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Université du Sahel

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Research works
34
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
108
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Université du Sahel is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 4.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 11.30× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.46× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Université du Sahel?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Religion, Gender, Sustainability, Smallholder Farmers, Feminism, Adaptation and Globalization.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Sustainability3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  2. Literature3▲ 18×7 topics
  3. Climate Change3▲ 3.2×8 topics
  4. Globalization3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  5. Gender3▲ 14×6 topics
  6. Religion3▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 56×2 topics
  8. Adaptation2▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Feminism2▲ 28×5 topics
  10. Agricultural Development2▲ 60×1 topic
  11. Livestock Farming2▲ 120×1 topic
  12. History2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  13. Human Rights2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  14. Community Engagement2▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Migration2▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Nationalism2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  17. Democracy2▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Postcolonialism2▲ 39×3 topics
  19. Public Health2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  20. Social Movements2▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Culture1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  22. Identity1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  23. Local Development1▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Social Justice1▲ 8.3×5 topics
  25. Territorial Governance1▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Colonialism1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations1▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Healthcare Workers1▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Infectious Diseases1▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Cooperatives1▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Cultural Studies1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  32. Disaster Response1▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Poverty Reduction1▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Society1▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Triage1▲ 88×1 topic
  36. Conditional Cash Transfers1▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Islam1▲ 24×3 topics
  38. School Subsidies1▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Social Innovation1▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Solidarity Economy1▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Université du Sahel publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Delphi Technique in Research, Poetry Analysis and Criticism, Literacy, Media, and Education and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies.

Delphi Technique in Rese…0Delphi Technique in Research: 0 fractional worksPoetry Analysis and Crit…0Poetry Analysis and Criticism: 0 fractional worksLiteracy, Media, and Education: 0 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 0 fractional worksTelecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies: 0 fractional worksEnergy and Environmental Systems: 0 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies0Cinema and Media Studies: 0 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 0 fractional worksContemporary Literature and Criticism: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryClassicsLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  2. 2 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  3. 3 Literacy, Media, and Education Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  4. 4 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 0 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 0 works
  6. 6 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environmental Systems Transportation 0 works
  8. 8 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 0 works
  10. 10 Contemporary Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 0 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université du Sahel's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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