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Senegal River Basin Development Authority

Research works
8
▼ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
42
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
53%
world 18%
Senegal River Basin Development Authority

Not ranked overall: Senegal River Basin Development Authority is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Senegal River Basin Development Authority work in?

In all years, 43% of research at Senegal River Basin Development Authority is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Environmental Science (31%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 43.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 39.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 15.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 36.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 18.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 17.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.0% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSenegal RiverBasin Developmen…8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences43%

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 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences339.1%
    2. Psychology03.9%
    1. Environmental Science231.2%
    2. Engineering04.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology03.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    1. Medicine02.1%
    2. Health Professions01.4%
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: 3.51× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.74× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Environmental Science: 7.95× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePsychology: 4.88× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.95×1 works
  2. Psychology4.88×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.51×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.74×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.81×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.31×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Senegal River Basin Development Authority?

The most cited paper from Senegal River Basin Development Authority is "Intercontinental Spread of Eurasian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) to Senegal" (Fatou Tall Lo et al., 2021), with 53 citations. Next come "Potential for camera-traps and spatial mark-resight models to improve monitoring of the critically endangered West African lion (Panthera leo)" (35) and "When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity" (30).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intercontinental Spread of Eurasian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) to Senegal Fatou Tall Lo et al. · Emerging infectious diseases Open access 10 Dec 2021 53
2 Potential for camera-traps and spatial mark-resight models to improve monitoring of the critically endangered West African lion (Panthera leo) Mamadou D. Kane, Dana J. Morin, Marcella J. Kelly · Biodiversity and Conservation Oct 2015 35
3 When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity Kadambari Devarajan et al. · Science Advances Open access217 authors 26 Feb 2025 30
4 Governance challenges in scaling up from individual MPAs to MPA networks Jean‐Luc Solandt, Peter J. S. Jones, Dominique Duval‐Diop et al. · Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Nov 2014 24
5 A perception-based participatory monitoring and evaluation approach to foster effective co-management of the marine protected areas in Northwest Africa Djiga Thiao, Lena Westlund, Birane Sambe et al. · Ocean & Coastal Management 4 Apr 2019 14
All 25 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Senegal River Basin Development Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Outdoor and Experiential Education and Animal Diversity and Health Studies.

  1. 1 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 0 works
  2. 2 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 0 works
  3. 3 Outdoor and Experiential Education Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Animal Diversity and Health Studies Food Science 0 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Cruise Tourism Development and Management Transportation 0 works
  8. 8 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking Social Psychology 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.2%domestic only46.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Senegal River Basin Development Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Senegal River Basin Development Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000036% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%Senegal River Basin Development Authority0.0000012% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Senegal River Basin Development Authority over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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