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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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Rob Knight · Sankore

Rob Knight

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-0975-9019

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

Publications

11

Citations

499

h-index

8

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

i10-index

8

Publications

3 works in the graph, newest first.

The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth’s microbial heritage for future generations
2025Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access26 citations10.1038/s41467-025-61008-5
Associations of Circulating Estrogens and Estrogen Metabolites with Fecal and Oral Microbiome in Postmenopausal Women in the Ghana Breast Health Study
2023Microbiology SpectrumJournalOpen access26 citations10.1128/spectrum.01572-23
The oral microbiome and breast cancer and nonmalignant breast disease, and its relationship with the fecal microbiome in the Ghana Breast Health Study
2022International Journal of CancerJournalOpen access33 citations10.1002/ijc.34145