Question 1

What are the most cited papers from Tostan?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Tostan is "Changing Social Norms: the Importance of “Organized Diffusion” for Scaling Up Community Health Promotion and Women Empowerment Interventions" (Beniamino Cislaghi, Elaine K. Denny, Mady Cissé et al., 2019), with 127 citations. Next come "The Transformative Power of Democracy and Human Rights in Nonformal Education: The Case of Tostan" (94) and "On the CUSP: the politics and prospects of scaling social norms change programming" (36).

Question 2

Which research topics does Tostan publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Turkey's Politics and Society and Sexual function and dysfunction studies.

Question 3

Which fields of science does Tostan work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 57% of research at Tostan is in Health Sciences, 41% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Social Sciences (32%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 4

Is Tostan's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 143% higher than in 2018-2021.