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Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako

In research, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,405 of 6,403 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,772 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,009 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 9.1× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#8,085
of 22,385 · #6,748 all time
Rank in Mali
#1
of 8
Research works
835
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako

What is Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,405 of 6,403 7.3%104 #2914
Health SciencesDomain #3,772 of 9,902 5.6%157 #3771
MedicineField #4,009 of 8,541 5.2%137 #4253

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#2,914 #2,405
  2. Health Sciences#3,771 #3,772
  3. Medicine#4,253 #4,009
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako is in Health Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 183 fractional works · 48.2% of its workMedicine: 160 fractional works · 42.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 46 fractional works · 12.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 120 fractional works · 31.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 67 fractional works · 17.6% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workForestry: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 4.6% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversité desSciences, des…379fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences5%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16042.2%
    2. Health Professions143.6%
    3. Nursing71.9%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6717.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology297.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology184.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.0%
    5. Neuroscience30.7%
    1. Environmental Science215.4%
    2. Engineering112.9%
    3. Mathematics71.8%
    4. Computer Science61.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.0%
    6. Chemistry20.6%
    7. Energy20.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    9. Materials Science20.4%
    1. Social Sciences92.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    4. Psychology10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 45.7 works9.1×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 22.1 works8.6×
← 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: 3.71× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.60× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.75× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 160 worksMedicineNursing: 3.87× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.60×18 works
  2. Nursing3.87×7 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.71×67 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.75×4 works
  5. Veterinary2.68×1 works
  6. Medicine2.19×160 works
  7. Mathematics1.49×7 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.44×29 works
  9. Health Professions1.38×14 works
  10. Environmental Science1.09×20 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×6 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×4 works
  13. Energy0.63×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.46×3 works
  15. Chemistry0.41×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.26×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.25×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.20×6 works
  19. Engineering0.19×11 works
  20. Social Sciences0.19×9 works
  21. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.12×2 works
  24. Psychology0.12×1 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako?

Ranked on the quality score, Kassoum Kayentao, Mahamoudou Touré and Amatigué Zéguimé lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako.

  1. 1 Kassoum Kayentao Mali · #103,548 worldwide 9k citations · 217 works
  2. 2 Mahamoudou Touré Mali · #405,105 worldwide 1.9k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Amatigué Zéguimé Mali · #578,239 worldwide 927 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Seydou Doumbia Mali · #637,358 worldwide 6.8k citations · 380 works
  5. 5 Mahamadou Diakité Mali · #787,487 worldwide 5.6k citations · 251 works
  6. 6 Cheick Bougadari Traoré Mali · #858,438 worldwide 895 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Merepen A. Guindo Mali · #875,444 worldwide 1k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Cheick Oumar Tangara Mali · #926,394 worldwide 211 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Abdoulaye Katilé Mali · #1,028,423 worldwide 563 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Laurent Dembélé Mali · #1,084,995 worldwide 807 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako

What are the most cited papers from Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako?

The most cited paper from Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako is "Covid-19 and community mitigation strategies in a pandemic" (Shahul H. Ebrahim, Qanta A. A. Ahmed, Ernesto Gozzer et al., 2020), with 588 citations. Next come "Deep convolution neural network for image recognition" (422) and "High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health" (379).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Covid-19 and community mitigation strategies in a pandemic Shahul H. Ebrahim, Qanta A. A. Ahmed, Ernesto Gozzer et al. · BMJ Open access 17 Mar 2020 588
2 Deep convolution neural network for image recognition Boukaye Boubacar Traoré, Bernard Kamsu-Foguem, Fana Tangara · Ecological Informatics Open access 12 Oct 2018 422
3 High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health Ananyo Choudhury et al. · Nature Open access110 authors 28 Oct 2020 379
4 Management of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses: Advances and challenges Isabelle Dusfour, John G. VONTAS, Jean‐Philippe David et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 10 Oct 2019 370
5 Gut Microbiota Elicits a Protective Immune Response against Malaria Transmission Bahtiyar Yılmaz, Sílvia Portugal, Tuan M. Tran et al. · Cell Open access Dec 2014 361
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Genome Sequence, Insecticide Resistance, Artemisinin Resistance, Plasmodium falciparum and Smallholder Farmers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology65▲ 4.3×85 topics
  2. Vaccine Development30▲ 31×9 topics
  3. Global Burden24▲ 12×10 topics
  4. Climate Change21▲ 2.1×40 topics
  5. Genome Sequence20▲ 64×3 topics
  6. Insecticide Resistance20▲ 66×4 topics
  7. Artemisinin Resistance19▲ 149×1 topic
  8. Plasmodium falciparum19▲ 149×1 topic
  9. Smallholder Farmers18▲ 23×5 topics
  10. Immune Response16▲ 7.4×15 topics
  11. Public Health15▲ 2.8×29 topics
  12. Vaccine14▲ 9.1×10 topics
  13. Biodiversity Conservation13▲ 9.2×5 topics
  14. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Treatment13▲ 2.8×25 topics
  16. Nutritional Value13▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Climate Resilience12▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Agroforestry12▲ 46×3 topics
  19. Diagnosis12▲ 3.3×25 topics
  20. Rural Livelihoods11▲ 56×2 topics
  21. Indigenous Fruits11▲ 129×1 topic
  22. Medicinal Plants11▲ 7.6×8 topics
  23. Tree Domestication11▲ 129×1 topic
  24. Vector Control11▲ 25×4 topics
  25. Maternal Mortality10▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Helminth Infections10▲ 66×2 topics
  27. Adaptation10▲ 8.8×6 topics
  28. Drug Resistance10▲ 8.8×7 topics
  29. Neurological Manifestations9▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Arboviral Diseases9▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Zika Virus9▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Pathogenesis9▲ 4.8×15 topics
  33. Community Health Workers9▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Child Mortality9▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Health Systems9▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Herbal Medicine8▲ 7.9×5 topics
  37. Genetic Diversity8▲ 5.1×14 topics
  38. Flavonoids8▲ 8.3×6 topics
  39. Infectious Diseases8▲ 6.2×7 topics
  40. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 7.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Malaria Research and Control, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Global Maternal and Child Health.

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 11 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  6. 6 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 6 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  8. 8 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 4 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 available86.4%not open13.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.4%domestic only44.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% 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 Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako0.0012% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako 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 des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako6.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2018.

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