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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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Richard Lessells · Sankore

Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa

Richard Lessells

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-0926-710X

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Publications

79

Citations

4,971

h-index

23

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

40

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Publications

3 works in the graph, newest first.

Dynamics and ecology of a multistage expansion of Oropouche virus in Brazil
2026Nature Ecology & EvolutionJournalOpen access2 citations10.1038/s41559-026-03042-0
Identifying genomic surveillance gaps in Africa for the global public health response to West Nile virus: a systematic review
2025The Lancet MicrobeJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101176
Emergence of Omicron FN.1 a descendent of BQ.1.1 in Botswana
2024Virus EvolutionJournalOpen access3 citations10.1093/ve/veae095