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University of the Gambia

In research, University of the Gambia stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,387 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,584 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,576 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,672
of 28,054 · #22,826 all time
Rank in Gambia
#2
of 3
Research works
845
▲ 336% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is University of the Gambia 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,387 of 12,888 24.6%92 #17288
Health SciencesDomain #8,584 of 11,982 22.1%73 #15278
Social SciencesDomain #7,576 of 10,521 15.3%135 #10865
Social SciencesField #5,387 of 6,365 12.2%81 #7666

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of the Gambia 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. Physical Sciences#17,288 #8,387
  2. Health Sciences#15,278 #8,584
  3. Social Sciences#10,865 #7,576
  4. Social Sciences#7,666 #5,387
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.

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: 1.83× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.97× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 2.94× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.58× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.28× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of the Gambia?

Ranked on the composite score, Amadou Barrow and Lansana Keïta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of the Gambia.

  1. 1 Amadou Barrow Gambia · #51,210 worldwide 807 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Lansana Keïta Gambia · #560,318 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at University of the Gambia

Which keywords describe research at University of the Gambia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Climate Change, Globalization, Vulnerability, Adaptation, Poverty Reduction, Epidemiology and Governance.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 2.2×43 topics
  2. Economic Growth19▲ 6.7×16 topics
  3. Epidemiology19▲ 1.39×57 topics
  4. Globalization16▲ 2.4×27 topics
  5. Sustainability14▲ 1.62×31 topics
  6. Renewable Energy12▲ 2.4×17 topics
  7. Vulnerability9▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Economic Development8▲ 3.0×16 topics
  9. Adaptation8▲ 8.2×6 topics
  10. Poverty Reduction8▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Social Capital8▲ 4.3×8 topics
  12. Governance8▲ 6.8×7 topics
  13. Development7▲ 5.8×11 topics
  14. Labor Market6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  15. Fiscal Policy6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  16. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality6▲ 7.8×3 topics
  18. Socio-economic Factors6▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Social Networks6▲ 6.4×3 topics
  20. Health Inequalities6▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Child Mortality6▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Health Systems6▲ 23×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 5.2×6 topics
  24. Gender Inequality6▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Urbanization5▲ 3.9×4 topics
  26. Gender Equality5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  27. Human Capital5▲ 9.5×4 topics
  28. Institutional Quality5▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Respiratory Infections5▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Vaccine Development5▲ 5.4×6 topics
  31. Cultural Exchange5▲ 10×2 topics
  32. ICT4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Global Trade4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  34. Financial Development4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  35. Knowledge Economy4▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Resettlement4▲ 13×3 topics
  37. financial access4▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Immigration4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers4▲ 30×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does University of the Gambia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Economic Growth and Development, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Global Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…4Economic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 4 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…3Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 3 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInformation SystemsSafety ResearchPollution5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 4 works
  5. 5 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 3 works
  7. 7 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 3 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 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 available80.7%not open19.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of the Gambia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 336% 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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