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Songhai

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Research works
2
fractional, all time
Citations
30
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Songhai

Not ranked overall: Songhai 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 Songhai work in?

In all years, 42% of research at Songhai is in Life Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (42%), Social Sciences (42%), Engineering (12%).

Life Sciences: 1 fractional works · 41.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 41.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 41.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 41.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 12.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSonghai2fractional works, all years
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences17%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 3 domains and 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences141.7%
    1. Social Sciences141.7%
    1. Engineering012.5%
    2. Computer Science04.2%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Songhai?

The most cited paper from Songhai is "Joint Optimal Design and Operation of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems" (Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, Catherine Rosenberg, Srinivasan Keshav et al., 2016), with 76 citations. Next come "Microgrid design optimization in Benin within the LEOPARD project: evaluating the impact of inaccurate load profile estimation" (3) and "A New Approach to Sustainable Livelihoods: African youth and agriculture" (3).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Joint Optimal Design and Operation of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, Catherine Rosenberg, Srinivasan Keshav et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Open access 3 Feb 2016 76
2 Microgrid design optimization in Benin within the LEOPARD project: evaluating the impact of inaccurate load profile estimation Sarah Sanfilippo, J. J. Hernández Cabrera, Jose Evora et al. Conference paper 19 Jul 2023 3
3 A New Approach to Sustainable Livelihoods: African youth and agriculture Father Nzamujo · Development Jun 1999 3
4 Qualitative phytochemical profiles of turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.) grown in Benin, West Africa Mouguissou Karim, Zunaira Zafar, Emile Lokon Vinsou et al. · Research Square PreprintOpen access 10 Oct 2025 0
5 The Songhai Model of Integrated Production Gaston Agossou, G. Gbèhounou, Godfrey Nzamujo et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Book chapterOpen access 2016 0
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Which research topics does Songhai publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microgrid Control and Optimization, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems and Energy and Environment Impacts.

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 0 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 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 available28.5%not open71.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.6%domestic only68.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Songhai's research output changed?

20002005201020152020

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