic and Geometric Analysis, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Algebraic and Geometric Analysis: 5 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksFood composition and pro…2Food composition and properties: 2 fractional worksInternational Science and Diplomacy: 2 fractional worksSeed and Plant Biochemistry: 1 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene: 1 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 1 fractional works
Applied MathematicsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Algebraic and Geometric Analysis Applied Mathematics 5 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  3. 3 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  4. 4 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  5. 5 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  6. 6 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Seed and Plant Biochemistry Food Science 1 works
  9. 9 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 1 works
  10. 10 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Technologie Alimentaire's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher 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 Institut de Technologie Alimentaire as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Institut de Technologie Alimentaire0.000096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut de Technologie Alimentaire over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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