The founding president of the Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidemiologque et de Formation (IRESSEF) has been elected Senegal’s best academic in microbiology by the scientific journal Research.
Professor Souleymane Mboup from the Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidemiologque et de Formation (IRESSEF) is highlighted as the best academic microbiologist in Senegal with a D-index of 68.
According to the scientific journal, as far as institutions are concerned, affiliation with the largest number of leading researchers in Senegal is the Institut de Recherche en Santé, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training with an affiliated researcher listed in the Microbiology classification.
Research reports that the average D index for the top 5% of researchers is 68 compared to an average of 68 for the top 5% of researchers.
The average number of articles published in the field of microbiology for the top 3% of researchers in the ranking is 299 compared to an average of 299 for all researchers.
The average number of citations for the top 5% of researchers is 15,712 versus an average of 15,712 for all scientists.
The Research.com Top Researcher Ranking is a “reliable” account of leading microbiology researchers, based on a meticulous study of 166,880 scientists discovered from a variety of bibliometric data sources.
For the area of microbiology, over 43737 researchers were examined.? The D-Index threshold for accepting a researcher for review is set at 40 if most of their publications are in the area of microbiology. The conditions of acceptance for academics to be taken into account in the ranking of top researchers are based on the D index, the ratio of contributions made in the field given plus the awards and achievements of scientists.
The D-Index threshold for best scientists is set in increments of 10 based on the total number of scientists estimated for each field of study while ensuring that the top 1% of scientists are included in the ranking.
Known for his research on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, virology, immunology, viruses and viral diseases, Professor Souleymane Mboup has contributed, through Iressef, to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.19 both in his own country and in other African countries.
