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Université de Nouakchott

In research, Université de Nouakchott stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,706 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics (Mathematics is 8.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#11,353
of 22,385 · #15,846 all time
Research works
607
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%

What is Université de Nouakchott known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,706 of 10,670 5.6%96 #14357

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université de Nouakchott 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Université de Nouakchott work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Université de Nouakchott is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Computer Science (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 116 fractional works · 52.6% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 13.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 12.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 9.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 51 fractional works · 22.9% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 19.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 11.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversité deNouakchott221fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences13%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3013.4%
    2. Engineering2712.1%
    3. Mathematics219.7%
    4. Environmental Science135.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences73.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy62.9%
    7. Chemistry41.9%
    8. Materials Science41.9%
    9. Energy31.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine4419.9%
    2. Health Professions41.9%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences177.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.4%
    5. Decision Sciences20.9%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences167.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université de Nouakchott specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 21.5 works8.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.48× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.72× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.25× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics8.25×22 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.11×7 works
  3. Nursing1.82×2 works
  4. Computer Science1.72×30 works
  5. Energy1.64×3 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.48×16 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.30×6 works
  8. Chemistry1.22×4 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×3 works
  10. Environmental Science1.18×13 works
  11. Medicine1.04×44 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.96×2 works
  13. Engineering0.80×27 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×4 works
  15. Health Professions0.72×4 works
  16. Social Sciences0.59×16 works
  17. Materials Science0.54×4 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×6 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.49×3 works
  20. Veterinary0.44×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×3 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.18×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  26. Psychology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Université de Nouakchott?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohamedhen Vall Nounou, Boudy Bilal and Hamed Ould Sidi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université de Nouakchott.

  1. 1 Mohamedhen Vall Nounou Mauritania · #914,374 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Boudy Bilal Mauritania · #1,746,841 worldwide 960 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Hamed Ould Sidi Mauritania · #2,005,584 worldwide 92 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Ousmane Ly Mauritania · #2,150,804 worldwide 372 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Mohamed Lemine Cheikh Brahim Ahmed Mauritania · #2,182,622 worldwide 1.8k citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Mamoudou Ndongo Mauritania · #2,571,784 worldwide 799 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Robert Vernet Mauritania · #2,693,620 worldwide 673 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Hampaté Bâ Mauritania · #2,838,087 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Mohamed Saad Bouh Elemine Vall Mauritania · #2,980,758 worldwide 69 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Cheikh Yebouk Mauritania · #2,988,886 worldwide 169 citations · 13 works
All ranked researchers at Université de Nouakchott

What are the most cited papers from Université de Nouakchott?

The most cited paper from Université de Nouakchott is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500) and "Control of postharvest decay of apple fruit by Aureobasidium pullulans and induction of defense responses" (401).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
3 Control of postharvest decay of apple fruit by Aureobasidium pullulans and induction of defense responses Antonio Menniti Ippolito, Ahmed El Ghaouth, Charles L. Wilson et al. · Postharvest Biology and Technology Jul 2000 401
4 Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level Global Retinoblastoma Study Group et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access473 authors 27 Feb 2020 382
5 Heavy metal distribution in different fish species from the Mauritania coast Michèle Roméo, Yves Siau, Z. Sidoumou et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Aug 1999 353
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université de Nouakchott?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nonlinear Equations, Fractional Laplacian, Sobolev Spaces, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Finite Element and Porous Media.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology14▲ 1.56×50 topics
  2. Deep Learning13▲ 1.75×31 topics
  3. Machine Learning13▲ 1.76×33 topics
  4. Nonlinear Equations8▲ 30×3 topics
  5. Climate Change8▲ 1.32×28 topics
  6. Renewable Energy8▲ 2.5×21 topics
  7. Fractional Laplacian6▲ 127×1 topic
  8. Sobolev Spaces6▲ 127×1 topic
  9. Neural Networks6▲ 1.62×10 topics
  10. Remote Sensing5▲ 2.0×12 topics
  11. Finite Element5▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Porous Media5▲ 16×3 topics
  13. Immune Response4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  14. Heterogeneous4▲ 53×1 topic
  15. Multiscale Methods4▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Boundary Value Problems4▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  19. Controllability3▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Islam3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  21. North Africa3▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Antiviral Therapy3▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Power Electronics3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  24. Grid Integration3▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Liver Disease3▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Numerical Methods2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Agroforestry2▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Archaeology2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  29. Crop Yield Prediction2▲ 8.9×1 topic
  30. Cultural Exchange2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  31. Internet of Things (IoT)2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  32. Plant Disease Detection2▲ 8.9×1 topic
  33. Smart Farming2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Spintronics2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  35. Tree Domestication2▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Fractional Differential Equations2▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Migrations2▲ 113×1 topic
  38. Sahara2▲ 113×1 topic
  39. Semilinear Differential Equations2▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Subduction2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Université de Nouakchott publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering, Smart Agriculture and AI and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

  1. 1 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  5. 5 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 2 works
  6. 6 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 2 works
  7. 7 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  8. 8 Differential Equations and Boundary Problems Applied Mathematics 2 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 2 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.3%domestic only48.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université de Nouakchott's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Université de Nouakchott as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Université de Nouakchott0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université de Nouakchott over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Université de Nouakchott9.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.0% in 2025.

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