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Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning, which drew scholars from across the world. Every figure here is counted by Sankore from the works themselves, the same way for every institution.

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Sierra Leone

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Institutions: 15Research organisations of every kind
Publications: 5,4881941–2026
Citations: 82,020to those works
Open access: 78%4,275 free to read
International: 62%with a co-author outside the country

Output and citations by year

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Leading institutions

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1University of Sierra LeoneFreetown · 2,046 scholars2,77435,458 citations
2Njala UniversityBo · 1,095 scholars1,66016,771 citations
3Ministry of Health and SanitationFreetown · 878 scholars86622,439 citations
4Sierra Leone Urban Research CentreFreetown · 681 scholars6393,756 citations
5Sierra Leone Agricultural Research InstituteFreetown · 399 scholars5675,515 citations
6University of MakeniMakeni · 252 scholars2832,886 citations
7Eastern Technical University of Sierra LeoneKenema · 171 scholars1963,338 citations
8World Health Organization - Sierra LeoneFreetown · 144 scholars1548,653 citations
9Ministry of DefenceFreetown · 92 scholars1151,959 citations
10University of Management and TechnologyFreetown · 65 scholars80261 citations
11Freetown PolytechnicFreetown · 20 scholars3321 citations
12St John of God Hospital Sierra LeoneLunsar · 32 scholars22176 citations
13National HIV/AIDS SecretariatFreetown · 13 scholars18214 citations
14Ministry of Technical and Higher EducationFreetown · 4 scholars6141 citations
15The Environmental Foundation for AfricaFreetown · 3 scholars443 citations