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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 (#5,006 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,042 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,515 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,163
of 28,054 · #15,719 all time
Rank in Mali
#1
of 9
Research works
835
▲ 219% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #5,006 of 7,800 11.5%104 #8229
Health SciencesDomain #8,042 of 11,982 10.7%157 #13102
MedicineField #7,515 of 10,443 11.5%137 #12553

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#8,229 #5,006
  2. Health Sciences#13,102 #8,042
  3. Medicine#12,553 #7,515
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 37.2 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: 3.81× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.34× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.83× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.17× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 3.74× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Kassoum Kayentao, Abdoulaye Djimdé and Bassirou Diarra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako.

  1. 1 Kassoum Kayentao Mali · #151,248 worldwide 155 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Abdoulaye Djimdé Mali · #325,352 worldwide 139 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Bassirou Diarra Mali · #332,141 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Mahamadou A. Théra Mali · #481,594 worldwide 63 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Alassane Dicko Mali · #565,839 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Rokia Sanogo Mali · #603,021 worldwide 35 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Mahamadou Diakité Mali · #604,053 worldwide 58 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Seydou Doumbia Mali · #668,303 worldwide 67 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Chevallier Jm Mali · #974,118 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Mamoudou Maïga Mali · #978,816 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Smallholder Farmers, Genome Sequence, Insecticide Resistance, Artemisinin Resistance and Plasmodium falciparum.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology56▲ 4.3×80 topics
  2. Vaccine Development24▲ 29×7 topics
  3. Global Burden20▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Climate Change20▲ 2.2×37 topics
  5. Genome Sequence16▲ 60×3 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers16▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Insecticide Resistance16▲ 64×4 topics
  8. Artemisinin Resistance15▲ 144×1 topic
  9. Plasmodium falciparum15▲ 144×1 topic
  10. Public Health13▲ 2.8×28 topics
  11. Immune Response13▲ 7.1×14 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Treatment12▲ 2.9×24 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation12▲ 9.4×4 topics
  15. Nutritional Value11▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Vaccine11▲ 8.5×10 topics
  17. Climate Resilience11▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Diagnosis11▲ 3.5×24 topics
  19. Agroforestry10▲ 48×3 topics
  20. Indigenous Fruits10▲ 131×1 topic
  21. Tree Domestication10▲ 131×1 topic
  22. Vector Control9▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants9▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Adaptation9▲ 9.5×6 topics
  25. Drug Resistance8▲ 9.2×7 topics
  26. Maternal Mortality8▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Helminth Infections8▲ 65×2 topics
  28. Neurological Manifestations8▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Arboviral Diseases8▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Zika Virus8▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.5×15 topics
  32. Community Health Workers7▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Herbal Medicine7▲ 7.8×5 topics
  34. Genetic Diversity7▲ 5.0×12 topics
  35. Child Mortality7▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Flavonoids7▲ 8.4×6 topics
  37. Health Systems7▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Infectious Diseases7▲ 6.3×7 topics
  39. Agroecology6▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Diversity6▲ 10×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Malaria Research and Con…15Malaria Research and Control: 15 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 10 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …8Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 8 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…7Global Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 6 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 5 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medic…5Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksPharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthForestryPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 10 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  6. 6 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 5 works
  7. 7 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 5 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 219% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.