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Sonatel (Senegal)

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Research works
50
▲ 249% vs 2018-21
Citations
238
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Sonatel (Senegal)

Not ranked overall: Sonatel (Senegal) 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 Sonatel (Senegal) work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Sonatel (Senegal) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%).

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 39.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 15.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 9.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 27.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 18.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKSonatel (Senegal)23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences28%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science415.5%
    2. Engineering210.4%
    3. Environmental Science29.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.6%
    5. Chemistry01.1%
    6. Energy00.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Social Sciences415.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting13.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.9%
    5. Decision Sciences01.9%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences314.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    1. Medicine210.4%
    2. Health Professions13.6%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
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: 3.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.13×4 works
  2. Computer Science1.99×4 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.97×0 works
  4. Environmental Science1.94×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.67×1 works
  6. Dentistry1.47×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.35×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.19×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.16×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.04×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.99×1 works
  13. Energy0.78×0 works
  14. Engineering0.69×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.68×0 works
  16. Medicine0.54×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  19. Psychology0.16×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Sonatel (Senegal)?

The most cited paper from Sonatel (Senegal) is "On-farm testing of a nutrient management decision-support tool for rice in the Senegal River valley" (Kazuki Saito, Salif Diack, Ibnou Dieng et al., 2015), with 75 citations. Next come "Nouvelles considérations taxonomiques sur les espèces du genre Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 et description de deux nouvelles espèces (Scorpiones, Buthidae)" (36) and "Review of: "( linking nanoelectronics and nanoplasmonics) many advantages such as ease of production, the possibility of industrialization, the ability to control the dimensions of the raw materials of nanochips and nanotransistors"" (35).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On-farm testing of a nutrient management decision-support tool for rice in the Senegal River valley Kazuki Saito, Salif Diack, Ibnou Dieng et al. · Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 24 Jun 2015 75
2 Nouvelles considérations taxonomiques sur les espèces du genre Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 et description de deux nouvelles espèces (Scorpiones, Buthidae) Wilson R. Lourenço · Revue suisse de zoologie Open access 2005 36
3 Review of: "( linking nanoelectronics and nanoplasmonics) many advantages such as ease of production, the possibility of industrialization, the ability to control the dimensions of the raw materials of nanochips and nanotransistors" Monta O,konte · Qeios Open access 26 Oct 2023 35
4 Preserving soil quality under irrigation in the Senegal River Valley Marco C. S. Wopereis, J. Ceuppens, Pascal Boivin et al. · Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science Open access May 1998 26
5 Dosages of anti-tuberculosis medications in the national tuberculosis programs of Kenya, Nepal, and Senegal. Altine Diop, G. Gakiria, S B Pande et al. · PubMed Mar 2002 16
All 71 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sonatel (Senegal)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Waste Management, Smallholder Farmers, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Adaptation 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-now 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 5.8×12 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 3.7×10 topics
  3. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  4. Waste Management2▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Deep Learning1▲ 1.76×7 topics
  6. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.4×6 topics
  7. Recycling1▲ 14×3 topics
  8. Smallholder Farmers1▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Adaptation1▲ 17×1 topic
  10. Livestock Farming1▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Cultural Studies1▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.0×8 topics
  13. Community Health Workers1▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Education1▲ 2.6×4 topics
  15. Machine Learning1▲ 1.29×6 topics
  16. Rural Communities1▲ 76×2 topics

Which research topics does Sonatel (Senegal) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Municipal Solid Waste Management, ICT in Developing Communities and Multimedia Communication and Technology.

Agriculture and Rural De…1Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 1 fractional worksICT in Developing Communities: 1 fractional worksMultimedia Communication and Technology: 0 fractional worksDiverse academic and cultural studies: 0 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 0 fractional worksPublic Spaces through Art: 0 fractional worksEducational Practices and Policies: 0 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Forecasting: 0 fractional worksDeath, Funerary Practices, and Mourning: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringInformation SystemsSociology 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 1 works
  2. 2 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Multimedia Communication and Technology Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Diverse academic and cultural studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Public Spaces through Art Urban Studies 0 works
  8. 8 Educational Practices and Policies Education 0 works
  9. 9 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning Anthropology 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sonatel (Senegal)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 249% 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 Sonatel (Senegal) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000047% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Sonatel (Senegal)0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sonatel (Senegal) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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