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Research in Mbarara

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Mbarara, Uganda. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Mbarara University of Science and Technology and Bishop Stuart University.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.5k
▲ 107% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.6%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 #6,519
2Bishop Stuart UniversityUniversity 319 #21,000
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 2022–2025. 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.

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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Mbarara?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology98▲ 2.5×95 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy40▲ 24×6 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality37▲ 16×5 topics
  4. Sustainability37▲ 1.48×41 topics
  5. Education31▲ 1.78×25 topics
  6. Mental Health29▲ 1.95×28 topics
  7. Community Health Workers28▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Treatment28▲ 2.2×32 topics
  9. Risk Factors27▲ 2.4×25 topics
  10. Vaccine26▲ 6.3×10 topics
  11. Health Inequalities26▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Public Health26▲ 1.73×39 topics
  13. Global Burden25▲ 4.7×12 topics
  14. Immune Response25▲ 4.3×13 topics
  15. Diagnosis25▲ 2.6×23 topics
  16. Socio-economic Factors25▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Child Mortality24▲ 34×1 topic
  18. Health Systems24▲ 34×1 topic
  19. HIV Transmission23▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Mortality Rates22▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Viral Load21▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Preexposure Prophylaxis21▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Stigma and Discrimination21▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Drug Resistance21▲ 7.2×7 topics
  25. Development19▲ 5.4×12 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity18▲ 4.0×12 topics
  27. Poverty Reduction17▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture17▲ 5.1×8 topics
  29. Smallholder Farmers16▲ 7.2×4 topics
  30. Rural Development16▲ 4.5×10 topics
  31. HIV Infection15▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Global Health15▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Gender Equality14▲ 5.1×9 topics
  34. Psychological Distress14▲ 5.5×5 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease14▲ 5.4×4 topics
  36. Social Determinants of Health13▲ 5.8×4 topics
  37. HIV13▲ 15×4 topics
  38. HIV Prevention13▲ 21×2 topics
  39. HIV/AIDS12▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Stigma12▲ 8.3×5 topics

What research is done in Mbarara?

  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

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.