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Ziguinchor University

In research, Ziguinchor University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,191 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#10,172 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,716 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,809
of 28,054 · #19,144 all time
Rank in Senegal
#4
of 11
Research works
798
▲ 227% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Ziguinchor University 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 #9,191 of 12,888 8.3%112 #13060
Social SciencesDomain #10,172 of 10,521 6.2%71 #16270
Health SciencesDomain #11,716 of 11,982 2.3%69 #20238

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ziguinchor University 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#13,060 #9,191
  2. Social Sciences#16,270 #10,172
  3. Health Sciences#20,238 #11,716
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 Ziguinchor University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 20.4 works14×
← 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: 2.87× its world share, 41 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.05× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.46× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ziguinchor University?

Ranked on the composite score, Abdou Ka, K. Diallo and Ibrahima Diop lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ziguinchor University.

  1. 1 Abdou Ka Senegal · #974,639 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 K. Diallo Senegal · #1,225,027 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Ibrahima Diop Senegal · #1,295,710 worldwide 20 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Thomas Guédénon Senegal · #1,356,892 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 N.M. Manga Senegal · #1,463,747 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ziguinchor University

Which keywords describe research at Ziguinchor University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Climate Change, Adaptation, Diversity, Agroecology, Agricultural Development, Livestock Farming and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Change35▲ 4.3×40 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers27▲ 41×5 topics
  3. Sustainability24▲ 3.2×20 topics
  4. Adaptation20▲ 23×6 topics
  5. Diversity19▲ 35×2 topics
  6. Agroecology18▲ 42×2 topics
  7. Agricultural Development18▲ 37×1 topic
  8. Livestock Farming18▲ 97×1 topic
  9. Healthcare13▲ 3.9×13 topics
  10. Colonialism11▲ 7.5×12 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation11▲ 9.5×7 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture10▲ 10×7 topics
  13. Agroforestry9▲ 47×3 topics
  14. Ethnicity9▲ 7.5×3 topics
  15. Identity8▲ 3.8×11 topics
  16. Nutritional Value8▲ 25×3 topics
  17. Climate Resilience8▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Nationalism8▲ 5.8×5 topics
  19. Indigenous Fruits8▲ 115×1 topic
  20. Tree Domestication8▲ 115×1 topic
  21. Social Movements7▲ 8.2×3 topics
  22. Decentralization7▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Africa7▲ 55×3 topics
  24. Governance7▲ 7.0×2 topics
  25. Social Justice7▲ 3.8×5 topics
  26. Political Transition7▲ 42×1 topic
  27. urban protest7▲ 279×1 topic
  28. Sociolinguistics6▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Community Engagement6▲ 5.8×2 topics
  30. Global Warming6▲ 4.7×10 topics
  31. Islam6▲ 9.1×2 topics
  32. North Africa6▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Territorial Governance6▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  35. Tropical Geometry6▲ 56×2 topics
  36. Citizen Participation5▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Environmental Participation5▲ 21×1 topic
  38. 5G Networks5▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Symplectic Geometry5▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Multilingualism4▲ 8.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Ziguinchor University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies, African Studies and Ethnography and French Urban and Social Studies.

Agriculture and Rural De…18Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 18 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…8African Botany and Ecology Studies: 8 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Ethn…7African Studies and Ethnography: 7 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …5French Urban and Social Studies: 5 fractional worksCultural Identity and He…4Cultural Identity and Heritage: 4 fractional worksAlgebraic Geometry and N…4Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 3 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Geopolitics: 3 fractional worksIoT Networks and Protocols: 3 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 3 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsForestrySociology and Political ScienceArcheology5 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 18 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 8 works
  3. 3 African Studies and Ethnography Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 4 works
  6. 6 Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Geometry and Topology 4 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 3 works
  9. 9 IoT Networks and Protocols Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ziguinchor University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 227% 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.

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.