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Sankore

Named after the University of Sankore in Timbuktu — one of the world’s oldest centres of learning. Every figure here is computed from work-level records in our own graph, never copied from a source’s summary count.

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Building a brighter future for Africa with the African Light Source

2022Nature Reviews PhysicsJournalOpen access

10.1038/s42254-022-00534-3 Full text4 citations

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8 authors across 10 institutions in 6 countries.

Marcus C. NewtonFirst authorCorresponding
Simon H. Connell
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
Edward P. Mitchell
Sekazi K. Mtingwa
Prosper Ngabonziza
Lawrence Norris
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Ghana (GH)
Tshepo Ntsoane
- South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (South Africa) (ZA)
Daouda A. K. TraoreSenior author
- Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (ML)

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Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Researchlevel 3 · 0.98
Science, Research, and Medicinelevel 3 · 0.92

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2022 · Nature Reviews Physics · 4 citations
https://openalex.org/W4306796173

Building a brighter future for Africa with the African Light Source · Sankore