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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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Somphou Sayasone · Sankore

Somphou Sayasone

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0001-8219-9567

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

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9

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59

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4

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

i10-index

2

Publications

1 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