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Research in Zanzibar

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Zanzibar University and State University of Zanzibar.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.1k
▲ 82% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
6.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Zanzibar

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 Zanzibar?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1State University of ZanzibarUniversity 619 #12,280
2Zanzibar UniversityUniversity 406 #10,408
3Zanzibar School of HealthUniversity 27 not ranked
4Dhow Countries Music AcademyUniversity 6 not ranked
5Western Indian Ocean Marine Science AssociationNonprofit 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.

State University of Zanzibar: 58.5%Zanzibar University: 38.3%Zanzibar School of Health: 2.5%Dhow Countries Music Academy: 0.6%1 other listed: 0.1%58%largest
State University of Zanzibar619 · 58.5%Zanzibar University406 · 38.3%Zanzibar School of Health27 · 2.5%Dhow Countries Music Academy6 · 0.6%1 other listed1 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Zanzibar work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Zanzibar is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (17%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 148 fractional works · 40.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 19.9% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 95 fractional works · 26.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 38 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 77 fractional works · 21.1% of its workMedicine: 63 fractional works · 17.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKZanzibar364fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences41%

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 Sciences7219.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3810.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance195.2%
    4. Psychology102.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities51.4%
    6. Decision Sciences51.2%
    1. Environmental Science3810.5%
    2. Computer Science246.6%
    3. Engineering184.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.4%
    5. Materials Science30.8%
    6. Mathematics20.6%
    7. Energy20.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine6317.4%
    2. Health Professions82.1%
    3. Nursing51.4%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences246.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology123.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Zanzibar?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Finance, Islamic Banking, Ethical Identity, Shariah Supervision, Globalization, Corporate Governance and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 1.52×63 topics
  2. Globalization22▲ 3.1×30 topics
  3. Climate Change22▲ 2.2×39 topics
  4. Risk Management17▲ 9.8×5 topics
  5. Corporate Governance15▲ 5.6×2 topics
  6. Finance15▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Islamic Banking15▲ 11×2 topics
  8. Sustainability15▲ 1.64×29 topics
  9. Ethical Identity14▲ 34×1 topic
  10. Shariah Supervision14▲ 34×1 topic
  11. Education12▲ 1.86×22 topics
  12. Environmental Impact12▲ 1.84×22 topics
  13. Economic Development11▲ 3.9×12 topics
  14. Social Capital10▲ 5.4×8 topics
  15. Economic Growth10▲ 3.3×11 topics
  16. Poverty Reduction10▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Food Security9▲ 4.4×15 topics
  18. Gender Equality9▲ 8.4×7 topics
  19. Pedagogy8▲ 4.1×8 topics
  20. Global Trade7▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Ocean Acidification7▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Community Health Workers6▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Vaccine Development6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  24. Cultural Exchange6▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Archaeological Evidence6▲ 34×2 topics
  26. ICT6▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Indian Ocean6▲ 82×1 topic
  28. prehistoric movement6▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Maternal Mortality6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Stakeholder Engagement6▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Bleaching5▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Coral Reefs5▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Ecosystem-Based Management5▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Empowerment5▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Marine Ecosystems5▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Marine Spatial Planning5▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Religious Education5▲ 8.9×2 topics
  38. Financial Inclusion5▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Microfinance5▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Institutional Quality5▲ 13×3 topics

What research is done in Zanzibar?

Islamic Finance and Bank…14Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 14 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 5 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 4 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …4Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 3 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsEducationAnthropology6 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 14 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 5 works
  4. 4 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 4 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  7. 7 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  8. 8 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  10. 10 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Zanzibar7.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.0% in 2018.

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