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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
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
- Physical Sciences11652.6%
- Computer Science3013.4%
- Engineering2712.1%
- Mathematics219.7%
- Environmental Science135.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences73.3%
- Physics and Astronomy62.9%
- Chemistry41.9%
- Materials Science41.9%
- Energy31.5%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Health Sciences5122.9%
- Medicine4419.9%
- Health Professions41.9%
- Nursing20.9%
- Dentistry00.1%
- Veterinary00.1%
- Social Sciences2913.1%
- Life Sciences2511.4%
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.
- MathematicsField · 21.5 works8.2×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics8.25×22 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.11×7 works
- Nursing1.82×2 works
- Computer Science1.72×30 works
- Energy1.64×3 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.48×16 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.30×6 works
- Chemistry1.22×4 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.20×3 works
- Environmental Science1.18×13 works
- Medicine1.04×44 works
- Decision Sciences0.96×2 works
- Engineering0.80×27 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×4 works
- Health Professions0.72×4 works
- Social Sciences0.59×16 works
- Materials Science0.54×4 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×6 works
- Arts and Humanities0.49×3 works
- Veterinary0.44×0 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.43×3 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
- Dentistry0.26×0 works
- Neuroscience0.18×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
- Psychology0.07×0 works
- Mathematics 8.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.1×
- Nursing 1.8×
- Computer Science 1.7×
- Energy 1.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.5×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.3×
- Chemistry 1.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.2×
- Environmental Science 1.2×
- Medicine 1.0×
- Decision Sciences 1.0×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.7×
- Social Sciences 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.5×
- Veterinary 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Psychology 0.1×
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
Mohamedhen Vall Nounou
Mauritania · #914,374 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
- 2
Boudy Bilal
Mauritania · #1,746,841 worldwide 960 citations · 40 works
- 3
Hamed Ould Sidi
Mauritania · #2,005,584 worldwide 92 citations · 30 works
- 4
Ousmane Ly
Mauritania · #2,150,804 worldwide 372 citations · 24 works
- 5
Mohamed Lemine Cheikh Brahim Ahmed
Mauritania · #2,182,622 worldwide 1.8k citations · 32 works
- 6
Mamoudou Ndongo
Mauritania · #2,571,784 worldwide 799 citations · 29 works
- 7
Robert Vernet
Mauritania · #2,693,620 worldwide 673 citations · 55 works
- 8
Hampaté Bâ
Mauritania · #2,838,087 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
- 9
Mohamed Saad Bouh Elemine Vall
Mauritania · #2,980,758 worldwide 69 citations · 37 works
- 10
Cheikh Yebouk
Mauritania · #2,988,886 worldwide 169 citations · 13 works
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.
- Subduction
- Sahara
- Fractional Differential Equations
- Spintronics
- Plant Disease Detection
- Cultural Exchange
- Archaeology
- Numerical Methods
- Grid Integration
- Antiviral Therapy
- Islam
- Infectious Diseases
- Boundary Value Problems
- Heterogeneous
- Porous Media
- Remote Sensing
- Sobolev Spaces
- Renewable Energy
- Nonlinear Equations
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Fractional Laplacian
- Neural Networks
- Finite Element
- Immune Response
- Multiscale Methods
- Smallholder Farmers
- Controllability
- North Africa
- Power Electronics
- Liver Disease
- Agroforestry
- Crop Yield Prediction
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Smart Farming
- Tree Domestication
- Migrations
- Semilinear Differential Equations
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
- Epidemiology14▲ 1.56×50 topics
- Deep Learning13▲ 1.75×31 topics
- Machine Learning13▲ 1.76×33 topics
- Nonlinear Equations8▲ 30×3 topics
- Climate Change8▲ 1.32×28 topics
- Renewable Energy8▲ 2.5×21 topics
- Fractional Laplacian6▲ 127×1 topic
- Sobolev Spaces6▲ 127×1 topic
- Neural Networks6▲ 1.62×10 topics
- Remote Sensing5▲ 2.0×12 topics
- Finite Element5▲ 50×2 topics
- Porous Media5▲ 16×3 topics
- Immune Response4▲ 3.5×10 topics
- Heterogeneous4▲ 53×1 topic
- Multiscale Methods4▲ 53×1 topic
- Boundary Value Problems4▲ 35×3 topics
- Smallholder Farmers4▲ 7.8×2 topics
- Infectious Diseases3▲ 4.7×5 topics
- Controllability3▲ 33×2 topics
- Islam3▲ 6.8×2 topics
- North Africa3▲ 39×2 topics
- Antiviral Therapy3▲ 13×3 topics
- Power Electronics3▲ 3.9×5 topics
- Grid Integration3▲ 11×3 topics
- Liver Disease3▲ 13×2 topics
- Numerical Methods2▲ 13×2 topics
- Agroforestry2▲ 14×1 topic
- Archaeology2▲ 7.2×2 topics
- Crop Yield Prediction2▲ 8.9×1 topic
- Cultural Exchange2▲ 7.3×2 topics
- Internet of Things (IoT)2▲ 8.3×2 topics
- Plant Disease Detection2▲ 8.9×1 topic
- Smart Farming2▲ 8.4×2 topics
- Spintronics2▲ 7.5×4 topics
- Tree Domestication2▲ 42×1 topic
- Fractional Differential Equations2▲ 38×1 topic
- Migrations2▲ 113×1 topic
- Sahara2▲ 113×1 topic
- Semilinear Differential Equations2▲ 38×1 topic
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 6 works
- 2 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
- 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
- 4 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
- 5 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 2 works
- 6 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 2 works
- 7 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 2 works
- 8 Differential Equations and Boundary Problems Applied Mathematics 2 works
- 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other research institutions in Nouakchott
- Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine
- École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott
- Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne
- Lebanese International University of Mauritania
- Ministère des Affaires Économiques et de la Promotion des Secteurs Productifs
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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