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Research in Morogoro

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Morogoro, Tanzania. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mzumbe University, Sokoine University of Agriculture and Muslim University of Morogoro.

Research institutions
7
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.7k
▲ 139% vs 2018-21
Citations
56k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1958-2026
69 years on the record

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 Morogoro?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sokoine University of AgricultureUniversity 3,920 #4,659
2Mzumbe UniversityUniversity 1,222 #3,422
3Muslim University of MorogoroUniversity 273 #12,701
4Tanzania Forestry Research InstituteResearch facility 169 #33,024 all time
5Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease SurveillanceInstitution 73 not ranked
6Tanzania Association of ForestersInstitution 1 not ranked
7Eastern and Southern Africa small scale Farmers’ ForumNonprofit 1 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.

Sokoine University of Agriculture: 69.3%Mzumbe University: 21.6%Muslim University of Morogoro: 4.8%Tanzania Forestry Research Institute: 3.0%3 others listed: 1.3%69%largest
Sokoine University of Agriculture3,920 · 69.3%Mzumbe University1,222 · 21.6%Muslim University of Morogoro273 · 4.8%Tanzania Forestry Research Institute169 · 3.0%3 others listed75 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Morogoro work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Morogoro is in Social Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 947 fractional works · 36.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 454 fractional works · 17.6% of its workEducation: 140 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 109 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 225 fractional works · 8.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 63 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 46 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 136 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 97 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFinance: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 63 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 744 fractional works · 28.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 609 fractional works · 23.6% of its workPlant Science: 181 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 111 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 64 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 51 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoil Science: 50 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 49 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 81 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 568 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 345 fractional works · 13.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 73 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 70 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 48 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 89 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 58 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 77 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 319 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMedicine: 201 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 49 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 60 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVeterinary: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKMorogoro2,577fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences37%

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 Sciences45417.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2258.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1365.3%
    4. Decision Sciences632.5%
    5. Psychology381.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities301.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60923.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology813.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology431.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
    5. Neuroscience30.1%
    1. Environmental Science34513.4%
    2. Computer Science893.5%
    3. Engineering773.0%
    4. Materials Science140.5%
    5. Mathematics120.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences100.4%
    7. Energy100.4%
    8. Chemistry100.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine2017.8%
    2. Health Professions602.3%
    3. Nursing421.6%
    4. Veterinary160.6%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Morogoro strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Morogoro is most concentrated in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Parasitology and Forestry (9.6× the world share in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences).

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 93.4 works9.6×
  2. ParasitologySubfield · 21.5 works9.2×
  3. ForestrySubfield · 21.0 works9.1×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 43.2 works8.3×
  5. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 35.8 works6.8×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 43.3 works6.5×
← 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: 4.92× its world share, 517 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.62× its world share, 288 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 173 worksMedicineNursing: 3.32× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.18× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.80× its world share, 199 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 56 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.52× its world share, 119 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 397 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.92×517 works
  2. Veterinary4.18×12 works
  3. Nursing3.32×36 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.80×199 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.63×56 works
  6. Environmental Science2.62×288 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.52×119 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.59×35 works
  9. Social Sciences1.42×397 works
  10. Health Professions0.93×54 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×6 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×69 works
  13. Computer Science0.44×76 works
  14. Energy0.44×9 works
  15. Psychology0.44×30 works
  16. Mathematics0.42×11 works
  17. Medicine0.41×173 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.39×25 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×9 works
  20. Chemistry0.22×8 works
  21. Engineering0.20×65 works
  22. Materials Science0.14×11 works
  23. Neuroscience0.06×2 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.03×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Morogoro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability, Rural Development, Social Networks, Technology Adoption and Agricultural Innovation.

▲ 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 Change227▲ 3.2×75 topics
  2. Sustainability202▲ 3.2×68 topics
  3. Smallholder Farmers140▲ 26×6 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture139▲ 18×13 topics
  5. Epidemiology125▲ 1.22×74 topics
  6. Rural Development114▲ 13×15 topics
  7. Social Networks101▲ 14×7 topics
  8. Environmental Impact94▲ 2.1×44 topics
  9. Globalization90▲ 1.77×42 topics
  10. Technology Adoption88▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Food Security85▲ 6.1×20 topics
  12. Agricultural Innovation81▲ 68×2 topics
  13. Livelihood Diversification81▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Market Participation81▲ 100×1 topic
  15. Biodiversity Conservation80▲ 8.3×12 topics
  16. Social Capital80▲ 6.0×16 topics
  17. Biodiversity79▲ 4.0×25 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity76▲ 6.7×19 topics
  19. Adaptation70▲ 9.1×9 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction68▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Economic Development67▲ 3.3×19 topics
  22. Gender Equality62▲ 8.6×10 topics
  23. Economic Growth60▲ 2.8×23 topics
  24. Land Use Change50▲ 6.5×6 topics
  25. Invasive Species49▲ 4.5×16 topics
  26. Gender Inequality47▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Risk Management47▲ 3.9×11 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services44▲ 4.4×11 topics
  29. Agriculture44▲ 4.4×11 topics
  30. Development43▲ 4.7×12 topics
  31. Vulnerability40▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Population Dynamics39▲ 5.8×10 topics
  33. Empowerment38▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Financial Inclusion37▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Microfinance37▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Agroecology35▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Community Health Workers34▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Maternal and Child Undernutrition33▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Water Sanitation Hygiene33▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Diversity33▲ 7.4×10 topics

What research is done in Morogoro?

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 69 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 32 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 30 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 25 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 23 works
  6. 6 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 22 works
  7. 7 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 22 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 21 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 19 works
  10. 10 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 18 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%Morogoro15.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.4% in 2016.

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