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Research in Kigali

Science Explorer records 27 research institutions in Kigali, Rwanda. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Kigali, Ministry of Natural Resources and Rwanda Biomedical Center.

Research institutions
27
13 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.3k
▲ 186% vs 2018-21
Citations
48k
9.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Kigali

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 Kigali?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KigaliUniversity 1,061 #3,402
2Ministry of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution 772 #4,914
3Rwanda Biomedical CenterHospital / health system 471 #6,876
4Ministry of EducationGovernment institution 387 #9,688
5Mahatma Gandhi UniversityUniversity 298 #17,289
6Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 277 #18,385
7Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de KigaliHospital / health system 249 #20,102
8Rwanda Agriculture BoardGovernment institution 248 #14,739
9University of Lay Adventists of KigaliUniversity 238 #14,259
10Rwanda Military HospitalHospital / health system 212 #20,989
11Rwanda Development BoardGovernment institution 161 #16,131
12African Institute for Mathematical SciencesUniversity 152 #12,271
13Kigali Independent UniversityUniversity 124 #19,190
14International Gorilla Conservation ProgrammeNonprofit 113 not ranked
15Ministry of InfrastructureGovernment institution 103 not ranked
16Adventist University of Central AfricaUniversity 80 not ranked
17Rwanda Meteorological ServiceGovernment institution 44 not ranked
18Rwanda Zambia HIV Research GroupNonprofit 42 not ranked
19Rwanda Diabetes AssociationHospital / health system 22 not ranked
20Institute of Policy Analysis and Research - RwandaNonprofit 13 not ranked
21Rwanda Wildlife Conservation AssociationInstitution 12 not ranked
22Foresight Institute of Research and Translation (Rwanda)Company 5 not ranked
23Regional Alliance for Sustainable DevelopmentInstitution 4 not ranked
24Innovations for Poverty ActionNonprofit 2 not ranked
25Association of Microfinance Institutions in RwandaInstitution 1 not ranked
26North Gate UniversityUniversity 1 not ranked
27Rwanda Pediatric AssociationInstitution 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 Kigali: 20.8%Ministry of Natural Resources: 15.2%Rwanda Biomedical Center: 9.2%Ministry of Education: 7.6%22 others listed: 47.2%21%largest
University of Kigali1,061 · 20.8%Ministry of Natural Resources772 · 15.2%Rwanda Biomedical Center471 · 9.2%Ministry of Education387 · 7.6%22 others listed2,401 · 47.2%

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

Which fields of science does Kigali work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Kigali is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Social Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (11%).

Physical Sciences: 1,248 fractional works · 37.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 377 fractional works · 11.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 83 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 74 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 261 fractional works · 7.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 58 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 241 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 90 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 141 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOceanography: 53 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 85 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 968 fractional works · 29.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 475 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 199 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 117 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 175 fractional works · 5.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 58 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 111 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 109 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 70 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 52 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 46 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 703 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMedicine: 561 fractional works · 16.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 106 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 65 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 52 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 51 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 93 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 36 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 workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 396 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 187 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 64 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 109 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKigali3,315fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences29%

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. Environmental Science37711.4%
    2. Engineering2617.9%
    3. Computer Science2417.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1414.3%
    5. Materials Science852.6%
    6. Chemistry531.6%
    7. Energy341.0%
    8. Mathematics270.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy200.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.3%
    1. Social Sciences47514.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1755.3%
    3. Psychology1113.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1093.3%
    5. Decision Sciences521.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities461.4%
    1. Medicine56116.9%
    2. Health Professions932.8%
    3. Nursing361.1%
    4. Dentistry90.3%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1875.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1093.3%
    3. Neuroscience631.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology310.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kigali strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kigali is most concentrated in Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Infectious Diseases (4.6× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 34.2 works4.6×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 61.9 works3.1×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 53.7 works3.0×
  4. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 38.7 works3.0×
← 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: 1.16× its world share, 146 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 192 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 98 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.17× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 203 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.13× its world share, 279 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 80 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 443 worksMedicineNursing: 2.36× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.89× its world share, 160 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.67× its world share, 94 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 398 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.37×98 works
  2. Nursing2.36×30 works
  3. Environmental Science2.13×279 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.89×160 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.80×46 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.67×94 works
  7. Social Sciences1.19×398 works
  8. Energy1.17×28 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.16×146 works
  10. Health Professions1.15×80 works
  11. Neuroscience1.13×48 works
  12. Psychology1.10×89 works
  13. Chemistry0.98×41 works
  14. Computer Science0.94×192 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×24 works
  16. Medicine0.87×443 works
  17. Mathematics0.79×25 works
  18. Veterinary0.76×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.68×9 works
  20. Materials Science0.67×62 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×6 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.61×6 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×85 works
  24. Engineering0.51×203 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.40×31 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.22×13 works

Which keywords describe research in Kigali?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Genocide, Politics, Middle East, Media, Qatar, Rwanda and Supply Chain Management.

▲ 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 Change232▲ 2.6×100 topics
  2. Epidemiology160▲ 1.21×125 topics
  3. Machine Learning153▲ 1.39×79 topics
  4. Sustainability136▲ 1.68×81 topics
  5. Deep Learning106◆ 0.93×77 topics
  6. Environmental Impact103▲ 1.82×53 topics
  7. Remote Sensing103▲ 2.5×39 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management100▲ 3.4×20 topics
  9. Genocide83▲ 48×3 topics
  10. Education82▲ 1.43×50 topics
  11. Public Health77▲ 1.60×53 topics
  12. Politics76▲ 8.8×10 topics
  13. Risk Management75▲ 4.7×12 topics
  14. Middle East73▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Media73▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Qatar72▲ 120×1 topic
  17. Rwanda72▲ 120×1 topic
  18. Renewable Energy66▲ 1.37×39 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services56▲ 4.4×12 topics
  20. Land Use Change50▲ 5.1×8 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation49▲ 3.9×12 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality48▲ 6.5×5 topics
  23. Community Health Workers48▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Global Warming43▲ 3.1×12 topics
  25. Health Inequalities41▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Water Resources40▲ 4.9×10 topics
  27. Child Mortality39▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Health Systems39▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Socio-economic Factors39▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Finance38▲ 6.3×4 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease36▲ 4.4×4 topics
  32. Conflict34▲ 6.4×7 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction34▲ 7.9×5 topics
  34. Drought32▲ 9.7×3 topics
  35. Global Health31▲ 6.0×7 topics
  36. Global Financial Crisis29▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Maternal and Child Undernutrition29▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Water Sanitation Hygiene29▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Ethical Identity29▲ 7.6×1 topic
  40. Shariah Supervision29▲ 7.6×1 topic

What research is done in Kigali?

Middle East and Rwanda C…70Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 70 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 32 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 29 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 24 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 24 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 22 fractional worksOrganizational and Emplo…21Organizational and Employee Performance: 21 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 17 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 16 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 15 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthAccountingNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 70 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 32 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 29 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 24 works
  5. 5 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 24 works
  6. 6 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 21 works
  8. 8 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  10. 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 15 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%Kigali18.2% 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 28.3% in 2016.

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