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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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Natalie Smyth · Sankore

University of the Witwatersrand

Natalie Smyth

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This profile was assembled from author names on publications. Open indexes routinely split one researcher across several such profiles, so these totals may be incomplete.

Publications

9

Citations

209

h-index

6

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

i10-index

4

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3 works in the graph, newest first.

Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa
2025NatureJournalOpen access68 citations10.1038/s41586-024-08485-8
Heterogeneous genetic architectures of prostate cancer susceptibility in sub-Saharan Africa
2024Nature GeneticsJournal21 citations10.1038/s41588-024-01931-3
Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa
2022Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access93 citations10.1038/s41467-021-27917-x