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Institut du Sahel

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World rank, all time
#31,293
of 34,923
Rank in Mali
#11
of 11
Research works
180
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Institut du Sahel

Which fields of science does Institut du Sahel work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Institut du Sahel is in Health Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (28%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 38.3% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 36.2% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 35.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 28.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 19.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut du Sahel44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences19%

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. Medicine1636.2%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1328.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.8%
    1. Social Sciences37.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting13.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.2%
    5. Psychology11.7%
    6. Decision Sciences11.6%
    1. Environmental Science12.7%
    2. Engineering11.3%
    3. Computer Science00.9%
    4. Mathematics00.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    6. Energy00.2%
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: 5.98× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.88× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.98×13 works
  2. Medicine1.88×16 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.65×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×1 works
  5. Nursing1.11×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.04×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.04×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.94×2 works
  10. Veterinary0.92×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.64×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.60×3 works
  13. Psychology0.57×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.54×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.54×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.50×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.34×0 works
  18. Energy0.20×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  20. Engineering0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut du Sahel?

Ranked on the quality score, Lamine Traoré, Hawa Thiam Ndiaye and Mohamed Kole Sidibé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut du Sahel.

  1. 1 Lamine Traoré Mali · #2,915,491 worldwide 474 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Hawa Thiam Ndiaye Mali · #3,009,598 worldwide 408 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Mohamed Kole Sidibé Mali · #4,860,999 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Seydou Bakayoko Mali · #4,884,903 worldwide 120 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Alain Auzemery Mali · #5,095,313 worldwide 54 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Abdoulaye Napo Mali · #5,205,858 worldwide 129 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Abdoulaye Nouhoum Coulibaly Mali · #5,245,275 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Jeannette Traoré Mali · #5,585,333 worldwide 56 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Nouhoum Guirou Mali · #5,612,591 worldwide 131 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Institut du Sahel

What are the most cited papers from Institut du Sahel?

The most cited paper from Institut du Sahel is "Prevalence and factors associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: Results from two case-control studies" (Jean E. Revuz, Florence Canouï‐Poitrine, P. Wolkenstein et al., 2008), with 627 citations. Next come "Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level" (382) and "Human Benefits of Animal Interventions for Zoonosis Control" (276).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence and factors associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: Results from two case-control studies Jean E. Revuz, Florence Canouï‐Poitrine, P. Wolkenstein et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 4 Aug 2008 627
2 Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level Global Retinoblastoma Study Group et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access473 authors 27 Feb 2020 382
3 Human Benefits of Animal Interventions for Zoonosis Control Jakob Zinsstag, Esther Schelling, Felix Maximilian Roth et al. · Emerging infectious diseases Open access Apr 2007 276
4 Combination Therapy with Clindamycin and Rifampicin for Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Series of 116 Consecutive Patients Georgina Gener, Florence Canouï‐Poitrine, Jean E. Revuz et al. · Dermatology 2009 267
5 Parklands for buffering climate risk and sustaining agricultural production in the Sahel of West Africa Jules Bayala, Josias Sanou, Z. Teklehaimanot et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ReviewOpen access Nov 2013 238
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Which keywords describe research at Institut du Sahel?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Social Networks, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, Rural Development, Sustainability, Agriculture and Glaucoma.

▲ 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. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 62×4 topics
  2. Social Networks5▲ 45×2 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 4.1×13 topics
  4. Climate Change4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 28×4 topics
  6. Food Security4▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Rural Development3▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Agriculture3▲ 19×3 topics
  9. Epidemiology3▲ 1.81×15 topics
  10. Adaptation3▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Agricultural Innovation3▲ 149×1 topic
  12. Glaucoma3▲ 47×3 topics
  13. Livelihood Diversification3▲ 222×1 topic
  14. Vulnerability3▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Insurance2▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Risk Management2▲ 11×1 topic
  17. Agroecology2▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Macular Degeneration2▲ 38×3 topics
  19. Multifunctionality2▲ 99×2 topics
  20. Agricultural Development2▲ 29×1 topic
  21. Livestock Farming2▲ 77×2 topics
  22. Optic Nerve2▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Optical Coherence Tomography2▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Work Organization2▲ 115×1 topic
  25. Cultural Heritage2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  26. Diabetic Retinopathy2▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Surgical Management1▲ 8.0×3 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations1▲ 6.9×8 topics
  31. Job Satisfaction1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Endophthalmitis1▲ 74×2 topics
  33. Facial Fractures1▲ 121×1 topic
  34. Intravitreal Injection1▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Maxillofacial Trauma1▲ 121×1 topic
  36. Femtosecond Laser1▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Intraocular Lens Implantation1▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Ocular Findings1▲ 91×1 topic
  39. Retinal Artery Occlusion1▲ 91×1 topic
  40. Retinal Disease1▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut du Sahel publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural risk and resilience, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Facial Trauma and Fracture Management.

Agricultural Innovations…3Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 3 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksFacial Trauma and Fracture Management: 1 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 1 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…1Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 1 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 1 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 1 fractional worksEmotional Labor in Professions: 1 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 1 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSoil ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  2. 2 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 2 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Facial Trauma and Fracture Management Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 1 works
  6. 6 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 1 works
  8. 8 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 1 works
  9. 9 Emotional Labor in Professions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut du Sahel'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 du Sahel as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Institut du Sahel0.00018% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut du Sahel over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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