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Research in Mbeya

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Mbeya, Tanzania. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mbeya University of Science and Technology.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
766
▲ 342% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
5.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1962-2026
65 years on the record
Mbeya

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 Mbeya?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mbeya University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 699 #3,821
2Teofilo Kisanji UniversityUniversity 67 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.

Which fields of science does Mbeya work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Mbeya is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (14%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 219 fractional works · 36.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 70 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 69 fractional works · 11.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 193 fractional works · 32.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 99 fractional works · 16.6% of its workEducation: 35 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 6.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 104 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 83 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 82 fractional works · 13.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 61 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMbeya597fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences17%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. Environmental Science7011.7%
    2. Engineering6911.5%
    3. Computer Science264.4%
    4. Materials Science152.6%
    5. Mathematics122.1%
    6. Energy101.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy71.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.7%
    9. Chemistry30.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences9916.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting406.6%
    3. Decision Sciences162.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance162.7%
    5. Psychology121.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities101.7%
    1. Medicine8313.9%
    2. Health Professions111.9%
    3. Nursing71.2%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6110.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology111.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.1%
    4. Neuroscience20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Mbeya?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Poverty Reduction, Renewable Energy, Epidemiology, Risk Management 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 Change44▲ 2.7×56 topics
  2. Sustainability35▲ 2.4×40 topics
  3. Epidemiology31▲ 1.30×60 topics
  4. Environmental Impact24▲ 2.4×35 topics
  5. Renewable Energy22▲ 2.5×27 topics
  6. Sustainable Development18▲ 1.90×30 topics
  7. Globalization16▲ 1.34×29 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management15▲ 2.8×12 topics
  9. Risk Management14▲ 5.0×8 topics
  10. Poverty Reduction13▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Biodiversity12▲ 2.6×16 topics
  12. Innovation12▲ 1.88×19 topics
  13. Social Capital11▲ 3.6×10 topics
  14. Food Security10▲ 3.2×16 topics
  15. Higher Education10▲ 3.1×9 topics
  16. Colonialism10▲ 3.4×4 topics
  17. Social Impact10▲ 4.1×9 topics
  18. Gender Equality9▲ 5.6×7 topics
  19. Leadership9▲ 3.2×13 topics
  20. Urbanization8▲ 3.5×5 topics
  21. Land Use Change8▲ 4.4×5 topics
  22. Construction Projects8▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Leadership Style8▲ 9.2×2 topics
  24. Technology Integration8▲ 4.0×10 topics
  25. Fixed Point Theorems7▲ 89×1 topic
  26. Metric Spaces7▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Water Resources7▲ 5.0×7 topics
  28. Heavy Metals7▲ 5.0×6 topics
  29. Poverty Alleviation7▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Gender Inequality7▲ 8.2×5 topics
  32. Project Success6▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Stakeholder Analysis6▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Empowerment6▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Respiratory Infections6▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Financial Inclusion6▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Microfinance6▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Urban6▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers5▲ 26×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies5▲ 26×1 topic

What research is done in Mbeya?

Fixed Point Theorems Analysis: 7 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 6 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…5Energy and Environment Impacts: 5 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…5Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 5 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 5 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…4Online and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…3Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 3 fractional works
Geometry and TopologyManagement Science and Operations ResearchPollutionEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 7 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 6 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 5 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 5 works
  6. 6 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 4 works
  7. 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 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%Mbeya11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.7% in 2022.

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