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Research in Arusha

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Arusha, Tanzania. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania National Parks and Institute of Accountancy Arusha.

Research institutions
16
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.3k
▲ 123% vs 2018-21
Citations
58k
10.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Arusha

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Arusha?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and TechnologyUniversity 1,749 #3,772
2Tanzania Wildlife Research InstituteResearch facility 841 #12,597
3Tanzania National ParksArchive 717 #5,986
4Institute of Accountancy ArushaUniversity 712 #7,896
5Tumaini UniversityUniversity 451 #12,929
6Tropical Pesticides Research InstituteResearch facility 332 #20,733 all time
7University of ArushaUniversity 250 #11,266
8East, Central and Southern Africa Health CommunityInstitution 130 #27,467 all time
9Mount Meru UniversityUniversity 37 not ranked
10Arusha City CouncilGovernment institution 31 not ranked
11Eastern and Southern African Management InstituteUniversity 26 not ranked
12Centre for Educational Development in Health ArushaGovernment institution 18 not ranked
13East Africa Law SocietyInstitution 11 not ranked
14Tanzania Natural Resource ForumInstitution 2 not ranked
15Pastoral Women's CouncilGovernment institution 2 not ranked
16MS Training Centre for Development CooperationNonprofit 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology: 32.9%Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute: 15.8%Tanzania National Parks: 13.5%Institute of Accountancy Arusha: 13.4%11 others listed: 24.3%33%largest
Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology1,749 · 32.9%Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute841 · 15.8%Tanzania National Parks717 · 13.5%Institute of Accountancy Arusha712 · 13.4%11 others listed1,290 · 24.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Arusha work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Arusha is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 956 fractional works · 40.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 464 fractional works · 19.6% of its workEducation: 197 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 82 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 46 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 208 fractional works · 8.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 110 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 87 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 63 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 59 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 53 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 635 fractional works · 26.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 213 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEcology: 61 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 174 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInformation Systems: 98 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 156 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 448 fractional works · 18.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 348 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPlant Science: 109 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 67 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 327 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 206 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 99 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 84 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKArusha2,366fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences40%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences46419.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2088.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1104.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities632.7%
    5. Decision Sciences592.5%
    6. Psychology532.2%
    1. Environmental Science2139.0%
    2. Computer Science1747.4%
    3. Engineering1566.6%
    4. Materials Science241.0%
    5. Mathematics180.8%
    6. Energy160.7%
    7. Chemistry140.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences130.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy30.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34814.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology672.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology220.9%
    4. Neuroscience80.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Medicine2068.7%
    2. Health Professions994.2%
    3. Nursing140.6%
    4. Veterinary60.3%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Arusha strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Arusha is most concentrated in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (4.8× the world share in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences).

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 40.8 works4.8×
  2. Insect ScienceSubfield · 25.3 works4.6×
  3. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 41.3 works4.5×
  4. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 32.9 works4.1×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 32.9 works3.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.35× its world share, 309 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 137 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 188 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 95 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 170 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.42× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 53 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.60× its world share, 163 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 85 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 329 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.35×309 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.60×163 works
  3. Veterinary2.42×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.38×45 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×85 works
  6. Environmental Science1.94×188 works
  7. Health Professions1.85×95 works
  8. Social Sciences1.34×329 works
  9. Nursing1.30×12 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.00×20 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.94×53 works
  12. Computer Science0.92×140 works
  13. Energy0.83×15 works
  14. Psychology0.72×43 works
  15. Mathematics0.66×15 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×61 works
  17. Engineering0.47×137 works
  18. Chemistry0.46×14 works
  19. Medicine0.45×170 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×11 works
  21. Materials Science0.31×21 works
  22. Neuroscience0.21×7 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.21×2 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.09×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.07×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Arusha?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Social Capital, Gender Equality, Poverty Reduction, Economic Development and Supply Chain Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change133▲ 2.1×77 topics
  2. Sustainability132▲ 2.3×59 topics
  3. Globalization73▲ 1.58×48 topics
  4. Education68▲ 1.68×41 topics
  5. Social Capital68▲ 5.5×17 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management68▲ 3.2×18 topics
  7. Economic Development68▲ 3.6×17 topics
  8. Sustainable Development65▲ 1.77×52 topics
  9. Healthcare64▲ 2.4×19 topics
  10. Sustainable Agriculture59▲ 8.1×10 topics
  11. Biodiversity55▲ 3.0×27 topics
  12. E-Learning54▲ 2.4×15 topics
  13. Gender Equality53▲ 8.0×9 topics
  14. Poverty Reduction49▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Entrepreneurship46▲ 5.0×10 topics
  16. Rural Development46▲ 5.6×11 topics
  17. Risk Management45▲ 4.0×13 topics
  18. Food Security43▲ 3.4×17 topics
  19. Smallholder Farmers42▲ 8.4×6 topics
  20. Population Dynamics39▲ 6.4×11 topics
  21. Technology Integration39▲ 5.2×9 topics
  22. Public Health Policy38▲ 6.1×3 topics
  23. Adaptation36▲ 5.1×10 topics
  24. Hermeneutics33▲ 17×3 topics
  25. End-of-Life Care33▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Retirement33▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Ethical Practices32▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Palliative Care32▲ 9.0×3 topics
  29. Phenomenology32▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Caregiving32▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Medical Ethics32▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Community Living32▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Healthcare Legislation32▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Interpretation32▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Narrative32▲ 8.8×1 topic
  36. Patient Rights32▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Societal Impact32▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Technology Adoption31▲ 7.0×5 topics
  39. Critical Thinking30▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Empowerment30▲ 13×4 topics

What research is done in Arusha?

Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 32 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 32 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…32Health, Medicine and Society: 32 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…23Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 23 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 17 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 17 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…16Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 16 fractional worksPlant Growth and Agriculture Techniques: 16 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 15 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…15Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 15 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPhilosophyEconomics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 32 works
  2. 2 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 32 works
  3. 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 32 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 23 works
  5. 5 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 17 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 17 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 16 works
  8. 8 Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques Soil Science 16 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 15 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Arusha12.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.5% in 2016.

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