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Research in Mbarara

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Mbarara, Uganda. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Bishop Stuart University.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.5k
▲ 105% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
11.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Mbarara

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 Mbarara?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mbarara University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 2,064 #3,048
2Bishop Stuart UniversityUniversity 319 #10,649
3Mbarara National Referral HospitalHospital / health system 98 not ranked
4Epicentre UgandaResearch facility 45 not ranked
5Holy Innocents Children's HospitalHospital / health system 8 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.

Mbarara University of Science and Technology: 81.5%Bishop Stuart University: 12.6%Mbarara National Referral Hospital: 3.9%Epicentre Uganda: 1.8%1 other listed: 0.3%81%largest
Mbarara University of Science and Technology2,064 · 81.5%Bishop Stuart University319 · 12.6%Mbarara National Referral Hospital98 · 3.9%Epicentre Uganda45 · 1.8%1 other listed8 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Mbarara work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Mbarara is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 480 fractional works · 40.1% of its workMedicine: 398 fractional works · 33.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 59 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 55 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 49 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 44 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 46 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 383 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 192 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEducation: 84 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 69 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 52 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 34 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 172 fractional works · 14.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 98 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPlant Science: 35 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 2.4% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 163 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 69 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMbarara1,198fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences32%

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. Medicine39833.2%
    2. Health Professions635.3%
    3. Nursing161.4%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences19216.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting695.7%
    3. Psychology524.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance473.9%
    5. Decision Sciences121.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities111.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences988.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology332.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology292.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.6%
    5. Neuroscience40.3%
    1. Environmental Science695.8%
    2. Computer Science373.1%
    3. Engineering272.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy100.9%
    5. Mathematics60.5%
    6. Chemistry50.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    8. Materials Science20.2%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mbarara strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mbarara is most concentrated in Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (7.2× the world share in Infectious Diseases).

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 49.7 works7.2×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 37.0 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: 1.80× its world share, 87 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.32× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.99× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.70× its world share, 332 worksMedicineNursing: 2.96× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.78× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 165 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.96×15 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.32×24 works
  3. Health Professions1.99×53 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×40 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.80×87 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.78×58 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.73×6 works
  8. Medicine1.70×332 works
  9. Psychology1.47×46 works
  10. Social Sciences1.28×165 works
  11. Environmental Science1.17×59 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.96×9 works
  13. Veterinary0.65×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×28 works
  15. Mathematics0.50×6 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.41×9 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.39×11 works
  18. Computer Science0.37×29 works
  19. Chemistry0.34×5 works
  20. Dentistry0.22×1 works
  21. Neuroscience0.21×4 works
  22. Energy0.14×1 works
  23. Engineering0.14×22 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×2 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.06×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Mbarara?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Socio-economic Factors, Child Mortality and Health Systems.

▲ 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. Epidemiology118▲ 2.5×101 topics
  2. Sustainability44▲ 1.52×43 topics
  3. Antiretroviral Therapy44▲ 23×6 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality43▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Climate Change40▲ 1.23×51 topics
  6. Education34▲ 1.66×27 topics
  7. Mental Health34▲ 1.98×29 topics
  8. Community Health Workers33▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Public Health32▲ 1.82×44 topics
  10. Treatment32▲ 2.2×35 topics
  11. Risk Factors31▲ 2.4×26 topics
  12. Diagnosis30▲ 2.7×26 topics
  13. Global Burden30▲ 4.6×12 topics
  14. Health Inequalities30▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Vaccine29▲ 6.1×10 topics
  16. Socio-economic Factors28▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Child Mortality28▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Health Systems28▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Immune Response28▲ 4.1×14 topics
  20. HIV Transmission26▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Mortality Rates25▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Drug Resistance23▲ 6.8×7 topics
  23. Viral Load23▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Preexposure Prophylaxis23▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Stigma and Discrimination23▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Development22▲ 5.2×15 topics
  27. Poverty Reduction20▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity19▲ 3.7×12 topics
  29. Global Health18▲ 9.9×5 topics
  30. Rural Development18▲ 4.4×10 topics
  31. Sustainable Agriculture18▲ 4.8×9 topics
  32. Smallholder Farmers17▲ 6.9×4 topics
  33. Gender Equality17▲ 5.1×9 topics
  34. HIV Infection17▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Psychological Distress16▲ 5.4×5 topics
  36. Global Burden of Disease16▲ 5.2×4 topics
  37. HIV14▲ 15×4 topics
  38. HIV Prevention14▲ 20×2 topics
  39. HIV/AIDS14▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Stigma13▲ 8.0×5 topics

What research is done in Mbarara?

Global Maternal and Chil…24Global Maternal and Child Health: 24 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 21 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 11 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 11 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 11 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 9 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery7Global Health and Surgery: 7 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 7 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 7 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 7 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 24 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 21 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 11 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 11 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 11 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
  7. 7 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 7 works
  9. 9 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  10. 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 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%Mbarara12.7% 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 26.8% in 2009.

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