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Research in Gweru

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Gweru, Zimbabwe. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Midlands State University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.4k
▲ 123% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
5.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Gweru

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 Gweru?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Midlands State UniversityUniversity 2,311 #5,401
2Gweru Provincial HospitalHospital / health system 64 not ranked
3Gweru Polytechnic InstituteUniversity 6 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 Gweru work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research in Gweru is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 789 fractional works · 65.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 487 fractional works · 40.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 198 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEducation: 86 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workUrban Studies: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 116 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAccounting: 26 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 79 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 66 fractional works · 5.4% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 193 fractional works · 15.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 79 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 42 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 121 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 52 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 109 fractional works · 9.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 93 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGweru1,211fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences65%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences48740.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1169.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance796.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities423.5%
    5. Psychology413.4%
    6. Decision Sciences242.0%
    1. Environmental Science796.6%
    2. Computer Science494.0%
    3. Engineering423.5%
    4. Materials Science50.4%
    5. Chemistry50.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.3%
    7. Mathematics40.3%
    8. Energy30.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Medicine584.8%
    2. Health Professions524.3%
    3. Nursing100.8%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences937.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology90.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.3%
    4. Neuroscience30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Gweru strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gweru is most concentrated in Urban Studies, Safety Research and Anthropology (8.3× the world share in Urban Studies).

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 24.5 works8.3×
  2. Safety ResearchSubfield · 23.7 works8.0×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 20.6 works6.9×
  4. Gender StudiesSubfield · 24.1 works6.2×
← 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 25 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: 1.51× its world share, 77 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.28× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.18× its world share, 109 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.18× its world share, 73 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.19× its world share, 431 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.19×431 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.18×109 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.18×73 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.98×20 works
  5. Health Professions1.67×47 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.51×77 works
  7. Nursing1.41×7 works
  8. Environmental Science1.34×71 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.28×40 works
  10. Psychology0.91×30 works
  11. Computer Science0.53×44 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.48×2 works
  13. Energy0.29×3 works
  14. Mathematics0.27×3 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×3 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×1 works
  17. Engineering0.24×38 works
  18. Medicine0.24×48 works
  19. Veterinary0.24×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.23×4 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×3 works
  22. Neuroscience0.16×3 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×6 works
  24. Materials Science0.10×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Gweru?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Nationalism, Social Justice, Political Economy, Land Reform, History, Agrarian Relations and Zimbabwe.

▲ 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. Colonialism128▲ 22×10 topics
  2. Nationalism109▲ 20×8 topics
  3. Social Justice105▲ 15×22 topics
  4. Political Economy104▲ 34×11 topics
  5. Land Reform95▲ 166×2 topics
  6. History93▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Agrarian Relations88▲ 791×1 topic
  8. Zimbabwe88▲ 791×1 topic
  9. Sustainability70▲ 2.4×52 topics
  10. Sustainable Development66▲ 3.5×41 topics
  11. Social Capital54▲ 8.6×14 topics
  12. Climate Change53▲ 1.61×53 topics
  13. Globalization49▲ 2.1×51 topics
  14. Poverty Reduction43▲ 27×5 topics
  15. Economic Growth40▲ 4.1×21 topics
  16. Mental Health40▲ 2.3×30 topics
  17. COVID-1939▲ 2.5×16 topics
  18. Social Media37▲ 2.2×24 topics
  19. Human Rights32▲ 2.6×25 topics
  20. Gender Inequality31▲ 19×6 topics
  21. Poverty Alleviation30▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Corporate Governance30▲ 3.4×19 topics
  23. Social Impact30▲ 6.3×5 topics
  24. Development28▲ 6.6×13 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship28▲ 6.0×10 topics
  26. Higher Education28▲ 4.4×14 topics
  27. Consumer Behavior28▲ 3.7×13 topics
  28. Land Tenure26▲ 52×2 topics
  29. Urbanization26▲ 5.3×5 topics
  30. Digital Transformation25▲ 3.9×10 topics
  31. Vulnerability23▲ 8.2×6 topics
  32. Gender Equality23▲ 6.7×8 topics
  33. Health Equity23▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Community Participation23▲ 5.3×4 topics
  35. Conditional Cash Transfers21▲ 48×1 topic
  36. School Subsidies21▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Slum Upgrading20▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Urban Poverty20▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Postcolonialism19▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Food Supply Chain18▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Gweru?

African studies and soci…76African studies and sociopolitical issues: 76 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 19 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 18 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 16 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 16 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 14 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 13 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 11 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSafety ResearchUrban StudiesEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 76 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 19 works
  3. 3 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 18 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  5. 5 African history and culture studies Anthropology 16 works
  6. 6 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 14 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 11 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Gweru11.6% 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 28.2% in 2013.

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