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Research in Harare

Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in Harare, Zimbabwe. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Zimbabwe, Harare Institute of Technology and Zimbabwe Open University.

Research institutions
42
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
175k
13.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Harare

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 Harare?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of ZimbabweUniversity 7,803 #2,072
2Zimbabwe Open UniversityUniversity 1,047 #8,076
3Forestry CommissionGovernment institution 764 #22,520 all time
4Harare Institute of TechnologyUniversity 405 #7,220
5Ministry of Health and Child WelfareGovernment institution 321 #15,403
6Biomedical Research and Training InstituteHospital / health system 294 #17,020
7Department of Research and Specialist ServicesGovernment institution 292 #23,044 all time
8Women's University in AfricaUniversity 216 #14,684
9Zimbabwe Council For Higher EducationGovernment institution 204 #29,931 all time
10Zimbabwe National Water AuthorityGovernment institution 191 #21,050
11Harare Central HospitalHospital / health system 172 #31,455 all time
12Practical ActionNonprofit 130 #30,074 all time
13Scientific and Industrial Research and Development CentreResearch facility 116 not ranked
14National AIDS CouncilGovernment institution 114 not ranked
15Catholic University of ZimbabweUniversity 113 #20,886
16Parirenyatwa HospitalHospital / health system 112 not ranked
17Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS ResearchInstitution 99 not ranked
18National Blood Service ZimbabweNonprofit 71 not ranked
19Arrupe Jesuit UniversityUniversity 62 not ranked
20Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health ResearchNonprofit 59 not ranked
21African Institute of Biomedical Science and TechnologyResearch facility 46 not ranked
22University of Zimbabwe-University of California San FranciscoResearch facility 33 not ranked
23Centre for Natural Resource GovernanceInstitution 24 not ranked
24Institute of Water and Sanitation DevelopmentNonprofit 23 not ranked
25Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian StudiesNonprofit 23 not ranked
26Ministry of Lands and Rural ResettlementGovernment institution 21 not ranked
27WaterNet TrustNonprofit 18 not ranked
28Medical Research Council of ZimbabweGovernment institution 17 not ranked
29Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance ProgramHospital / health system 16 not ranked
30African Capacity Building FoundationNonprofit 10 not ranked
31Ministry of Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation DevelopmentGovernment institution 9 not ranked
32Zimbabwe AIDS NetworkNonprofit 9 not ranked
33Centre for Conflict Management and TransformationNonprofit 6 not ranked
34Zimbabwe Association of Church-Related HospitalsNonprofit 6 not ranked
35Ministry of Higher and Tertiary EducationGovernment institution 6 not ranked
36Methodist Church in ZimbabweInstitution 3 not ranked
37Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis NetworkInstitution 3 not ranked
38Women's Coalition of ZimbabweNonprofit 2 not ranked
39African Forum and Network on Debt and DevelopmentNonprofit 1 not ranked
40Africa Groundwater NetworkNonprofit 0 not ranked
41Syngenta (Zimbabwe)Company 0 not ranked
42AfricareNonprofit 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.

University of Zimbabwe: 60.7%Zimbabwe Open University: 8.1%Forestry Commission: 5.9%Harare Institute of Technology: 3.1%35 others listed: 22.1%61%largest
University of Zimbabwe7,803 · 60.7%Zimbabwe Open University1,047 · 8.1%Forestry Commission764 · 5.9%Harare Institute of Technology405 · 3.1%35 others listed2,842 · 22.1%

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

Which fields of science does Harare work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Harare is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,408 fractional works · 44.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 847 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 326 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEducation: 158 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 46 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 186 fractional works · 5.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 151 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 119 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFinance: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 98 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 83 fractional works · 2.6% of its workReligious studies: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 680 fractional works · 21.6% of its workMedicine: 493 fractional works · 15.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 103 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 69 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 144 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 109 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 612 fractional works · 19.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 257 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 163 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 120 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 455 fractional works · 14.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 327 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPlant Science: 100 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSoil Science: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVirology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHarare3,155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences22%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 Sciences1,40844.6%
    1. Social Sciences84726.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1865.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1514.8%
    4. Psychology983.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities832.6%
    6. Decision Sciences441.4%
    1. Medicine49315.6%
    2. Health Professions1444.6%
    3. Nursing351.1%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Environmental Science2578.1%
    2. Engineering1635.2%
    3. Computer Science1203.8%
    4. Mathematics220.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences180.6%
    6. Materials Science140.4%
    7. Energy80.2%
    8. Chemistry50.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy40.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32710.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology652.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology461.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.3%
    5. Neuroscience70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Harare strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Harare is most concentrated in Safety Research, Urban Studies and Infectious Diseases (6.2× the world share in Safety Research).

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 47.4 works6.2×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 40.7 works5.3×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 92.9 works5.0×
  4. Soil ScienceSubfield · 40.8 works4.9×
← 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: 2.18× its world share, 285 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 104 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 220 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 129 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 433 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 32 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.91× its world share, 170 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.35× its world share, 139 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 82 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 731 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.35×32 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.35×139 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.18×285 works
  4. Social Sciences2.09×731 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.91×170 works
  6. Health Professions1.77×129 works
  7. Environmental Science1.60×220 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.40×39 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.34×36 works
  10. Veterinary1.02×4 works
  11. Psychology0.97×82 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.90×72 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×8 works
  14. Medicine0.82×433 works
  15. Mathematics0.64×21 works
  16. Computer Science0.48×104 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×55 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×16 works
  19. Engineering0.36×150 works
  20. Energy0.25×6 works
  21. Dentistry0.22×3 works
  22. Materials Science0.13×13 works
  23. Neuroscience0.12×6 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.12×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.10×4 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.04×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Harare?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Social Justice, Nationalism, 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. Colonialism220▲ 15×16 topics
  2. Climate Change190▲ 2.2×91 topics
  3. Social Justice178▲ 9.5×28 topics
  4. Nationalism176▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Political Economy164▲ 20×11 topics
  6. History158▲ 7.2×9 topics
  7. Land Reform158▲ 106×2 topics
  8. Sustainability152▲ 1.97×80 topics
  9. Epidemiology151▲ 1.20×101 topics
  10. Agrarian Relations146▲ 502×1 topic
  11. Zimbabwe146▲ 502×1 topic
  12. Globalization109▲ 1.76×69 topics
  13. Sustainable Development104▲ 2.1×49 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy92▲ 18×6 topics
  15. Mental Health86▲ 1.92×38 topics
  16. Social Capital80▲ 4.9×18 topics
  17. Poverty Reduction74▲ 18×6 topics
  18. Economic Growth70▲ 2.7×21 topics
  19. Development61▲ 5.4×12 topics
  20. Vaccine58▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. Sustainable Agriculture57▲ 5.8×11 topics
  22. HIV Transmission56▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Mortality Rates56▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Vulnerability56▲ 7.7×7 topics
  25. Gender Inequality56▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Urbanization55▲ 4.3×10 topics
  27. Viral Load53▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Adaptation52▲ 5.5×10 topics
  29. Rural Development51▲ 4.7×13 topics
  30. Preexposure Prophylaxis50▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Stigma and Discrimination50▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Land Tenure50▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Poverty Alleviation49▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Smallholder Farmers48▲ 7.2×4 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality48▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Community Health Workers47▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Social Networks46▲ 5.4×7 topics
  38. HIV Prevention41▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Poverty41▲ 14×6 topics
  40. HIV/AIDS41▲ 20×3 topics

What research is done in Harare?

African studies and soci…122African studies and sociopolitical issues: 122 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…46HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 46 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…35Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 35 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 34 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 32 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…31Global Maternal and Child Health: 31 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 25 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 22 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 21 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 21 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInfectious DiseasesUrban StudiesSafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 122 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 46 works
  3. 3 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 35 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 34 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 32 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 31 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 25 works
  8. 8 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 22 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 21 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%Harare14.6% 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 23.8% in 2009.

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