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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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Francis E. Smit · Sankore

University of the Free State

Francis E. Smit

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-2398-0617

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

Publications

13

Citations

41

h-index

3

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

i10-index

2

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4 works in the graph, newest first.

The 2025 Accra Declaration on Upskilling and Cost- Effective Cardiac Surgery in Africa
2026The American Journal of CardiologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.amjcard.2025.09.067
The 2025 Accra Declaration on Upskilling and Cost- Effective Cardiac Surgery in Africa
2026European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access1 citations10.1093/ejcts/ezag036
The 2025 Accra Declaration on Upskilling and Cost-Effective Cardiac Surgery in Africa
2026The Annals of Thoracic SurgeryJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.01.002
The 2025 Accra Declaration on Upskilling and Cost- Effective Cardiac Surgery in Africa
2026Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/02184923251369134