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Research in Butare

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Butare, Rwanda. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Rwanda.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.6k
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
7.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Butare

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 Butare?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of RwandaUniversity 4,471 #2,053
2University Teaching Hospital of ButareHospital / health system 107 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.

Which fields of science does Butare work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Butare is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (21%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 648 fractional works · 35.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 403 fractional works · 22.3% of its workEducation: 208 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 79 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 79 fractional works · 4.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 49 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 515 fractional works · 28.5% of its workMedicine: 382 fractional works · 21.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 70 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 84 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 435 fractional works · 24.1% of its workEngineering: 131 fractional works · 7.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 113 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 41 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 101 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 207 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 119 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKButare1,806fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences36%

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 Sciences40322.3%
    2. Psychology794.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance512.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting492.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities442.4%
    6. Decision Sciences231.3%
    1. Medicine38221.2%
    2. Health Professions844.6%
    3. Nursing362.0%
    4. Dentistry80.5%
    5. Veterinary50.3%
    1. Engineering1317.2%
    2. Computer Science1136.2%
    3. Environmental Science1015.6%
    4. Mathematics271.5%
    5. Energy181.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy170.9%
    7. Chemistry100.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences90.5%
    9. Materials Science90.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1196.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology502.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology201.1%
    4. Neuroscience140.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Butare strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Butare is most concentrated in Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing and Education (4.6× the world share in Nutrition and Dietetics).

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 30.9 works4.6×
  2. NursingField · 32.0 works4.1×
  3. EducationSubfield · 188.9 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: 1.37× its world share, 103 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 119 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 88 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 319 worksMedicineNursing: 4.13× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 71 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 356 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.13×32 works
  2. Veterinary2.04×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.80×75 works
  4. Social Sciences1.78×356 works
  5. Psychology1.48×71 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×47 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×103 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.31×20 works
  9. Mathematics1.30×24 works
  10. Energy1.11×16 works
  11. Environmental Science1.11×88 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×17 works
  13. Medicine1.05×319 works
  14. Dentistry1.04×8 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.87×40 works
  16. Computer Science0.83×102 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×41 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×4 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×44 works
  20. Engineering0.50×119 works
  21. Neuroscience0.42×11 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.41×14 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.37×2 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×9 works
  25. Chemistry0.33×8 works
  26. Materials Science0.13×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Butare?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Teaching Strategies, Student Engagement, Higher Education, Maternal Mortality, Technology Integration, Community Health Workers and Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology94▲ 1.30×105 topics
  2. Educational Technology88▲ 4.1×26 topics
  3. Education70▲ 2.3×40 topics
  4. Teaching Strategies64▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Globalization55▲ 1.54×42 topics
  6. Higher Education54▲ 5.6×17 topics
  7. Student Engagement50▲ 6.9×10 topics
  8. E-Learning45▲ 2.6×15 topics
  9. Maternal Mortality45▲ 11×5 topics
  10. STEM Education43▲ 5.2×11 topics
  11. Technology Integration42▲ 7.3×7 topics
  12. Online Learning39▲ 2.6×12 topics
  13. Community Health Workers39▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Health Inequalities37▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Child Development36▲ 4.9×7 topics
  16. Socio-economic Factors36▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Child Mortality36▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Health Systems36▲ 28×1 topic
  19. Genocide34▲ 36×3 topics
  20. Politics34▲ 7.1×6 topics
  21. Learning Outcomes33▲ 4.5×7 topics
  22. Global Burden of Disease32▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Student Satisfaction32▲ 9.6×2 topics
  24. Active Learning31▲ 9.5×5 topics
  25. Media30▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Middle East30▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Qatar30▲ 90×1 topic
  28. Mobile Learning29▲ 4.7×4 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition27▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Water Sanitation Hygiene27▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Teacher Preparation27▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Critical Thinking Skills26▲ 8.1×2 topics
  33. Nursing Education25▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Inquiry-Based Teaching24▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Scientific Literacy24▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Higher-Order Thinking24▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Instructional Interventions24▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Teacher Professional Development23▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Multilingualism22▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Student Performance22▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Butare?

Global Maternal and Chil…32Global Maternal and Child Health: 32 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda C…26Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 26 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…25Child Nutrition and Water Access: 25 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…24Education and Critical Thinking Development: 24 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 21 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 20 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…16Online and Blended Learning: 16 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 15 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 12 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 12 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceNutrition and DieteticsEducation1 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 32 works
  2. 2 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 25 works
  4. 4 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 24 works
  5. 5 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 21 works
  6. 6 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 20 works
  7. 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 16 works
  8. 8 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 15 works
  9. 9 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 12 works
  10. 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 12 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Butare24.1% 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 24.1% in 2025.

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