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Science in Rwanda

Rwanda ranks #69 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#72 all time), with 4.6k research works and 10.2% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#69
of 189 · #72 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.6k
▲ 111% vs 2018-21
Citations
87k
8.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
Rwanda

What is Rwanda strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022-now, Rwanda ranks highest in Medicine (#56 of 152), Education (#50 of 112) and Environmental Science (#56 of 122). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Chemical Health and Safety, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Developmental Biology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #56 of 152 10.4%890 #61 Institutions
EducationSubfield #50 of 112 15.8%295 #52 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #56 of 122 9.0%374 #60 Institutions
Social SciencesField #70 of 148 11.6%799 #76 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #68 of 124 13.9%263 #77 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #75 of 128 9.3%301 #79 Institutions
EngineeringField #81 of 131 8.8%331 #88 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #78 of 110 5.4%221 #85 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #87 of 119 6.9%261 #86 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more (or less) of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where "twice the world share" and "half of it" are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Chemical Health and SafetySubfield · 2.0 works · #73 of 139 active here5.6×
  2. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 12.9 works · #86 of 202 active here4.7×
  3. Developmental BiologySubfield · 5.3 works · #69 of 195 active here4.3×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 53.6 works · #72 of 215 active here3.5×
  5. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 76.9 works · #83 of 220 active here3.2×
  6. VirologySubfield · 10.2 works · #87 of 204 active here3.1×
  7. Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 3.9 works · #91 of 165 active here3.1×
  8. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 115.5 works · #88 of 221 active here3.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 324 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 170 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 61 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 63 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 365 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 151 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 404 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.78× its world share, 489 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 94 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 58 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 210 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 1,094 worksMedicineNursing: 2.97× its world share, 80 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 94 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 245 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 77 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 189 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 203 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 937 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.97×80 works
  2. Environmental Science1.78×489 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.74×151 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×189 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.45×77 works
  6. Health Professions1.44×210 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.37×245 works
  8. Social Sciences1.34×937 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.23×324 works
  10. Veterinary1.23×9 works
  11. Psychology1.21×203 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology1.09×61 works
  13. Energy1.03×52 works
  14. Medicine1.03×1,094 works
  15. Mathematics0.90×58 works
  16. Neuroscience0.89×80 works
  17. Computer Science0.85×365 works
  18. Chemistry0.73×63 works
  19. Dentistry0.71×19 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×13 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.61×12 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.59×94 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×170 works
  24. Engineering0.49×404 works
  25. Materials Science0.49×94 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.30×37 works

Which fields of science does Rwanda work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Rwanda is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,745 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 937 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEducation: 341 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 295 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 68 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 245 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 72 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 65 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 203 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 75 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 189 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 126 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 93 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 77 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,726 fractional works · 31.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 489 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 101 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 88 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 404 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 88 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 365 fractional works · 6.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 113 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 111 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 151 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 94 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,412 fractional works · 25.5% of its workMedicine: 1,094 fractional works · 19.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 215 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 117 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 115 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 98 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 86 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 209 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 124 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 77 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 647 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 324 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 111 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 170 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 83 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 80 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRwanda5,530fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences32%

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 country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,74531.6%
    1. Social Sciences93716.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2454.4%
    3. Psychology2033.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1893.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities931.7%
    6. Decision Sciences771.4%
    1. Environmental Science4898.8%
    2. Engineering4047.3%
    3. Computer Science3656.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1512.7%
    5. Materials Science941.7%
    6. Chemistry631.1%
    7. Mathematics581.1%
    8. Energy531.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy370.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering120.2%
  3. Health Sciences1,41225.5%
    1. Medicine1,09419.8%
    2. Health Professions2093.8%
    3. Nursing801.5%
    4. Dentistry190.3%
    5. Veterinary90.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3245.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1703.1%
    3. Neuroscience801.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology611.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Rwanda?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Genocide, Politics, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Media, Middle East and Qatar.

▲ 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 country'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 Change299▲ 1.99×104 topics
  2. Epidemiology291▲ 1.32×127 topics
  3. Machine Learning221▲ 1.20×84 topics
  4. Sustainability200▲ 1.48×92 topics
  5. Deep Learning169◆ 0.88×79 topics
  6. Education164▲ 1.73×70 topics
  7. Environmental Impact144▲ 1.53×58 topics
  8. Public Health141▲ 1.75×56 topics
  9. Educational Technology133▲ 2.0×30 topics
  10. Globalization129▲ 1.19×75 topics
  11. Remote Sensing123▲ 1.82×40 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management122▲ 2.5×21 topics
  13. Genocide120▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Politics114▲ 7.9×12 topics
  15. Maternal Mortality108▲ 8.7×5 topics
  16. Risk Factors106▲ 1.74×35 topics
  17. Media105▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Middle East105▲ 31×2 topics
  19. Qatar104▲ 104×1 topic
  20. Rwanda104▲ 104×1 topic
  21. Community Health Workers100▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Risk Management94▲ 3.6×14 topics
  23. Health Inequalities92▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Socio-economic Factors89▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Child Mortality89▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Health Systems89▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Teaching Strategies84▲ 5.4×5 topics
  28. Higher Education82▲ 2.8×22 topics
  29. Child Development82▲ 3.6×8 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations75▲ 3.9×15 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease75▲ 5.5×4 topics
  32. Student Engagement74▲ 3.4×16 topics
  33. Medical Education71▲ 4.8×11 topics
  34. Technology Integration70▲ 4.0×10 topics
  35. Vaccine69▲ 3.1×11 topics
  36. Global Health68▲ 7.9×7 topics
  37. Maternal and Child Undernutrition63▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Water Sanitation Hygiene63▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Poverty Reduction60▲ 8.4×5 topics
  40. Surgical Care46▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Rwanda publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts, Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 105 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 89 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 63 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 44 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 35 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 35 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 30 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 29 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 29 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 28 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 27 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 27 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 105 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 89 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 63 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 44 works
  5. 5 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 35 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 35 works
  7. 7 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 30 works
  8. 8 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 29 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 28 works
  11. 11 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 27 works
  12. 12 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 27 works

Which universities in Rwanda lead research?

University of Rwanda, University of Kigali and Ministry of Natural Resources rank highest in Rwanda on research quality in 2022-now.

0%10%20%mean 10.18%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Rwanda Biomedical Ce…Ministry of Natural …University of RwandaUniversity of Kigali
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1University of RwandaUniversity · Butare · #2,053 worldwide11.0% top 10% · 1.6k works
  2. 2University of KigaliUniversity · Kigali · #3,402 worldwide6.7% top 10% · 612 works
  3. 3Ministry of Natural ResourcesGovernment institution · Kigali · #4,914 worldwide12.5% top 10% · 458 works
  4. 4Rwanda Biomedical CenterHospital / health system · Kigali · #6,876 worldwide13.9% top 10% · 207 works
  5. 5University of Global Health EquityUniversity · Butaro · #8,830 worldwide13.5% top 10% · 218 works
  6. 6Ministry of EducationGovernment institution · Kigali · #9,688 worldwide12.9% top 10% · 231 works
  7. 7African Institute for Mathematical SciencesUniversity · Kigali · #12,271 worldwide14.7% top 10% · 98 works
  8. 8University of Lay Adventists of KigaliUniversity · Kigali · #14,259 worldwide2.4% top 10% · 164 works
  9. 9Rwanda Agriculture BoardGovernment institution · Kigali · #14,739 worldwide14.3% top 10% · 90 works
  10. 10Rwanda Development BoardGovernment institution · Kigali · #16,131 worldwide14.1% top 10% · 81 works
  11. 11Mahatma Gandhi UniversityUniversity · Kigali · #17,289 worldwide5.0% top 10% · 133 works
  12. 12INES-RuhengeriUniversity · Ruhengeri · #18,119 worldwide5.8% top 10% · 87 works
  13. 13Ministry of HealthGovernment institution · Kigali · #18,385 worldwide10.5% top 10% · 76 works
  14. 14Kigali Independent UniversityUniversity · Kigali · #19,190 worldwide6.7% top 10% · 76 works
  15. 15Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de KigaliHospital / health system · Kigali · #20,102 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 67 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Rwanda

Who are the top researchers in Rwanda?

Corine Karema, Claude Mambo Muvunyi and Agnès Binagwaho rank highest among researchers based in Rwanda.

  1. 1 Corine Karema #100,026 worldwide 84k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Claude Mambo Muvunyi #103,506 worldwide 4.7k citations · 224 works
  3. 3 Agnès Binagwaho #112,520 worldwide 24k citations · 297 works
  4. 4 Ainhoa Costas‐Chavarri #144,195 worldwide 4.1k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Pierre Gashema #164,832 worldwide 531 citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Alemayehu Amberbir #168,871 worldwide 19k citations · 113 works
  7. 7 Pacifique Ndishimye #174,889 worldwide 4.9k citations · 71 works
  8. 8 JC Allen Ingabire #189,099 worldwide 4.6k citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Jean-Baptiste Mazarati #190,536 worldwide 3.3k citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Patrick Gad Iradukunda #198,878 worldwide 548 citations · 50 works
Top researchers in Rwanda

How open and international is Rwanda's research?

73% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 57% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available73.2%not open26.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.8%domestic only43.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

In 2022-now, 75% of its research is openly available (world 63%) and 56% is written with co-authors abroad (world 22%). Against what its own mix of topics predicts, that is 1.12× the expected open access and 2.28× the expected international share, which puts it #42 of 173 countries on openness.

How has Rwanda's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 111% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rwanda as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Rwanda0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rwanda over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 9.1% of its 11k works since 1951 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting10%20%Rwanda11.2% 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 16.1% in 1993.

Which countries have research most like Rwanda's?

Malawi is Rwanda's closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like Rwanda's, with both strong in Nursing.

  1. 1 MalawiBoth strong in Nursing, Environmental Science, Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.81 Compare
  2. 2 TanzaniaBoth strong in Nursing, Environmental Science, Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.81 Compare
  3. 3 GhanaBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science 0.80 Compare
  4. 4 FijiBoth strong in Nursing, Environmental Science, Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.77 Compare
  5. 5 Sierra LeoneBoth strong in Nursing, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Health Professions 0.76 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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