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University · Dar es Salaam · Tanzania

Ardhi University

In research, Ardhi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,849 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,659 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,480 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies — Urban Studies is 40.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,483
of 28,054 · #25,416 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#20
of 43
Research works
1.1k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Ardhi University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,849 of 10,521 21.4%147 #9117
Social SciencesField #3,659 of 6,365 28.1%85 #5668
Physical SciencesDomain #11,480 of 12,888 10.4%104 #18828

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#9,117 #5,849
  2. Social Sciences#5,668 #3,659
  3. Physical Sciences#18,828 #11,480
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Ardhi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 40.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 32.9 works40×
← 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: 1.98× its world share, 28 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: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.74× its world share, 55 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.49× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.98× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.47× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 85 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ardhi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Wilbard Kombe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ardhi University.

  1. 1 Wilbard Kombe Tanzania · #1,510,000 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ardhi University

Which keywords describe research at Ardhi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 Development36▲ 7.7×14 topics
  2. Land Tenure33▲ 263×2 topics
  3. Urbanization32▲ 26×5 topics
  4. Poverty Alleviation30▲ 102×2 topics
  5. Community Participation29▲ 27×3 topics
  6. Sustainability29▲ 4.0×35 topics
  7. Urban Poverty28▲ 210×2 topics
  8. Housing Policy28▲ 319×1 topic
  9. Slum Upgrading28▲ 319×1 topic
  10. Climate Change27▲ 3.4×28 topics
  11. Risk Management18▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Environmental Impact15▲ 2.9×20 topics
  13. Social Capital15▲ 9.3×10 topics
  14. Remote Sensing13▲ 3.6×14 topics
  15. Rural Development13▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management13▲ 4.7×6 topics
  17. Renewable Energy12▲ 2.9×13 topics
  18. Vulnerability12▲ 18×5 topics
  19. Construction Projects10▲ 78×2 topics
  20. Project Success10▲ 83×1 topic
  21. Stakeholder Analysis10▲ 50×1 topic
  22. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 8.8×5 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services8▲ 7.4×6 topics
  24. Global Warming8▲ 6.7×6 topics
  25. Hydrological Modeling8▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Social Sustainability8▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Urban Development8▲ 7.1×8 topics
  28. Smallholder Farmers8▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Gender Inequality7▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Risk Perception7▲ 9.1×2 topics
  31. Social Networks7▲ 9.2×3 topics
  32. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 7.6×3 topics
  33. Land Use Change7▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Climate Change Adaptation7▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Risk7▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Community6▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Disaster6▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Policy6▲ 9.1×5 topics
  39. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 7.2×3 topics
  40. Facilities Management6▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Ardhi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Construction Project Management and Performance, Disaster Management and Resilience and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Urban and Rural Developm…28Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 28 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…10Construction Project Management and Performance: 10 fractional worksDisaster Management and …6Disaster Management and Resilience: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 5 fractional worksLand Rights and Reforms: 5 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 5 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 5 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 4 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 4 fractional works
Urban StudiesManagement Science and Operations ResearchSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences6 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 28 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 10 works
  3. 3 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 works
  5. 5 Land Rights and Reforms Soil Science 5 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 5 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 5 works
  9. 9 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ardhi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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