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Research in Mogadishu

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Mogadishu, Somalia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are SIMAD University, Somali National University and Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology.

Research institutions
14
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.7k
▲ 128% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.3%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Mogadishu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1SIMAD UniversityUniversity 646 #6,115
2Somali National UniversityUniversity 402 #13,046
3University of SomaliaUniversity 381 #21,111
4Mogadishu UniversityUniversity 324 #20,268
5Jamhuriya University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 228 #16,033
6Benadir UniversityUniversity 186 #40,630 all time
7Abrar UniversityUniversity 169 #30,444 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 2022–2025. 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.

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%

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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×
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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 Mogadishu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Epidemiology, Renewable Energy, Globalization, Risk Management, Poverty Reduction, Sustainability and Economic Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology97▲ 1.85×107 topics
  2. Economic Growth73▲ 6.5×19 topics
  3. Globalization66▲ 2.5×54 topics
  4. Renewable Energy64▲ 3.4×27 topics
  5. Sustainability60▲ 1.87×50 topics
  6. Climate Change60▲ 1.68×50 topics
  7. Education44▲ 1.92×52 topics
  8. Economic Development40▲ 3.7×17 topics
  9. Public Health40▲ 2.1×44 topics
  10. Risk Management39▲ 6.1×10 topics
  11. Social Capital35▲ 5.0×14 topics
  12. Poverty Reduction33▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Food Security31▲ 4.3×13 topics
  14. Governance30▲ 6.9×12 topics
  15. Urbanization29▲ 5.3×8 topics
  16. Vaccine29▲ 5.4×11 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality28▲ 9.5×5 topics
  18. Agriculture28▲ 5.3×11 topics
  19. Immune Response27▲ 3.6×16 topics
  20. Respiratory Infections25▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Financial Stability25▲ 9.3×5 topics
  22. Gender Equality24▲ 6.7×7 topics
  23. Health Impacts24▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Vulnerability24▲ 7.9×5 topics
  25. Household Fuel Use23▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Indoor Air Pollution23▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Financial Development23▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Panel Data Analysis23▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Community Health Workers23▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Conflict23▲ 11×8 topics
  31. Health Inequalities22▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Finance22▲ 8.6×2 topics
  33. Global Financial Crisis21▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Socio-economic Factors21▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Performance Analysis21▲ 7.4×2 topics
  36. Ethical Identity21▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Shariah Supervision21▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Child Mortality21▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Health Systems21▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Environmental Regulation19▲ 9.5×1 topic

What research is done in Mogadishu?

  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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