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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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Pierre Ploton · Sankore

Pierre Ploton

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-8800-3593

This profile carries an ORCID the researcher published on their own record — the strongest evidence available short of a human confirming it.

Publications

4

Citations

173

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3

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

i10-index

3

Publications

2 works in the graph, newest first.

The global spectrum of tree crown architecture
2025Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access34 citations10.1038/s41467-025-60262-x
Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database
2022Global Change BiologyJournalOpen access119 citations10.1111/gcb.16302