Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Institution · Bamako · Mali

Mali-Folkecenter

In research, Mali-Folkecenter stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,324 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#8,119 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,179 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Surgery — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 7.2× its share of world research.

malifolkecenter.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#15,064
of 28,054 · #17,539 all time
Rank in Mali
#3
of 9
Research works
1.3k
▲ 184% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.1k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Mali-Folkecenter 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,324 of 11,982 2.2%335 #14670
MedicineField #8,119 of 10,443 1.9%287 #13391
Social SciencesDomain #10,179 of 10,521 6.2%66 #13029
SurgerySubfield #1,811 of 1,816 0.1%66 #4215

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#14,670 #8,324
  2. Medicine#13,391 #8,119
  3. Social Sciences#13,029 #10,179
  4. Surgery#4,215 #1,811
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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 · 25.6 works7.2×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 66.3 works5.9×
← 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: 1.09× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.65× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.13× its world share, 287 worksMedicineNursing: 4.70× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mali-Folkecenter?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahamadou Dramé, Stéphane Besançon and A.T. Sidibé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mali-Folkecenter.

  1. 1 Ahamadou Dramé Mali · #581,574 worldwide 0 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Stéphane Besançon Mali · #836,116 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 A.T. Sidibé Mali · #1,155,541 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Youssouf Camara Mali · #1,200,033 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Drissa Kanikomo Mali · #1,247,178 worldwide 6 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 A Doumbia Mali · #1,419,575 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Youssouf Sogoba Mali · #1,439,024 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 D Traoré Mali · #1,506,496 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Mali-Folkecenter

Which keywords describe research at Mali-Folkecenter?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Diagnosis, Maternal Mortality, Complications, Treatment, Management and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 4.0×95 topics
  2. Public Health36▲ 5.1×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis30▲ 6.8×32 topics
  4. Treatment23▲ 4.0×33 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality22▲ 21×4 topics
  6. Management19▲ 5.1×23 topics
  7. Complications19▲ 7.9×13 topics
  8. Climate Change19▲ 1.45×29 topics
  9. Pathogenesis16▲ 6.7×19 topics
  10. Surgical Management16▲ 7.9×16 topics
  11. Guidelines15▲ 6.9×13 topics
  12. Health Inequalities15▲ 27×2 topics
  13. Immune Response15▲ 5.7×13 topics
  14. Community Health Workers15▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Socio-economic Factors15▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Child Mortality14▲ 43×1 topic
  17. Health Systems14▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Surgery14▲ 8.2×9 topics
  19. Children13▲ 12×6 topics
  20. Mortality13▲ 4.7×12 topics
  21. Primary Care13▲ 7.1×10 topics
  22. Vaccine12▲ 6.0×11 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases11▲ 7.3×6 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis11▲ 4.1×6 topics
  25. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 9.9×5 topics
  26. Healthcare Policy10▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Digital Health10▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Healthcare Management10▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Inequalities10▲ 58×1 topic
  31. Universal Health Coverage10▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Child Development10▲ 4.8×3 topics
  33. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 23×1 topic
  36. CT Scan9▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Smallholder Farmers9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Antibiotic Therapy8▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Appendicitis8▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Mali-Folkecenter publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 14 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 worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 6 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 6 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…6Health, Medicine and Society: 6 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 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 14 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 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  6. 6 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  7. 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 6 works
  8. 8 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 5 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mali-Folkecenter's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 184% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Other research institutions in Bamako

All research institutions in Bamako

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.