Burkina Faso's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Burkina Faso has 1 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list. That places Burkina Faso 141st in the world by number of listed scientists. West African Health Organisation has the most listed scientists (1).
Scientists in Burkina Faso on the list, by year
The career-long count is unchanged since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 4 | +33.3% | - | |
| 2022 | 6 | +50.0% | - | |
| 2023 | 8 | +33.3% | - | |
| 2024 | 8 | +0.0% | - | |
| 2025 | 9 | +12.5% | 1 |
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| Rank in Burkina Faso | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 306,993 | West African Health Organisation | Tropical Medicine | Rank 715 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Burkina Faso are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
9 scientists affiliated with Burkina Faso are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Burkina Faso has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, West African Health Organisation has the most listed scientists from Burkina Faso, with 1.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Burkina Faso changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Burkina Faso went from 1 scientists in 2020 to 1 in 2025, a change of +0.0%.
What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?
The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.
What is the official source of this data?
The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.