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Senegal's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Senegal has 6 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 50.0% from 4 in 2023. That places Senegal 105th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 13 places. Institut Pasteur de Dakar has the most listed scientists (2), followed by Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar (1).

Single Year
12
+4 (+50.0%) vs 2023
Career Data
6
+2 (+50.0%) vs 2023
World rank by count
#105
up 13 places vs 2023
Institutes
5
+2 (+66.7%) vs 2023

Scientists in Senegal on the list, by year

The career-long count has more than tripled 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

Career-long list2024
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  1. 1Institut Pasteur de Dakar2
  2. 2Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar1
  3. 3Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle1
  4. 4Third World Forum Dakar1
  5. 5Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar1

All 6 scientists

Career-long list2024

Everyone on the list, free to browse.

Rank in Senegal World rank Scientist Institute Sub-field Rank in sub-field
1 29,671 Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle Tropical Medicine Rank 42
2 106,056 Third World Forum Dakar Development Studies Rank 81
3 144,425 Institut Pasteur de Dakar Tropical Medicine Rank 341
4 196,476 Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar General Mathematics Rank 1,301
5 200,428 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Dakar Tropical Medicine Rank 470
6 225,090 Institut Pasteur de Dakar Tropical Medicine Rank 532
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Senegal are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

12 scientists affiliated with Senegal are on the 2024 single-year list, and 6 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 career-long list, Institut Pasteur de Dakar has the most listed scientists from Senegal, with 2. It is followed by Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 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 6 in 2024, a change of +200.0%.

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.