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Research in Bujumbura

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Bujumbura, Burundi. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université du Burundi, École Normale Supérieure and Republic of Burundi.

Research institutions
13
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.7k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
103k
15.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Bujumbura

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 Bujumbura?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1École Normale SupérieureUniversity 4,842 #11,563
2Université du BurundiUniversity 801 #8,041
3Republic of BurundiGovernment institution 335 #17,115
4Ministère de la Santé PubliqueGovernment institution 224 #23,454 all time
5Lake Tanganyika AuthorityGovernment institution 212 #25,277 all time
6Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du BurundiResearch facility 55 not ranked
7Hope Africa UniversityUniversity 53 not ranked
8Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche ScientifiqueGovernment institution 48 not ranked
9Light University of BujumburUniversity 42 not ranked
10Institut Supérieur de Gestion des EntreprisesUniversity 23 not ranked
11Université des Grands LacsUniversity 22 not ranked
12Université du Lac TanganyikaUniversity 19 not ranked
13Institut de Statistiques et d’Études Économiques du BurundiUniversity 5 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.

École Normale Supérieure: 72.5%Université du Burundi: 12.0%Republic of Burundi: 5.0%Ministère de la Santé Publique: 3.4%9 others listed: 7.2%72%largest
École Normale Supérieure4,842 · 72.5%Université du Burundi801 · 12.0%Republic of Burundi335 · 5.0%Ministère de la Santé Publique224 · 3.4%9 others listed479 · 7.2%

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

Which fields of science does Bujumbura work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Bujumbura is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 744 fractional works · 45.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 417 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 147 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 69 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 61 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnthropology: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 180 fractional works · 11.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 57 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 32 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 514 fractional works · 31.4% of its workComputer Science: 113 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 45 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 94 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 89 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 76 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 59 fractional works · 3.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 196 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 113 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 185 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 128 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 46 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBujumbura1,639fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences45%

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 Sciences41725.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities18011.0%
    3. Psychology573.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance472.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting311.9%
    6. Decision Sciences110.7%
    1. Computer Science1136.9%
    2. Engineering945.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy895.4%
    4. Environmental Science764.6%
    5. Mathematics593.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences301.8%
    7. Materials Science251.5%
    8. Chemistry171.1%
    9. Energy90.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1136.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology412.5%
    3. Neuroscience291.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Medicine1287.8%
    2. Health Professions462.8%
    3. Nursing90.6%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bujumbura strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bujumbura is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology and Philosophy (9.6× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 20.6 works9.6×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 32.1 works8.2×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 29.6 works5.0×
← 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: 1.48× its world share, 98 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 96 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.93× its world share, 48 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.38× its world share, 74 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.00× its world share, 161 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 367 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.00×161 works
  2. Mathematics2.93×48 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.38×74 works
  4. Social Sciences2.08×367 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.48×98 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×43 works
  7. Psychology1.13×48 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.11×24 works
  9. Nursing1.11×8 works
  10. Health Professions1.08×40 works
  11. Neuroscience0.98×22 works
  12. Computer Science0.89×96 works
  13. Environmental Science0.84×58 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×9 works
  15. Energy0.62×8 works
  16. Chemistry0.60×13 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×26 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.57×8 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×32 works
  20. Materials Science0.41×20 works
  21. Medicine0.41×111 works
  22. Engineering0.37×77 works
  23. Veterinary0.31×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.26×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Bujumbura?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Justice, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Globalization, Gender, Colonialism and Public Policy.

▲ 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 Change74▲ 1.65×89 topics
  2. Globalization73▲ 2.3×91 topics
  3. Sustainability57▲ 1.42×64 topics
  4. Social Justice54▲ 5.5×30 topics
  5. Sustainable Development54▲ 2.1×40 topics
  6. Gender46▲ 5.2×40 topics
  7. Community Engagement44▲ 8.3×13 topics
  8. Education44▲ 1.56×72 topics
  9. Colonialism43▲ 5.5×36 topics
  10. Public Policy42▲ 5.4×16 topics
  11. Territorial Governance41▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Local Development40▲ 24×2 topics
  13. History40▲ 3.5×52 topics
  14. Identity37▲ 3.1×54 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers34▲ 9.7×5 topics
  16. Economic Development32▲ 2.5×23 topics
  17. Religion31▲ 4.1×26 topics
  18. Citizen Participation31▲ 16×1 topic
  19. Environmental Participation31▲ 27×1 topic
  20. Gender Studies30▲ 12×9 topics
  21. Sociolinguistics30▲ 9.9×8 topics
  22. Social Movements27▲ 5.6×17 topics
  23. Migration26▲ 4.6×17 topics
  24. Democracy25▲ 4.4×14 topics
  25. Adaptation24▲ 4.9×11 topics
  26. Diversity23▲ 8.0×8 topics
  27. Agroecology22▲ 9.7×4 topics
  28. Multilingualism22▲ 8.5×5 topics
  29. Agricultural Development21▲ 8.6×5 topics
  30. Ethnographic Research21▲ 25×3 topics
  31. Livestock Farming21▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Islam21▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. Multifunctionality21▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Work Organization20▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Educational Policies20▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Sociological Analysis20▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Professional Practices20▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Public Action20▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Archaeology19▲ 9.0×10 topics
  40. Social Change19▲ 9.3×11 topics

What research is done in Bujumbura?

French Urban and Social …31French Urban and Social Studies: 31 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 20 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…19Education, sociology, and vocational training: 19 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psych…13Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 13 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 13 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 13 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…12Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 12 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 9 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Studies: 9 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 9 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsClinical PsychologyPhilosophy5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 20 works
  3. 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  4. 4 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 13 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 13 works
  6. 6 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 12 works
  8. 8 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 9 works
  9. 9 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 9 works
  10. 10 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 9 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%Bujumbura14.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.2% in 1996.

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