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Mali-Folkecenter

In research, Mali-Folkecenter stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,422 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#7,568 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,653 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases and Surgery (Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.2× its share of world research).

malifolkecenter.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#11,696
of 22,385 · #13,839 all time
Rank in Mali
#3
of 8
Research works
1.3k
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.62×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Mali-Folkecenter

What is Mali-Folkecenter known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #8,422 of 9,902 1.5%335 #9730
MedicineField #7,568 of 8,541 1.1%287 #9222
Social SciencesDomain #8,653 of 9,585 5.0%66 #10455
SurgerySubfield #1,391 of 1,532 0.2%66 #3012

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mali-Folkecenter 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#9,730 #8,422
  2. Medicine#9,222 #7,568
  3. Social Sciences#10,455 #8,653
  4. Surgery#3,012 #1,391
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Mali-Folkecenter work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Mali-Folkecenter is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Social Sciences (8%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 356 fractional works · 69.0% of its workMedicine: 305 fractional works · 59.1% of its workSurgery: 69 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMali-Folkecenter517fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences14%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine30559.1%
    2. Health Professions367.0%
    3. Nursing122.2%
    4. Dentistry30.5%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences428.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting91.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities61.2%
    5. Psychology50.9%
    6. Decision Sciences20.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences285.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology183.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.4%
    4. Neuroscience30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Environmental Science132.5%
    2. Computer Science51.0%
    3. Engineering40.7%
    4. Mathematics40.7%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mali-Folkecenter specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 27.9 works7.2×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 20.8 works5.9×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 68.7 works5.7×
← 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: 1.14× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.64× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.07× its world share, 305 worksMedicineNursing: 4.56× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.56×12 works
  2. Medicine3.07×305 works
  3. Health Professions2.64×36 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.39×7 works
  5. Veterinary1.39×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.14×28 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×2 works
  8. Dentistry1.04×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×10 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×18 works
  11. Social Sciences0.64×42 works
  12. Mathematics0.58×4 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×8 works
  14. Environmental Science0.50×13 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.43×6 works
  16. Neuroscience0.37×3 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.31×2 works
  18. Psychology0.31×5 works
  19. Computer Science0.13×5 works
  20. Energy0.10×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  24. Engineering0.05×4 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mali-Folkecenter?

Ranked on the quality score, Victor Afari‐Sefa, Abdoulaye Diarra and Caroline Whidden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mali-Folkecenter.

  1. 1 Victor Afari‐Sefa Mali · #1,033,296 worldwide 2k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Abdoulaye Diarra Mali · #1,185,526 worldwide 5.1k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Caroline Whidden Mali · #1,867,819 worldwide 418 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Abdallah Traoré Mali · #2,023,531 worldwide 966 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Diakalia Koné Mali · #2,071,369 worldwide 509 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 I Maïga Mali · #2,172,876 worldwide 722 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Stéphane Besançon Mali · #2,327,017 worldwide 2.8k citations · 101 works
  8. 8 Issa Niamanto Coulibaly Mali · #2,479,906 worldwide 76 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 O. Diall Mali · #2,494,281 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Laurence Touré Mali · #2,620,061 worldwide 430 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Mali-Folkecenter

What are the most cited papers from Mali-Folkecenter?

The most cited paper from Mali-Folkecenter is "Evergreen Agriculture: a robust approach to sustainable food security in Africa" (Dennis P. Garrity, Festus Kehinde Akinnifesi, Oluyede C. Ajayi et al., 2010), with 702 citations. Next come "Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy" (571) and "Effect of a community-led sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea and child growth in rural Mali: a cluster-randomised controlled trial" (412).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evergreen Agriculture: a robust approach to sustainable food security in Africa Dennis P. Garrity, Festus Kehinde Akinnifesi, Oluyede C. Ajayi et al. · Food Security 27 Aug 2010 702
2 Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy Rifat Ali Atun et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Open access 5 Jul 2017 571
3 Effect of a community-led sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea and child growth in rural Mali: a cluster-randomised controlled trial Amy J. Pickering, Habiba Djebbari, Carolina López et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 19 Oct 2015 412
4 Prioritising the role of community health workers in the COVID-19 response Madeleine Ballard et al. · BMJ Global Health Open access Jun 2020 411
5 Discovery of a large accumulation of natural hydrogen in Bourakebougou (Mali) Alain Prinzhofer, Cheick Sidy Tahara Cissé, Aliou Boubacar Diallo · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 25 Sep 2018 410
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mali-Folkecenter?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Diagnosis, Maternal Mortality, Complications, Treatment, Pathogenesis and Health Inequalities.

▲ 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. Epidemiology81▲ 3.9×100 topics
  2. Public Health36▲ 4.8×39 topics
  3. Diagnosis31▲ 6.4×32 topics
  4. Treatment24▲ 3.8×33 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality24▲ 20×4 topics
  6. Climate Change20▲ 1.44×31 topics
  7. Management20▲ 4.8×24 topics
  8. Complications20▲ 7.7×14 topics
  9. Pathogenesis18▲ 6.8×19 topics
  10. Health Inequalities16▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Immune Response16▲ 5.6×13 topics
  12. Community Health Workers16▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Surgical Management16▲ 7.5×16 topics
  14. Socio-economic Factors16▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Child Mortality15▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Guidelines15▲ 6.3×13 topics
  17. Health Systems15▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Surgery14▲ 8.0×9 topics
  19. Children13▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Mortality13▲ 4.5×13 topics
  21. Primary Care13▲ 6.7×10 topics
  22. Vaccine13▲ 6.2×11 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases12▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis12▲ 3.8×6 topics
  25. Prenatal Diagnosis11▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 9.9×6 topics
  27. Global Burden11▲ 3.9×11 topics
  28. Digital Health10▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Healthcare Policy10▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Child Development10▲ 4.6×3 topics
  31. Healthcare Management10▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Inequalities10▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Universal Health Coverage10▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Global Burden of Disease10▲ 7.4×2 topics
  35. Smallholder Farmers10▲ 8.7×5 topics
  36. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 22×1 topic
  38. CT Scan9▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 9.3×6 topics
  40. Antibiotic Therapy8▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Mali-Folkecenter publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Global Maternal and Chil…15Global Maternal and Child Health: 15 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 10 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…9Child Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…8Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 8 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 7 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 7 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…6Health, Medicine and Society: 6 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and DieteticsEmergency Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 10 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  4. 4 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  6. 6 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 6 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 5 works
  9. 9 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.3%domestic only61.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mali-Folkecenter's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mali-Folkecenter as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Mali-Folkecenter0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mali-Folkecenter over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Mali-Folkecenter4.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2017.

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