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Bishop Stuart University

In research, Bishop Stuart University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,107 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,147 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 5.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,649
of 22,385 · #23,689 all time
Rank in Uganda
#16
of 32
Research works
319
▲ 498% vs 2018-21
Citations
975
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
91%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Bishop Stuart University

What is Bishop Stuart 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 #6,107 of 9,585 2.2%129 #11638
Social SciencesField #5,147 of 5,988 1.3%76 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bishop Stuart 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 fields of science does Bishop Stuart University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Bishop Stuart University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 148 fractional works · 60.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 36.1% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 24 fractional works · 9.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 19.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 44 fractional works · 17.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBishop StuartUniversity247fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences60%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8936.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting249.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance124.9%
    4. Psychology114.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities83.3%
    6. Decision Sciences51.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4417.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine166.4%
    2. Health Professions83.0%
    3. Nursing31.2%
    1. Environmental Science114.6%
    2. Computer Science83.2%
    3. Engineering41.8%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bishop Stuart University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 42.9 works5.7×
← 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: 3.74× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 2.47× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.96× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.27× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 89 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.74×44 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.96×24 works
  3. Social Sciences2.85×89 works
  4. Nursing2.47×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.27×12 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.92×5 works
  7. Psychology1.42×11 works
  8. Health Professions1.15×8 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.15×8 works
  10. Environmental Science0.93×11 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.41×8 works
  14. Medicine0.33×16 works
  15. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×2 works
  17. Engineering0.12×4 works
  18. Neuroscience0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bishop Stuart University?

Ranked on the quality score, Norman Mugarura, Wycliffe Tumwesigye and Andrew Natwijuka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bishop Stuart University.

  1. 1 Norman Mugarura Uganda · #3,126,425 worldwide 313 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Wycliffe Tumwesigye Uganda · #3,172,447 worldwide 284 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Andrew Natwijuka Uganda · #3,231,234 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Johnson Atwiine Uganda · #3,504,631 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Gershom Atukunda Uganda · #3,582,180 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Irene Aheisibwe Uganda · #3,753,607 worldwide 38 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Fina Opio Uganda · #3,888,299 worldwide 140 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Enock Barigye Uganda · #4,017,597 worldwide 8 citations · 13 works
  9. 9 Robert Turyamureeba Uganda · #4,057,873 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Gladys Nakidde Uganda · #4,175,956 worldwide 84 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Bishop Stuart University

What are the most cited papers from Bishop Stuart University?

The most cited paper from Bishop Stuart University is "Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda" (Patience Tugume, Esezah Kyomugisha Kakudidi, Mukadasi Buyinza et al., 2016), with 390 citations. Next come "Prevalence of the Use of Herbal Medicines among Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" (97) and "The Effect of Water Quality on Aquaculture Productivity in Ibanda District, Uganda" (86).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda Patience Tugume, Esezah Kyomugisha Kakudidi, Mukadasi Buyinza et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Open access 13 Jan 2016 390
2 Prevalence of the Use of Herbal Medicines among Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis John Baptist Asiimwe, Prakash Bangalore Nagendrappa, Esther Cathyln Atukunda et al. · Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine ReviewOpen access 17 May 2021 97
3 The Effect of Water Quality on Aquaculture Productivity in Ibanda District, Uganda Zephline Tumwesigye, Wycliffe Tumwesigye, Fina Opio et al. · Aquaculture Journal Open access 4 Mar 2022 86
4 Gender differences in response to war-related trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder – a study among the Congolese refugees in Uganda Herbert Ainamani, Thomas R. Elbert, David Kani Olema et al. · BMC Psychiatry Open access 10 Jan 2020 81
5 PTSD symptom severity relates to cognitive and psycho-social dysfunctioning – a study with Congolese refugees in Uganda Herbert Ainamani, Thomas R. Elbert, David Kani Olema et al. · European Journal of Psychotraumatology Open access 2017 64
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bishop Stuart University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Education, Rural Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Development, Food Security, Smallholder Farmers and Social Networks.

▲ 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. Sustainability21▲ 3.5×24 topics
  2. Education18▲ 4.2×19 topics
  3. Rural Development13▲ 16×9 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture12▲ 16×8 topics
  5. Development12▲ 13×9 topics
  6. Food Security12▲ 8.6×10 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers11▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Social Networks11▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Sustainable Development11▲ 2.8×15 topics
  10. Globalization10▲ 2.1×20 topics
  11. Environmental Impact10▲ 2.4×13 topics
  12. Technology Adoption9▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Economic Development9▲ 4.7×11 topics
  14. Innovation9▲ 3.6×14 topics
  15. Gender Equality9▲ 13×6 topics
  16. Mental Health8▲ 2.4×14 topics
  17. Poverty Reduction8▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Social Impact8▲ 8.6×6 topics
  19. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 97×1 topic
  21. Social Capital7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  22. Curriculum Development7▲ 4.2×7 topics
  23. Technology Integration7▲ 8.8×6 topics
  24. Professional Development7▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Educational Leadership6▲ 20×2 topics
  26. School Improvement6▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Leadership6▲ 5.1×9 topics
  28. Organizational Commitment6▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Risk Management6▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Teaching Strategies6▲ 8.6×4 topics
  31. Job Satisfaction6▲ 5.3×9 topics
  32. Adaptation6▲ 7.8×4 topics
  33. Inclusive Education6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Agriculture6▲ 5.9×5 topics
  36. Governance6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  37. Vulnerability5▲ 9.4×4 topics
  38. Employee Engagement5▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Livestock Farming5▲ 36×3 topics
  40. HIV/AIDS5▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Bishop Stuart University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, School Leadership and Teacher Performance and Sex work and related issues.

Agricultural Innovations…8Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksSchool Leadership and Teacher Performance: 3 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 3 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…3Education and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 3 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesEconomics and EconometricsEducationSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 School Leadership and Teacher Performance Education 3 works
  4. 4 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  8. 8 African history and culture studies Anthropology 3 works
  9. 9 African Education and Politics Education 3 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 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 available91.2%not open8.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bishop Stuart University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 498% 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 Bishop Stuart University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Bishop Stuart University0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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