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Researcher · Ziguinchor University · Senegal

Oumar Sy

Oumar Sy publishes mostly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science and Forestry, on topics such as Agriculture and Rural Development Research, African Botany and Ecology Studies and French Urban and Social Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,378,352
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Senegal
#364
of 2,330
Works
37
Citations
238
Citations per work
6.4
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 62% in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oumar Sy

What does Oumar Sy research?

Oumar Sy's work is mostly in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (46%), Social Sciences (19%), Environmental Science (16%).

Life Sciences: 17 works · 46.0% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 works · 46.0% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 works · 30.3% of their workForestry: 6 works · 15.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 8 works · 21.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 15.7% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 works · 10.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 works · 5.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 5.6% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 works · 5.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 19.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 19.1% of their workSociology and Political Science: 7 works · 19.1% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 13.6% of their workTHEIR WORKOumar Sy37works
Life Sciences46%Physical Sciences21%Social Sciences19%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1746.0%
    1. Environmental Science615.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.6%
    1. Social Sciences719.1%
  4. Everything else513.6%
  1. 1Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics30% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science19% of their works
  3. 3Forestry16% of their works
  4. 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law10% of their works
  5. 5Earth-Surface Processes6% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Oumar Sy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Climate Change, Adaptation, Agricultural Development, Livestock Farming, Biodiversity Conservation and Agroforestry.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Smallholder Farmers382 topics
  2. Sustainability373 topics
  3. Climate Change343 topics
  4. Adaptation322 topics
  5. Agricultural Development251 topic
  6. Livestock Farming251 topic
  7. Biodiversity Conservation182 topics
  8. Agroforestry131 topic
  9. Tree Domestication131 topic
  10. Environmental Participation111 topic
  11. Territorial Governance111 topic
  12. Pastoralists71 topic
  13. Rangeland Degradation71 topic
  14. Ecosystem Services51 topic
  15. Land Use Change51 topic
  16. Sediment Transport42 topics
  17. Africa31 topic
  18. Governance31 topic
  19. Aeolian Processes21 topic
  20. Coastal Dynamics21 topic
  21. Sea-Level Rise21 topic
  22. Wind Erosion21 topic

Where does Oumar Sy work?

Oumar Sy's main affiliation in the publication record is Ziguinchor University, Senegal.

How many publications and citations does Oumar Sy have?

OpenAlex counts 37 works and 238 citations for Oumar Sy, an h-index of 8, ranking #3,378,352 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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