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Institut Pasteur de Dakar

In research, Institut Pasteur de Dakar stands highest in Medicine (#8,599 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,383 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Infectious Diseases is 27.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,723
of 28,054 · #16,211 all time
Rank in Senegal
#6
of 11
Research works
1.1k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Institut Pasteur de Dakar 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
MedicineField #8,599 of 10,443 19.2%71 #8914
Health SciencesDomain #10,383 of 11,982 18.4%76 #11481

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Pasteur de Dakar 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).

What does Institut Pasteur de Dakar specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 27.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 22.1 works27×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 26.2 works17×
← 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: 1.60× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.03× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Pasteur de Dakar?

Ranked on the composite score, Amadou Alpha Sall, J.P. Digoutte and Ousmane Faye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Pasteur de Dakar.

  1. 1 Amadou Alpha Sall Senegal · #135,123 worldwide 246 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 J.P. Digoutte Senegal · #282,533 worldwide 60 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Ousmane Faye Senegal · #286,226 worldwide 83 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Amadou A. Sall Senegal · #293,036 worldwide 95 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Mawlouth Diallo Senegal · #386,924 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Amadou Diallo Senegal · #439,470 worldwide 54 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Oumar Faye Senegal · #617,365 worldwide 46 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Cheikh Loucoubar Senegal · #706,731 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ibrahima Dia Senegal · #783,392 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 M. Cornet Senegal · #934,147 worldwide 16 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Pasteur de Dakar

Which keywords describe research at Institut Pasteur de Dakar?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Pathogenesis, Vector Control, Public Health, Arboviral Diseases, Zika Virus 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. Epidemiology54▲ 12×38 topics
  2. Vaccine Development26▲ 86×6 topics
  3. Pathogenesis23▲ 38×12 topics
  4. Vector Control15▲ 107×3 topics
  5. Public Health15▲ 8.6×19 topics
  6. Arboviral Diseases13▲ 171×1 topic
  7. Zika Virus13▲ 171×1 topic
  8. Vaccine12▲ 25×9 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity10▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Global Burden10▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Zoonotic Infections10▲ 146×2 topics
  12. Bunyavirus9▲ 174×1 topic
  13. Immune Response9▲ 14×10 topics
  14. Insecticide Resistance9▲ 101×3 topics
  15. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers9▲ 174×1 topic
  16. Artemisinin Resistance8▲ 221×1 topic
  17. Plasmodium falciparum8▲ 221×1 topic
  18. Climate Change6▲ 1.74×9 topics
  19. Disease Burden5▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Pandemic5▲ 4.0×6 topics
  21. Transmission5▲ 77×2 topics
  22. Ebola Virus4▲ 142×1 topic
  23. Outbreak4▲ 107×1 topic
  24. SARS-CoV-24▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 9.4×8 topics
  26. Viral Infections4▲ 62×2 topics
  27. Human Metapneumovirus4▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Respiratory Syncytial Virus4▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Vaccines4▲ 58×2 topics
  30. Genetic Characterization4▲ 64×2 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases4▲ 9.0×7 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Viral Transmission3▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Infection3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality3▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Norovirus3▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Rotavirus3▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Bluetongue Virus3▲ 120×1 topic
  39. Coronavirus3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Culicoides Biting Midges3▲ 120×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Pasteur de Dakar publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors, Malaria Research and Control and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Mosquito-borne diseases …13Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 13 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 9 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 8 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…4Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 4 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…4Respiratory viral infections research: 4 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…3Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 3 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  2. 2 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 9 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 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 available75.3%not open24.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.0%domestic only68.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Pasteur de Dakar's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower 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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