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Sahara and Sahel Observatory

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Research works
33
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
636
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Sahara and Sahel Observatory

Not ranked overall: Sahara and Sahel Observatory is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sahara and Sahel Observatory work in?

In all years, 47% of research at Sahara and Sahel Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (29%), Environmental Science (24%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 47.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 24.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 31.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 28.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 19.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSahara and SahelObservatory33fractional works, all years
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science824.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences310.5%
    3. Engineering39.2%
    4. Computer Science11.8%
    5. Energy01.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1028.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences515.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Nursing01.5%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    3. Medicine00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
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: 9.04× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 10.91× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing10.91×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9.04×4 works
  3. Veterinary8.74×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.10×0 works
  5. Environmental Science2.55×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.41×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×0 works
  9. Engineering0.43×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  11. Medicine0.06×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sahara and Sahel Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, Youba Sokona, A. Mamou and Sandrine Jauffret lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sahara and Sahel Observatory.

  1. 1 Youba Sokona Tunisia · #122,846 worldwide 14k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 A. Mamou Tunisia · #2,373,322 worldwide 899 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Sandrine Jauffret Tunisia · #2,675,864 worldwide 480 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Nabil Ben Khatra Tunisia · #2,987,809 worldwide 64 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Sahara and Sahel Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Sahara and Sahel Observatory?

The most cited paper from Sahara and Sahel Observatory is "Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)" (Saleemul Huq, Hannah Reid, Mama Konate et al., 2004), with 447 citations. Next come "Monitoring and assessment of land degradation and desertification: Towards new conceptual and integrated approaches" (258) and "Application of indicator systems for monitoring and assessment of desertification from national to global scales" (159).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Saleemul Huq, Hannah Reid, Mama Konate et al. · Climate Policy 2004 447
2 Monitoring and assessment of land degradation and desertification: Towards new conceptual and integrated approaches J. Vogt, Uriel N. Safriel, Graham Paul von Maltitz et al. · Land Degradation and Development 17 Jan 2011 258
3 Application of indicator systems for monitoring and assessment of desertification from national to global scales Stefan Sommer, Claudio Zucca, Alan Grainger et al. · Land Degradation and Development 24 Jan 2011 159
4 Social Capital and Natural Resource Management Jérôme Ballet, Nicolas Sirven, Mélanie Requier-Desjardins · The Journal of Environment & Development 16 Nov 2007 158
5 Use of geochemical, isotopic, and age tracer data to develop models of groundwater flow: A case study of Gafsa mining basin-Southern Tunisia Younes Hamed, Riadh Ahmadi, Abdeslam Demdoum et al. · Journal of African Earth Sciences 12 Aug 2014 103
All 83 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sahara and Sahel Observatory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Adaptation, Smallholder Farmers, Agroecology, Diversity, Remote Sensing 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 all years 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 Change11▲ 12×24 topics
  2. Sustainability7▲ 12×11 topics
  3. Adaptation4▲ 42×3 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 86×4 topics
  5. Agroecology3▲ 77×3 topics
  6. Diversity3▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Remote Sensing3▲ 8.1×8 topics
  8. Agricultural Development3▲ 79×1 topic
  9. Livestock Farming3▲ 156×1 topic
  10. Mediterranean2▲ 58×2 topics
  11. Water Resources2▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Water Management2▲ 59×3 topics
  13. GIS2▲ 105×2 topics
  14. Groundwater2▲ 64×3 topics
  15. Arid Regions2▲ 280×2 topics
  16. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 18×6 topics
  18. Islam2▲ 36×2 topics
  19. North Africa2▲ 114×2 topics
  20. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  21. Water Quality2▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Subduction2▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Global Warming1▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Land Use Change1▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Western Mediterranean1▲ 323×1 topic
  26. geodynamics1▲ 323×1 topic
  27. Ancient Civilizations1▲ 710×1 topic
  28. Conservation1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Invasive Species1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  30. Isotopes1▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Qanats1▲ 710×1 topic
  32. Stable1▲ 139×1 topic
  33. Urbanization1▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Groundwater Potential1▲ 243×1 topic
  35. Livelihoods1▲ 114×2 topics
  36. Machine Learning Models1▲ 243×1 topic
  37. Archaeology1▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Cultural Exchange1▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Reservoir Operation1▲ 91×1 topic

Which research topics does Sahara and Sahel Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and French Urban and Social Studies.

Agriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershed Analysis: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…0Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 0 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 0 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNutrition and DieteticsSafety ResearchSociology and Political Science4 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 2 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 0 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 0 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 available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.4%domestic only45.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sahara and Sahel Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sahara and Sahel Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Sahara and Sahel Observatory0.000057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sahara and Sahel Observatory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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