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ABM University College

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Research works
11
▲ 664% vs 2018-21
Citations
32
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
ABM University College

Not ranked overall: ABM University College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does ABM University College work in?

In all years, 45% of research at ABM University College is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (22%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 45.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 25.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 24.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 11.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 23.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workALL ITS WORKABM UniversityCollege11fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences45%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences221.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting17.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities03.1%
    1. Medicine324.0%
    2. Health Professions01.9%
    1. Computer Science17.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy16.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences03.1%
    4. Materials Science03.1%
    5. Mathematics03.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences03.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Health Professions: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.97× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9.36×1 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.97×0 works
  3. Arts and Humanities4.16×0 works
  4. Social Sciences2.94×1 works
  5. Medicine0.70×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.46×0 works

What are the most cited papers from ABM University College?

The most cited paper from ABM University College is "Rebranding an Institution of Higher Education in Botswana" (Rina Makgosa, Boikanyo A. Molefhi, 2012), with 30 citations. Next come "Management of erectile dysfunction in diabetes: An update for 2008" (14) and "Human papillomavirus prevalence in male and female university students in Gaborone, Botswana" (12).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rebranding an Institution of Higher Education in Botswana Rina Makgosa, Boikanyo A. Molefhi · Business and Economic Research Open access 6 Aug 2012 30
2 Management of erectile dysfunction in diabetes: An update for 2008 David E. Price, Geoffrey Ian Hackett · Current Diabetes Reports 25 Nov 2008 14
3 Human papillomavirus prevalence in male and female university students in Gaborone, Botswana Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Nancy McClung, Anikie Mathoma et al. · Epidemiology and Infection Open access 2022 12
4 The effects of the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe (DREAMS) program on HIV incidence and other health-related outcomes among adolescent girls and young women: a systematic review and meta-analysis Marie‐Claude Lavoie, Natalia Blanco, Taylor Lascko et al. · EClinicalMedicine ReviewOpen access Apr 2025 11
5 PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC STRATABOUND COPPER-SILVER MINERALISATION, THE KALAHARI COPPERBELT, NORTHWESTERN BOTSWANA Adam Piestrzyński, Marek Wendorff, M. LETSHOLO et al. · South African Journal of Geology Sep 2015 8
All 11 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does ABM University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Caribbean and African Literature and Culture and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance.

Microfinance and Financi…0Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 0 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…0Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 0 fractional worksCaribbean and African Li…0Caribbean and African Literature and Culture: 0 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…0FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 0 fractional worksCaribbean history, cultu…0Caribbean history, culture, and politics: 0 fractional worksDiaspora, migration, tra…0Diaspora, migration, transnational identity: 0 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 0 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 0 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 0 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsUrban StudiesReligious studiesManagement Information Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  2. 2 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 0 works
  3. 3 Caribbean and African Literature and Culture Religious studies 0 works
  4. 4 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Diaspora, migration, transnational identity Demography 0 works
  7. 7 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 0 works
  8. 8 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 0 works
  10. 10 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ABM University College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 664% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 ABM University College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000081% in 2022.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%ABM University College0.000036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ABM University College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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