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Research in Mbale

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Mbale, Uganda. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Islamic University in Uganda.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
583
▲ 92% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
8.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Mbale

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 Mbale?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Islamic University in UgandaUniversity 412 #9,551
2Mbale HospitalHospital / health system 94 not ranked
3LivingStone International UniversityUniversity 48 not ranked
4Sanyu Africa Research InstituteNonprofit 9 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.

Islamic University in Uganda: 73.2%Mbale Hospital: 16.7%LivingStone International University: 8.5%Sanyu Africa Research Institute: 1.6%73%largest
Islamic University in Uganda412 · 73.2%Mbale Hospital94 · 16.7%LivingStone International University48 · 8.5%Sanyu Africa Research Institute9 · 1.6%

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

Which fields of science does Mbale work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Mbale is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (25%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 159 fractional works · 48.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 85 fractional works · 25.7% of its workEducation: 37 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 10.8% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 103 fractional works · 31.3% of its workMedicine: 82 fractional works · 24.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 14.7% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 7.5% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMbale330fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences48%

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 Sciences8525.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3610.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance164.8%
    4. Psychology144.2%
    5. Decision Sciences61.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    1. Medicine8224.7%
    2. Health Professions144.1%
    3. Nursing72.2%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science257.5%
    2. Engineering103.0%
    3. Environmental Science72.1%
    4. Mathematics20.6%
    5. Energy20.6%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    9. Chemistry10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Mbale?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Finance, Risk Management, Epidemiology, Corporate Governance, Islamic Banking, Global Financial Crisis, Ethical Identity and Shariah Supervision.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 1.94×50 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 2.9×16 topics
  3. Education16▲ 2.8×23 topics
  4. Finance15▲ 25×2 topics
  5. Risk Management15▲ 9.4×7 topics
  6. Corporate Governance14▲ 5.8×7 topics
  7. Machine Learning14▲ 1.26×26 topics
  8. Islamic Banking12▲ 9.9×2 topics
  9. Ethical Identity12▲ 30×1 topic
  10. Global Financial Crisis12▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Shariah Supervision12▲ 30×1 topic
  12. Treatment11▲ 2.8×12 topics
  13. Immune Response11▲ 5.7×9 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management11▲ 3.6×11 topics
  15. Healthcare10▲ 2.8×15 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis10▲ 4.9×8 topics
  17. Diagnosis9▲ 3.0×12 topics
  18. Vaccine9▲ 7.0×9 topics
  19. Curriculum Development9▲ 4.1×7 topics
  20. Pedagogy9▲ 5.5×7 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality8▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Poverty Reduction8▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Teacher Training8▲ 3.9×4 topics
  24. Islamic Education8▲ 7.1×2 topics
  25. Religious Education8▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Learning Outcomes8▲ 5.6×9 topics
  27. Social Capital8▲ 4.5×8 topics
  28. Governance8▲ 7.0×5 topics
  29. Madrasa7▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Muslim Students7▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Gender Equality6▲ 7.0×7 topics
  32. Teaching Strategies6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  33. Community Health Workers6▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Health Inequalities6▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Child Mortality6▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Health Systems6▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Institutional Quality6▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. ICT5▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Gender Inequality5▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Mbale?

Islamic Finance and Bank…10Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 3 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 3 fractional works
AccountingEducationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 7 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  6. 6 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  8. 8 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 works
  9. 9 Online and Blended Learning Education 3 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 3 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Mbale9.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.4% in 2024.

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