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Research in Zomba

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Zomba, Malawi. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Malawi.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
64k
18.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Zomba

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 Zomba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MalawiUniversity 3,521 #2,880
2Dignitas InternationalNonprofit 48 not ranked
3Youth Net and CounsellingNonprofit 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.

Which fields of science does Zomba work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Zomba is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (15%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 349 fractional works · 47.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 214 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 65 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAnthropology: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 162 fractional works · 22.0% of its workMedicine: 108 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 157 fractional works · 21.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 49 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 6.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKZomba734fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences48%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences21429.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities375.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance314.2%
    4. Psychology273.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting273.6%
    6. Decision Sciences131.8%
    1. Medicine10814.8%
    2. Health Professions364.8%
    3. Nursing182.4%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Environmental Science496.7%
    2. Engineering456.2%
    3. Computer Science253.4%
    4. Mathematics141.9%
    5. Energy101.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.1%
    7. Materials Science20.3%
    8. Chemistry20.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences476.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology101.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Zomba?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Nationalism, Poverty Reduction, Globalization, Gender Inequality, Social Justice, Child Development and Postcolonialism.

▲ 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. Globalization38▲ 2.6×49 topics
  2. Epidemiology35▲ 1.20×68 topics
  3. Colonialism34▲ 9.9×11 topics
  4. Nationalism26▲ 8.0×9 topics
  5. Poverty Reduction24▲ 26×5 topics
  6. Human Rights22▲ 2.9×23 topics
  7. Social Justice22▲ 5.0×22 topics
  8. Gender Inequality20▲ 20×5 topics
  9. Child Development19▲ 6.2×7 topics
  10. Identity17▲ 3.2×17 topics
  11. Economic Growth17▲ 2.8×13 topics
  12. Postcolonialism17▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Social Networks16▲ 8.2×8 topics
  14. Community Health Workers16▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Maternal Mortality16▲ 9.8×5 topics
  16. Economic Development16▲ 2.7×13 topics
  17. Rural Development16▲ 6.3×7 topics
  18. Risk Management16▲ 4.5×11 topics
  19. Global Burden of Disease15▲ 8.5×3 topics
  20. Social Impact15▲ 5.2×7 topics
  21. Maternal and Child Undernutrition14▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Social Capital14▲ 3.6×13 topics
  23. Water Sanitation Hygiene14▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Cultural Studies14▲ 5.0×7 topics
  25. Health Inequalities13▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Child Mortality13▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Health Systems13▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy13▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Conditional Cash Transfers13▲ 50×1 topic
  30. School Subsidies13▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Development13▲ 4.9×9 topics
  32. Poverty12▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Imperialism12▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Vulnerability11▲ 6.7×7 topics
  35. Gender Dynamics11▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Smallholder Farmers11▲ 7.1×4 topics
  37. African History11▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Post-Colonial Africa11▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Mortality Rates10▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Decolonization10▲ 16×5 topics

What research is done in Zomba?

Poverty, Education, and …12Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 12 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…12Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…12Child Nutrition and Water Access: 12 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…11African history and culture studies: 11 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 7 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…7African cultural and philosophical studies: 7 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 6 fractional worksAfrican studies and sociopolitical issues: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…6Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional works
Safety ResearchPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsAnthropology6 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 12 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 12 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 12 works
  4. 4 African history and culture studies Anthropology 11 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 7 works
  7. 7 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 7 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 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 counting20%40%Zomba19.8% 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 38.6% in 2007.

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