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Sahara and Sahel Observatory

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Research works
33
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
636
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

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

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.

Who are the top researchers at Sahara and Sahel Observatory?

Ranked on the composite score, Youba Sokona lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sahara and Sahel Observatory.

  1. 1 Youba Sokona Tunisia · #165,540 worldwide 105 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Sahara and Sahel Observatory

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 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Child Nutrition and Water Access and French Urban and Social Studies.

Agriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershe…0Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 0 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 0 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 0 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 0 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSafety ResearchNutrition and DieteticsSociology and Political Science5 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 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 0 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 0 works
  9. 9 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  10. 10 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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