Universities, researchers and publications — searchable, comparable, and counted the same way for every institution. Each figure is computed by Sankore from the works themselves.
Institutions
4,581
Research organisations of every kind, across all 55 African countries.
Publications
3,636,661
1900–2026, across all 55 countries. Counted once each, including works that cross a border.
Scholars
2,542,555
Across all 55 countries. 546,135 carry an ORCID — 21% of them.
Sankore Commons
Discuss papers, share calls for funding and positions, and follow the people whose work you read. A researcher’s badge comes from their record on Sankore, never from a fee — and anyone may join.
Researchers are verified the moment their account is connected to their profile here — at any university, whether or not it is on Sankore.
Four domains, twenty-six fields. Every work is assigned probabilistically, so a work counts toward more than one.
Physical Sciences
1,691,404 works · 52% open access
Health Sciences
1,213,516 works · 67% open access
Social Sciences
1,146,827 works · 65% open access
Life Sciences
957,547 works · 64% open access
Sankore reconciles open scholarly records into one profile for each work, researcher and institution, and counts every figure from the works themselves — so any two universities can be compared on the same terms. Universities on Sankore curate their own staff, departments and output, and every correction they make improves the record for everyone.