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Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles

In research, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#905 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,113 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,543
of 28,054 · #16,930 all time
Rank in Senegal
#3
of 11
Research works
1k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.7k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #905 of 3,409 18.1%62 #1094
Life SciencesDomain #5,113 of 7,800 17.1%69 #7172

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles 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 Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 61.7 works11×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 20.4 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: 11.49× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.94× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 2.73× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles?

Ranked on the composite score, Komi Assigbetsé, R. T. Gahukar and Djiby Dia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles.

  1. 1 Komi Assigbetsé Senegal · #545,454 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 R. T. Gahukar Senegal · #575,344 worldwide 69 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Djiby Dia Senegal · #686,685 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Georges Vassiliades Senegal · #909,928 worldwide 11 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Ibrahima Diédhiou Senegal · #1,029,168 worldwide 38 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Simon Grétillat Senegal · #1,176,467 worldwide 16 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Ndjido Ardo Kane Senegal · #1,285,593 worldwide 28 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Ndiaga Cissé Senegal · #1,360,762 worldwide 55 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles

Which keywords describe research at Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Adaptation, Agroecology, Diversity, Sustainable Agriculture and Agricultural Development.

▲ 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. Climate Change27▲ 8.9×42 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers21▲ 84×5 topics
  3. Sustainability19▲ 6.8×21 topics
  4. Adaptation15▲ 46×4 topics
  5. Agroecology13▲ 80×4 topics
  6. Diversity12▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 34×9 topics
  8. Agricultural Development12▲ 65×2 topics
  9. Livestock Farming12▲ 170×2 topics
  10. Multifunctionality12▲ 208×1 topic
  11. Work Organization12▲ 246×1 topic
  12. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 22×10 topics
  13. Climate Resilience8▲ 119×2 topics
  14. Agroforestry8▲ 104×3 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity8▲ 15×12 topics
  16. Nutritional Value7▲ 57×4 topics
  17. Indigenous Fruits6▲ 239×1 topic
  18. Tree Domestication6▲ 239×1 topic
  19. Food Security6▲ 8.8×11 topics
  20. Drought Tolerance5▲ 29×7 topics
  21. Breeding5▲ 53×5 topics
  22. Biodiversity4▲ 5.0×15 topics
  23. QTL Mapping4▲ 32×5 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  25. Biological Control4▲ 21×7 topics
  26. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Invasive Species3▲ 6.2×10 topics
  28. Conservation3▲ 5.9×10 topics
  29. Nutritional Quality3▲ 34×4 topics
  30. Trophic Cascades3▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Agricultural Sustainability3▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Water Management3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Management3▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Marine Fisheries3▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Genomics2▲ 7.2×7 topics
  37. Marker Development2▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Marker-Assisted Selection2▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Nitrogen Fixation2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Social Networks2▲ 7.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Marine and fisheries research and Agricultural pest management studies.

Agriculture and Rural De…12Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 12 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 2 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 2 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 2 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 1 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestryGlobal and Planetary ChangePlant 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 12 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 6 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  8. 8 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 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 available77.6%not open22.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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