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Africa University

In research, Africa University stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,055 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,721 of 9,585 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,041 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology (Hematology is 17.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,184
of 22,385 · #12,333 all time
Rank in Zimbabwe
#9
of 17
Research works
781
▲ 160% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Africa University

What is Africa University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,055 of 9,902 13.9%142 #9629
Social SciencesDomain #6,721 of 9,585 6.5%118 #8294
MedicineField #6,041 of 8,541 14.7%117 #10118
Social SciencesField #4,967 of 5,988 7.3%69 #5555

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Africa University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#9,629 #5,055
  2. Social Sciences#8,294 #6,721
  3. Medicine#10,118 #6,041
  4. Social Sciences#5,555 #4,967
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Africa University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Africa University is in Health Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (6%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 173 fractional works · 42.5% of its workMedicine: 144 fractional works · 35.5% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 147 fractional works · 36.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 21.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 5.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 13.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAfrica University407fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences36%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14435.5%
    2. Health Professions215.1%
    3. Nursing71.7%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Social Sciences8721.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting235.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance204.8%
    4. Psychology81.9%
    5. Decision Sciences51.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities41.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology204.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences174.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.6%
    4. Neuroscience20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science122.8%
    2. Computer Science102.4%
    3. Engineering82.1%
    4. Chemistry10.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Africa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 22.0 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.86× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 3.42× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.79× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.25× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 87 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.86×20 works
  2. Nursing3.42×7 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.25×20 works
  4. Health Professions1.93×21 works
  5. Veterinary1.91×1 works
  6. Medicine1.85×144 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.79×23 works
  8. Social Sciences1.69×87 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.25×5 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.86×17 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×15 works
  13. Psychology0.64×8 works
  14. Environmental Science0.57×12 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.34×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.31×10 works
  17. Neuroscience0.28×2 works
  18. Engineering0.14×8 works
  19. Chemistry0.13×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  21. Energy0.09×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Africa University?

Ranked on the quality score, Fadzai Mukora-Mutseyekwa, Pamela Machakanja and Paddington Tinashe Mundagowa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Africa University.

  1. 1 Fadzai Mukora-Mutseyekwa Zimbabwe · #2,216,889 worldwide 357 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Pamela Machakanja Zimbabwe · #2,286,041 worldwide 385 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Paddington Tinashe Mundagowa Zimbabwe · #2,325,656 worldwide 382 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Sebastian Chakeredza Zimbabwe · #2,412,669 worldwide 690 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Tawanda Nyikadzino Zimbabwe · #2,745,379 worldwide 70 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 John Mapfumo Zimbabwe · #2,963,099 worldwide 493 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Raymond Taruvinga Zimbabwe · #3,748,696 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth Marian Chadambuka Zimbabwe · #3,781,120 worldwide 136 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Agripah Kandiero Zimbabwe · #3,847,487 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Alexander Madanha Rusero Zimbabwe · #4,038,627 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Africa University

What are the most cited papers from Africa University?

The most cited paper from Africa University is "Risk Factors for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Death in a Population Cohort Study from the Western Cape Province, South Africa" (Andrew Boulle et al., 2020), with 601 citations. Next come "Cardiovascular Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa Compared to High-Income Countries: An Epidemiological Perspective" (448) and "Availability of critical care resources to treat patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in Africa: a self-reported, continent-wide survey of anaesthesia providers" (260).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Risk Factors for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Death in a Population Cohort Study from the Western Cape Province, South Africa Andrew Boulle et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access264 authors 11 Aug 2020 601
2 Cardiovascular Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa Compared to High-Income Countries: An Epidemiological Perspective Matthew Fomonyuy Yuyun, Karen S Sliwa, André Pascal Kengne et al. · Global Heart Open access 12 Feb 2020 448
3 Availability of critical care resources to treat patients with severe sepsis or septic shock in Africa: a self-reported, continent-wide survey of anaesthesia providers Inipavudu Baelani, Stefan Jochberger, Thomas Laimer et al. · Critical Care Open access 10 Jan 2011 260
4 Orphan prevalence and extended family care in a peri-urban community in Zimbabwe G Foster, Rachel Shakespeare, Frances Chinemana et al. · AIDS Care Feb 1995 187
5 The importance of intersectionality in disability and gender studies Jacqueline Moodley, Lauren Graham · Agenda 3 Apr 2015 160
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Africa University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Colonialism, Anemia, Antiretroviral Therapy, Pulmonary Hypertension and Sickle-cell Disease.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology37▲ 2.3×40 topics
  2. Inflammation37▲ 4.3×34 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress24▲ 3.5×21 topics
  4. Cancer16▲ 3.0×20 topics
  5. Colonialism16▲ 8.4×8 topics
  6. Anemia16▲ 41×4 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 3.4×12 topics
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Pulmonary Hypertension14▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Sickle-cell Disease14▲ 81×1 topic
  11. Thalassemia14▲ 81×1 topic
  12. Public Health14▲ 2.3×27 topics
  13. Iron Deficiency14▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Immunity13▲ 8.1×7 topics
  15. Erythropoiesis13▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Political Economy12▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Social Justice12▲ 5.1×11 topics
  18. Human Rights12▲ 2.9×25 topics
  19. Nationalism12▲ 6.5×4 topics
  20. Hepcidin12▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Iron Regulation12▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Maternal Mortality11▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Land Reform11▲ 56×2 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment11▲ 5.8×7 topics
  25. History10▲ 3.7×4 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction10▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Thrombosis10▲ 9.0×4 topics
  28. Agrarian Relations10▲ 258×1 topic
  29. Zimbabwe10▲ 258×1 topic
  30. Gender Inequality9▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Mortality Rates9▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Development8▲ 5.8×11 topics
  33. HIV Transmission8▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Social Determinants of Health8▲ 9.1×4 topics
  35. Preexposure Prophylaxis8▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Stigma and Discrimination8▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Adolescent Health7▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Conditional Cash Transfers7▲ 49×1 topic
  39. HIV Prevention7▲ 29×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies7▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Africa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Iron Metabolism and Disorders, African studies and sociopolitical issues and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 14 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 12 fractional worksAfrican studies and soci…10African studies and sociopolitical issues: 10 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…8HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 8 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 7 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 7 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…6Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 6 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 4 fractional works
GeneticsHematologySociology and Political ScienceInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 14 works
  2. 2 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 12 works
  3. 3 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 8 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 7 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 7 works
  7. 7 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 5 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  10. 10 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 4 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 available71.9%not open28.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.0%domestic only65.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Africa University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 160% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Africa University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Africa University0.0031% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Africa University14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2025.

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