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Research in Mogadishu

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Mogadishu, Somalia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are SIMAD University, Somali National University and University of Somalia.

Research institutions
14
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.7k
▲ 324% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
4.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Mogadishu

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 Mogadishu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1SIMAD UniversityUniversity 646 #3,247
2Somali National UniversityUniversity 402 #9,838
3University of SomaliaUniversity 381 #10,549
4Mogadishu UniversityUniversity 324 #12,648
5Jamhuriya University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 228 #10,642
6Benadir UniversityUniversity 186 #24,266 all time
7Abrar UniversityUniversity 169 #25,519 all time
8Jazeera UniversityUniversity 79 not ranked
9Hormuud UniversityUniversity 77 not ranked
10Somali International UniversityUniversity 62 not ranked
11Banadir HospitalHospital / health system 62 not ranked
12Horseed International UniversityUniversity 56 not ranked
13Plasma UniversityUniversity 20 not ranked
14Indian Ocean Medical Trading (Somalia)Company 18 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.

SIMAD University: 23.8%Somali National University: 14.8%University of Somalia: 14.1%Mogadishu University: 12.0%10 others listed: 35.3%24%largest
SIMAD University646 · 23.8%Somali National University402 · 14.8%University of Somalia381 · 14.1%Mogadishu University324 · 12.0%10 others listed957 · 35.3%

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

Which fields of science does Mogadishu work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Mogadishu is in Social Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (20%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 689 fractional works · 38.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 359 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 94 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 86 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 131 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 99 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 110 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 589 fractional works · 32.8% of its workMedicine: 476 fractional works · 26.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 70 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 59 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 55 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 48 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 78 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 46 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 27 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 340 fractional works · 18.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 112 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPollution: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 108 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInformation Systems: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 67 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 180 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 104 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMogadishu1,798fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences38%

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 Sciences35920.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1317.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1106.1%
    4. Psychology442.4%
    5. Decision Sciences241.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities211.2%
    1. Medicine47626.5%
    2. Health Professions784.3%
    3. Nursing271.5%
    4. Dentistry40.2%
    5. Veterinary40.2%
    1. Environmental Science1126.2%
    2. Computer Science1086.0%
    3. Engineering673.7%
    4. Energy221.2%
    5. Mathematics90.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.4%
    7. Materials Science70.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy50.3%
    9. Chemistry40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1045.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology341.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology281.6%
    4. Neuroscience100.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mogadishu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mogadishu is most concentrated in Pollution, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4.8× the world share in Pollution).

  1. PollutionSubfield · 25.3 works4.8×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 83.7 works4.0×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 110.4 works3.9×
← 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: 1.24× its world share, 78 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 77 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.57× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 55 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 81 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.61× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 313 worksMedicineNursing: 2.60× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.82× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.29× its world share, 98 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.89× its world share, 110 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 272 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.89×110 works
  2. Nursing2.60×17 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.29×98 works
  4. Veterinary1.82×3 works
  5. Social Sciences1.62×272 works
  6. Health Professions1.61×56 works
  7. Energy1.57×19 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.56×21 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.50×19 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×78 works
  11. Environmental Science1.23×81 works
  12. Medicine1.23×313 works
  13. Psychology0.80×32 works
  14. Computer Science0.75×77 works
  15. Dentistry0.49×3 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.46×18 works
  17. Mathematics0.39×6 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×2 works
  19. Neuroscience0.33×7 works
  20. Engineering0.28×55 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×19 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×5 works
  23. Chemistry0.14×3 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.13×4 works
  25. Materials Science0.12×6 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Mogadishu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Epidemiology, Globalization, Renewable Energy, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change, Vaccine and Community Health Workers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology141▲ 1.97×114 topics
  2. Climate Change92▲ 1.88×58 topics
  3. Globalization89▲ 2.5×62 topics
  4. Economic Growth87▲ 6.0×22 topics
  5. Sustainability85▲ 1.94×54 topics
  6. Renewable Energy79▲ 3.0×31 topics
  7. Public Health58▲ 2.2×48 topics
  8. Education58▲ 1.87×56 topics
  9. Environmental Impact53▲ 1.74×38 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality50▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Economic Development49▲ 3.4×20 topics
  12. Vaccine47▲ 6.5×11 topics
  13. Risk Management44▲ 5.1×11 topics
  14. Governance43▲ 7.4×12 topics
  15. Community Health Workers43▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Immune Response42▲ 4.1×16 topics
  17. Pathogenesis42▲ 4.5×21 topics
  18. Health Inequalities41▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Food Security41▲ 4.2×14 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction40▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Social Capital40▲ 4.3×15 topics
  22. Socio-economic Factors39▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Child Mortality39▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Health Systems39▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Agriculture36▲ 5.3×11 topics
  26. Vulnerability35▲ 8.4×5 topics
  27. Urbanization34▲ 4.7×8 topics
  28. Conflict31▲ 11×9 topics
  29. Respiratory Infections29▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Global Health28▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Gender Equality27▲ 5.3×8 topics
  32. Health Impacts27▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Social Networks26▲ 5.4×8 topics
  34. Financial Stability26▲ 7.6×6 topics
  35. Financial Development26▲ 9.7×2 topics
  36. Panel Data Analysis26▲ 9.5×2 topics
  37. Household Fuel Use26▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Indoor Air Pollution26▲ 21×1 topic
  39. ICT23▲ 9.6×4 topics
  40. Maternal and Child Undernutrition22▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Mogadishu?

Energy and Environment I…23Energy and Environment Impacts: 23 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…21Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 21 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…21Global Maternal and Child Health: 21 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…19Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 19 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 14 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 13 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…12Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 12 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 11 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 11 fractional worksEducation, Innovation an…10Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 10 fractional works
PollutionAccountingPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 23 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 21 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 21 works
  4. 4 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 19 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 13 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 11 works
  9. 9 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 11 works
  10. 10 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 10 works

Research output over time

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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%Mogadishu28.6% 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 28.6% in 2025.

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