Research in Kampala
Science Explorer records 123 research institutions in Kampala, Uganda. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Makerere University, Kampala International University and Kyambogo University.
- Research institutions
- 123 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 30k ▲ 62% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 480k 15.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 19.6% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Kampala?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makerere UniversityUniversity | 13,787 | #807 | |
| 2 | Kampala International UniversityUniversity | 2,620 | #2,692 | |
| 3 | Kyambogo UniversityUniversity | 1,522 | #4,760 | |
| 4 | Centers for Disease Control and PreventionGovernment institution | 1,443 | #6,684 | |
| 5 | National Agricultural Research OrganisationGovernment institution | 868 | #14,720 | |
| 6 | Mulago HospitalHospital / health system | 822 | #13,797 | |
| 7 | Ministry of HealthGovernment institution | 696 | #8,135 | |
| 8 | Victoria UniversityUniversity | 689 | #11,648 | |
| 9 | Infectious Diseases InstituteNonprofit | 638 | #5,836 | |
| 10 | National Agricultural Research InstituteResearch facility | 413 | #20,444 | |
| 11 | Uganda Management InstituteUniversity | 393 | #10,196 | |
| 12 | Uganda Martyrs UniversityUniversity | 362 | #12,135 | |
| 13 | Uganda National Council for Science and TechnologyGovernment institution | 296 | #27,616 all time | |
| 14 | African Field Epidemiology NetworkNonprofit | 262 | #16,726 | |
| 15 | Associates ResearchResearch facility | 241 | #19,112 all time | |
| 16 | Infectious Diseases Research CollaborationNonprofit | 238 | #11,171 | |
| 17 | Uganda Episcopal ConferenceUniversity | 224 | #33,410 all time | |
| 18 | Uganda Cancer InstituteResearch facility | 213 | #20,563 | |
| 19 | Joint Clinical Research CentreNonprofit | 170 | #22,452 all time | |
| 20 | Kampala UniversityUniversity | 170 | #18,657 | |
| 21 | Mildmay UgandaNonprofit | 150 | #29,479 all time | |
| 22 | Clarke International UniversityUniversity | 145 | #31,930 all time | |
| 23 | Uganda National Meteorological AuthorityGovernment institution | 140 | #34,811 all time | |
| 24 | MUJHU Research CollaborationResearch facility | 137 | #27,377 all time | |
| 25 | Team UniversityUniversity | 132 | #19,686 | |
| 26 | African Palliative Care AssociationNonprofit | 118 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Bugema UniversityUniversity | 113 | #20,168 | |
| 28 | Cavendish University UgandaUniversity | 108 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Nsambya HospitalHospital / health system | 107 | not ranked | |
| 30 | International University of East AfricaUniversity | 92 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Ndejje UniversityUniversity | 89 | not ranked | |
| 32 | The AIDS Support OrganizationNonprofit | 84 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Coordinating Office for Control of Trypanosomiasis in UgandaGovernment institution | 84 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Uganda Technology and Management UniversityUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 35 | International Potato CenterResearch facility | 81 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Uganda Wildlife AuthorityGovernment institution | 80 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Uganda Blood Transfusion ServiceInstitution | 73 | not ranked | |
| 38 | National Water and Sewerage CorporationGovernment institution | 71 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Kampala Capital City AuthorityGovernment institution | 68 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Baylor College of Medicine Children’s FoundationNonprofit | 67 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Butabika HospitalHospital / health system | 62 | not ranked | |
| 42 | St. Augustine International UniversityUniversity | 53 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Economic Policy Research CentreNonprofit | 52 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Innovations for Poverty ActionNonprofit | 52 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Malaria ConsortiumNonprofit | 52 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Makerere University Walter Reed ProjectNonprofit | 50 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Center for Health, Human Rights and DevelopmentNonprofit | 50 | not ranked | |
| 48 | ISBAT UniversityUniversity | 48 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Rubaga HospitalHospital / health system | 45 | not ranked | |
| 50 | International Hospital KampalaHospital / health system | 37 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Government of UgandaGovernment institution | 35 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in AgricultureInstitution | 35 | not ranked | |
| 53 | AIDS Information CentreNonprofit | 25 | not ranked | |
| 54 | International Community of Women Living with HIVNonprofit | 24 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Uganda Institute of Information & Communications TechnologyUniversity | 24 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Nature UgandaNonprofit | 23 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Metropolitan International UniversityUniversity | 23 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Mulago School of Nursing and MidwiferyUniversity | 19 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Stafford UniversityUniversity | 18 | not ranked | |
| 60 | MTN (Uganda)Company | 18 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Kampala work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research in Kampala is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences3,91436.5%
- Medicine3,13029.2%
- Health Professions5555.2%
- Nursing1911.8%
- Dentistry230.2%
- Veterinary150.1%
- Social Sciences3,33731.2%
- Social Sciences1,66815.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting6155.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3913.7%
- Psychology3713.5%
- Arts and Humanities1731.6%
- Decision Sciences1181.1%
- Physical Sciences1,84817.3%
- Environmental Science6566.1%
- Engineering4924.6%
- Computer Science3833.6%
- Mathematics790.7%
- Energy740.7%
- Materials Science700.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences350.3%
- Chemistry330.3%
- Physics and Astronomy210.2%
- Chemical Engineering60.1%
- Life Sciences1,61315.1%
What is Kampala strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Kampala is most concentrated in Virology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Infectious Diseases (9.9× the world share in Virology).
- VirologySubfield · 51.0 works9.9×
- Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 38.6 works8.8×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 468.4 works7.8×
- Business and International ManagementSubfield · 43.3 works4.7×
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 272.5 works4.1×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 87.5 works4.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Nursing3.61×156 works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.36×210 works
- Health Professions2.00×465 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.89×540 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.82×345 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×727 works
- Medicine1.50×2,557 works
- Environmental Science1.25×550 works
- Social Sciences1.24×1,392 works
- Psychology1.17×316 works
- Decision Sciences1.13×96 works
- Veterinary1.11×13 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×33 works
- Energy0.76×62 works
- Mathematics0.72×74 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×278 works
- Arts and Humanities0.52×132 works
- Computer Science0.45×309 works
- Dentistry0.41×18 works
- Engineering0.31×405 works
- Neuroscience0.23×33 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×29 works
- Chemistry0.19×26 works
- Materials Science0.18×55 works
- Chemical Engineering0.14×4 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.08×16 works
Which keywords describe research in Kampala?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Maternal Mortality, Vaccine, Community Health Workers, Immune Response, Health Inequalities and Socio-economic Factors.
- Adolescent Health
- Global Health
- HIV
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition
- Infectious Diseases
- Poverty Reduction
- Stigma and Discrimination
- Child Development
- Vaccine Development
- Genetic Diversity
- Drug Resistance
- Mortality Rates
- Child Mortality
- Health Inequalities
- COVID-19
- Risk Factors
- Maternal Mortality
- Vaccine
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Public Health
- Globalization
- Immune Response
- Community Health Workers
- Global Burden
- Socio-economic Factors
- Health Systems
- Diagnosis
- HIV Transmission
- Viral Load
- Pathogenesis
- Preexposure Prophylaxis
- Social Capital
- Global Burden of Disease
- HIV Infection
- Water Sanitation Hygiene
- Gender Inequality
- HIV Prevention
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
- Epidemiology1,037▲ 2.4×131 topics
- Sustainability398▲ 1.52×93 topics
- Climate Change392▲ 1.35×99 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy386▲ 22×6 topics
- Public Health349▲ 2.2×59 topics
- Vaccine308▲ 7.2×11 topics
- Globalization301▲ 1.43×98 topics
- Maternal Mortality299▲ 12×5 topics
- Immune Response299▲ 4.9×23 topics
- Risk Factors270▲ 2.3×36 topics
- Community Health Workers259▲ 27×2 topics
- COVID-19249▲ 1.79×29 topics
- Global Burden244▲ 4.2×12 topics
- Health Inequalities238▲ 18×5 topics
- Socio-economic Factors232▲ 19×2 topics
- Child Mortality231▲ 30×1 topic
- Health Systems231▲ 30×1 topic
- Mortality Rates221▲ 22×2 topics
- Diagnosis220▲ 2.2×39 topics
- Drug Resistance214▲ 6.9×9 topics
- HIV Transmission205▲ 25×2 topics
- Genetic Diversity199▲ 4.3×20 topics
- Viral Load198▲ 24×2 topics
- Vaccine Development190▲ 6.9×11 topics
- Pathogenesis188▲ 3.4×24 topics
- Child Development188▲ 4.3×8 topics
- Preexposure Prophylaxis187▲ 36×1 topic
- Stigma and Discrimination187▲ 36×1 topic
- Social Capital177▲ 3.2×19 topics
- Poverty Reduction167▲ 12×6 topics
- Global Burden of Disease164▲ 6.2×4 topics
- Infectious Diseases159▲ 4.5×10 topics
- HIV Infection141▲ 13×4 topics
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition135▲ 15×1 topic
- Water Sanitation Hygiene135▲ 15×1 topic
- HIV126▲ 14×4 topics
- Gender Inequality124▲ 8.4×6 topics
- Global Health122▲ 7.4×8 topics
- HIV Prevention117▲ 19×2 topics
- Adolescent Health113▲ 13×3 topics
What research is done in Kampala?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 192 works
- 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 159 works
- 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 109 works
- 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 93 works
- 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 84 works
- 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 74 works
- 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 69 works
- 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 64 works
- 9 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 59 works
- 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 54 works
Research output over time
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.
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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