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Senegal's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Senegal has 4 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 300.0% from 1 in 2021. That places Senegal 116th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 19 places. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar has the most listed scientists (2), followed by Institut Pasteur de Dakar (1).

Single Year
9
+1 (+12.5%) vs 2021
Career Data
4
+3 (+300.0%) vs 2021
World rank by count
#116
up 19 places vs 2021
Institutes
3
+2 (+200.0%) vs 2021

Scientists in Senegal on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021-50.0%
2022+300.0%
2023+0.0%
2024+50.0%
2025-16.7%
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YearSingle YearChangeCareer DataChange
202062
20218+33.3%1-50.0%
20229+12.5%4+300.0%
20238-11.1%4+0.0%
202412+50.0%6+50.0%
202512+0.0%5-16.7%

Institutes in Senegal

By number of listed scientists

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  1. 1Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar2
  2. 2Institut Pasteur de Dakar1
  3. 3Third World Forum Dakar1

All 4 scientists

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Rank in Senegal World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 26,631 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar Tropical Medicine Rank 38
2 121,442 Third World Forum Dakar Development Studies Rank 85
3 202,928 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar Tropical Medicine Rank 485
4 270,444 Institut Pasteur de Dakar Tropical Medicine Rank 665
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Senegal are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

9 scientists affiliated with Senegal are on the 2022 single-year list, and 4 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Senegal has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2022 career-long list, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar has the most listed scientists from Senegal, with 2. It is followed by Institut Pasteur de Dakar with 1.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Senegal changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Senegal went from 2 scientists in 2020 to 4 in 2022, a change of +100.0%.

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.