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%
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Which research institutions are in Mbarara?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mbarara University of Science and TechnologyUniversity | 2,064 | #6,519 | |
| 2 | Bishop Stuart UniversityUniversity | 319 | #21,000 | |
| 3 | Mbarara National Referral HospitalHospital / health system | 98 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Epicentre UgandaResearch facility | 45 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Holy 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.
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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).
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 49.7 works7.2×
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 37.0 works4.9×
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.
- Stigma
- HIV Prevention
- Social Determinants of Health
- Psychological Distress
- Global Health
- Rural Development
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Genetic Diversity
- Drug Resistance
- Preexposure Prophylaxis
- Mortality Rates
- Health Systems
- Socio-economic Factors
- Immune Response
- Public Health
- Vaccine
- Treatment
- Mental Health
- Sustainability
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Epidemiology
- Maternal Mortality
- Education
- Community Health Workers
- Risk Factors
- Health Inequalities
- Global Burden
- Diagnosis
- Child Mortality
- HIV Transmission
- Viral Load
- Stigma and Discrimination
- Development
- Poverty Reduction
- Smallholder Farmers
- HIV Infection
- Gender Equality
- Global Burden of Disease
- HIV
- HIV/AIDS
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
- Epidemiology98▲ 2.5×95 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy40▲ 24×6 topics
- Maternal Mortality37▲ 16×5 topics
- Sustainability37▲ 1.48×41 topics
- Education31▲ 1.78×25 topics
- Mental Health29▲ 1.95×28 topics
- Community Health Workers28▲ 33×2 topics
- Treatment28▲ 2.2×32 topics
- Risk Factors27▲ 2.4×25 topics
- Vaccine26▲ 6.3×10 topics
- Health Inequalities26▲ 21×2 topics
- Public Health26▲ 1.73×39 topics
- Global Burden25▲ 4.7×12 topics
- Immune Response25▲ 4.3×13 topics
- Diagnosis25▲ 2.6×23 topics
- Socio-economic Factors25▲ 22×2 topics
- Child Mortality24▲ 34×1 topic
- Health Systems24▲ 34×1 topic
- HIV Transmission23▲ 31×2 topics
- Mortality Rates22▲ 23×2 topics
- Viral Load21▲ 26×2 topics
- Preexposure Prophylaxis21▲ 42×1 topic
- Stigma and Discrimination21▲ 42×1 topic
- Drug Resistance21▲ 7.2×7 topics
- Development19▲ 5.4×12 topics
- Genetic Diversity18▲ 4.0×12 topics
- Poverty Reduction17▲ 13×5 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture17▲ 5.1×8 topics
- Smallholder Farmers16▲ 7.2×4 topics
- Rural Development16▲ 4.5×10 topics
- HIV Infection15▲ 14×4 topics
- Global Health15▲ 9.6×4 topics
- Gender Equality14▲ 5.1×9 topics
- Psychological Distress14▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Global Burden of Disease14▲ 5.4×4 topics
- Social Determinants of Health13▲ 5.8×4 topics
- HIV13▲ 15×4 topics
- HIV Prevention13▲ 21×2 topics
- HIV/AIDS12▲ 19×3 topics
- Stigma12▲ 8.3×5 topics
What research is done in Mbarara?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 24 works
- 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 21 works
- 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 11 works
- 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 11 works
- 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 11 works
- 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 works
- 7 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
- 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 7 works
- 9 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 7 works
- 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
Research output over time
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