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Société de Développement des Forêts

In research, Société de Développement des Forêts stands highest in Social Sciences (#16,436 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,376
of 28,054 · #20,286 all time
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
#10
of 20
Research works
395
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Société de Développement des Forêts known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #16,436 of 16,945 8.4%130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Société de Développement des Forêts 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).

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: 3.74× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 3.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.63× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Société de Développement des Forêts?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Adaptation, Agroecology, Multifunctionality, Sustainability, Agricultural Development and Livestock Farming.

▲ 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. Climate Change9▲ 4.7×29 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 41×5 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 3.5×12 topics
  4. Adaptation5▲ 25×6 topics
  5. Epidemiology5▲ 1.78×31 topics
  6. Agroecology4▲ 42×3 topics
  7. Multifunctionality4▲ 118×2 topics
  8. Agricultural Development4▲ 35×1 topic
  9. Livestock Farming4▲ 92×1 topic
  10. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.9×6 topics
  12. Agroforestry3▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Community Engagement3▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Globalization3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  15. Biodiversity3▲ 5.4×12 topics
  16. Local Development3▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Territorial Governance3▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Healthcare3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Economic Growth2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  21. Public Policy2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 19×6 topics
  23. Colonialism2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  24. Social Justice2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  25. Immune Response2▲ 5.3×8 topics
  26. Nutritional Value2▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Gender Dynamics2▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Indigenous Fruits2▲ 118×1 topic
  29. Tree Domestication2▲ 118×1 topic
  30. Citizen Participation2▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Conservation2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  32. Corporate Social Responsibility2▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Environmental Participation2▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Genetic Diversity2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Nationalism2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  36. Ethnicity2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  37. Governance2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Vaccine Development2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  39. Population Dynamics2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  40. African History2▲ 85×1 topic

Which research topics does Société de Développement des Forêts publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, French Urban and Social Studies and African history and culture studies.

Agriculture and Rural De…4Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…2African Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …2French Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 2 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 1 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 1 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestrySociology and Political ScienceAnthropology4 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 4 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  3. 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 African history and culture studies Anthropology 2 works
  5. 5 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  8. 8 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 1 works
  10. 10 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.2%domestic only60.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Société de Développement des Forêts's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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