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Ardhi University

In research, Ardhi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,125 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,364 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,406 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies (Urban Studies is 37.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,274
of 22,385 · #20,817 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#20
of 41
Research works
1.1k
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Ardhi University

What is Ardhi 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,125 of 9,585 9.2%147 #9630
Social SciencesField #4,364 of 5,988 12.1%85 #7328
Physical SciencesDomain #9,406 of 10,670 4.6%104 #14284

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ardhi 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. Social Sciences#9,630 #5,125
  2. Social Sciences#7,328 #4,364
  3. Physical Sciences#14,284 #9,406
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 Ardhi University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Ardhi University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Environmental Science (18%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 169 fractional works · 48.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 98 fractional works · 28.1% of its workUrban Studies: 36 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 7.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 121 fractional works · 34.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 65 fractional works · 18.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 5.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 10.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 34 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArdhi University349fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences7%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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9828.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting277.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance195.3%
    4. Decision Sciences133.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities71.9%
    6. Psychology61.7%
    1. Environmental Science6518.5%
    2. Engineering3911.0%
    3. Computer Science61.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.4%
    5. Energy30.9%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences349.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine113.1%
    2. Health Professions92.5%
    3. Nursing41.0%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ardhi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 37.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 36.3 works38×
← 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: 2.02× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.72× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.13× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.37× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.88× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.50× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 98 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.88×13 works
  2. Environmental Science3.72×65 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.50×19 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.37×27 works
  5. Social Sciences2.22×98 works
  6. Nursing2.13×4 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.02×34 works
  8. Energy1.03×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.95×9 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×5 works
  11. Engineering0.73×38 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.66×7 works
  13. Psychology0.56×6 works
  14. Veterinary0.47×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.22×6 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  20. Medicine0.16×11 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Ardhi University?

Ranked on the quality score, Luitfred Kissoly, Wilbard Jackson Kombe and J.M. Lusugga Kironde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ardhi University.

  1. 1 Luitfred Kissoly Tanzania · #569,819 worldwide 356 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Wilbard Jackson Kombe Tanzania · #682,096 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 J.M. Lusugga Kironde Tanzania · #1,170,898 worldwide 542 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Elifuraha Saria Tanzania · #1,316,072 worldwide 1.3k citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Mengiseny E. Kaseva Tanzania · #1,336,321 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Makarius Mdemu Tanzania · #1,430,681 worldwide 804 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Tatu Mtwangi Limbumba Tanzania · #1,466,942 worldwide 295 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Jacob Mabula Kihila Tanzania · #1,612,530 worldwide 524 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Lazaro Eliyah Mngumi Tanzania · #1,658,297 worldwide 228 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Said Nuhu Tanzania · #1,695,769 worldwide 425 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Ardhi University

What are the most cited papers from Ardhi University?

The most cited paper from Ardhi University is "Present‐day kinematics of the East African Rift" (Elifuraha Saria, E. Calais, D. Sarah Stamps et al., 2014), with 392 citations. Next come "Towards transformative adaptation in cities: the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment" (300) and "Assessing the impacts of climate change in cities and their adaptive capacity: Towards transformative approaches to climate change adaptation and poverty reduction in urban areas in a set of developing countries" (279).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Present‐day kinematics of the East African Rift Elifuraha Saria, E. Calais, D. Sarah Stamps et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth Open access 20 Mar 2014 392
2 Towards transformative adaptation in cities: the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Aromar Revi, David Satterthwaite, Fernando Aragón‐Durand et al. · Environment and Urbanization Open access Apr 2014 300
3 Assessing the impacts of climate change in cities and their adaptive capacity: Towards transformative approaches to climate change adaptation and poverty reduction in urban areas in a set of developing countries Walter Leal Filho, Abdul‐Lateef Balogun, Olawale Emmanuel Olayide et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 16 Jul 2019 279
4 Strain accommodation by slow slip and dyking in a youthful continental rift, East Africa E. Calais, Nicolas F. d'Oreye, Julie Albaric et al. · Nature Open access Dec 2008 221
5 Causes and Effects of Delays and Disruptions in Construction Projects in Tanzania Geraldine John Kikwasi · Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building - Conference Series Conference paperOpen access 5 Feb 2013 202
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ardhi University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Land Tenure, Urbanization, Poverty Alleviation, Community Participation, Urban Poverty, Housing Policy and Slum Upgrading.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development41▲ 7.6×19 topics
  2. Land Tenure37▲ 254×2 topics
  3. Urbanization36▲ 26×5 topics
  4. Sustainability35▲ 4.1×38 topics
  5. Climate Change33▲ 3.5×33 topics
  6. Poverty Alleviation33▲ 99×2 topics
  7. Community Participation32▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Urban Poverty31▲ 203×2 topics
  9. Housing Policy30▲ 309×1 topic
  10. Slum Upgrading30▲ 309×1 topic
  11. Risk Management20▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Environmental Impact18▲ 3.0×22 topics
  13. Social Capital16▲ 9.1×10 topics
  14. Renewable Energy16▲ 3.2×16 topics
  15. Remote Sensing15▲ 3.5×15 topics
  16. Rural Development15▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Vulnerability15▲ 18×5 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management14▲ 4.3×6 topics
  19. Construction Projects11▲ 70×2 topics
  20. Global Warming11▲ 7.1×7 topics
  21. Project Success10▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Stakeholder Analysis10▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 7.8×6 topics
  24. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Food Security9▲ 4.8×5 topics
  26. Social Sustainability9▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Gender Inequality9▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services9▲ 6.5×6 topics
  29. Risk Perception9▲ 9.3×2 topics
  30. Urban Development8▲ 6.6×8 topics
  31. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Climate Change Adaptation8▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Social Networks8▲ 8.5×4 topics
  34. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Land Reform8▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Land Use Change8▲ 7.4×4 topics
  37. Life Cycle Assessment8▲ 8.0×3 topics
  38. Policy8▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Risk7▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Facilities Management7▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Ardhi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Construction Project Management and Performance, Land Rights and Reforms and Disaster Management and Resilience.

Urban and Rural Developm…30Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 30 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 10 fractional worksLand Rights and Reforms7Land Rights and Reforms: 7 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 5 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 5 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 5 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 4 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 4 fractional works
Urban StudiesManagement Science and Operations ResearchSoil ScienceSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 30 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 10 works
  3. 3 Land Rights and Reforms Soil Science 7 works
  4. 4 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 5 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 5 works
  9. 9 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available80.1%not open19.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ardhi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% 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 Ardhi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ardhi University0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ardhi 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%Ardhi University10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2020.

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