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Botswana International University of Science and Technology

In research, Botswana International University of Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,298 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,137 of 6,636 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,543 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability and Mathematics — Statistics and Probability is 19.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,460
of 28,054 · #8,000 all time
Rank in Botswana
#1
of 8
Research works
1.7k
▲ 278% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Botswana International University of Science and Technology 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,298 of 12,888 16.1%505 #5274
EngineeringField #2,137 of 6,636 20.3%175 #4189
Computer ScienceField #3,543 of 4,667 13.3%67 #5092
Environmental ScienceField #2,750 of 3,551 13.3%84 #3946
Life SciencesDomain #6,382 of 7,800 18.2%68 #11869

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Botswana International University of Science and Technology 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. Physical Sciences#5,274 #2,298
  2. Engineering#4,189 #2,137
  3. Computer Science#5,092 #3,543
  4. Environmental Science#3,946 #2,750
  5. Life Sciences#11,869 #6,382
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 Botswana International University of Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 19.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 27.8 works19×
  2. MathematicsField · 48.4 works6.1×
← 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: 1.32× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.91× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.92× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.73× its world share, 175 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.52× its world share, 84 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.64× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.10× its world share, 48 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.97× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.25× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Botswana International University of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Adamu Murtala Zungeru, Casper Nyamukondiwa and Joseph Chuma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Botswana International University of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Adamu Murtala Zungeru Botswana · #192,408 worldwide 147 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Casper Nyamukondiwa Botswana · #428,103 worldwide 91 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Joseph Chuma Botswana · #539,166 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Abid Yahya Botswana · #807,124 worldwide 98 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Sachin Shaw Botswana · #842,226 worldwide 130 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Oluseyi Philip Oladijo Botswana · #965,501 worldwide 105 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Ravi Samikannu Botswana · #981,583 worldwide 51 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Venecio U. Ultra Botswana · #1,026,349 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Elisha Shemang Botswana · #1,062,247 worldwide 56 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 T.S. Sathiaraj Botswana · #1,167,140 worldwide 108 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Botswana International University of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Botswana International University of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bayesian Inference, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Weibull Distribution, Generalized Exponential, Skew Distributions, Heat Transfer and Heavy Metals.

▲ 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. Machine Learning45▲ 2.1×43 topics
  2. Climate Change32▲ 1.78×48 topics
  3. Remote Sensing32▲ 3.9×23 topics
  4. Environmental Impact27▲ 2.3×31 topics
  5. Bayesian Inference25▲ 38×4 topics
  6. Heat Transfer23▲ 7.0×12 topics
  7. Weibull Distribution23▲ 77×2 topics
  8. Generalized Exponential22▲ 197×1 topic
  9. Skew Distributions22▲ 197×1 topic
  10. Mechanical Properties22▲ 3.3×24 topics
  11. Renewable Energy19▲ 1.98×25 topics
  12. Nanomaterials18▲ 2.6×10 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications17▲ 2.2×22 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency16▲ 2.5×22 topics
  15. Heavy Metals16▲ 9.7×6 topics
  16. Optimization15▲ 4.7×13 topics
  17. Experimental Investigation14▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Global Warming12▲ 4.5×9 topics
  19. Sensitivity Analysis12▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks12▲ 3.8×13 topics
  21. Thermal Conductivity12▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Toxicity12▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Applications11▲ 6.1×4 topics
  24. Monte Carlo Simulation11▲ 8.2×6 topics
  25. Viscosity11▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Support Vector Machines10▲ 4.9×6 topics
  27. Biochar10▲ 9.2×4 topics
  28. Hyperspectral Imaging10▲ 5.1×5 topics
  29. Review10▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Nanofluids10▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Stochastic Differential Equations10▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Convective Transport9▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Enhancement9▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Reliability Analysis9▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Uncertainty Quantification9▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Global Sensitivity Indices9▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Polynomial Chaos9▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Plate Tectonics9▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Geological Mapping8▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Monitoring8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Botswana International University of Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Statistical Distribution…22Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications: 22 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 9 fractional worksProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design: 9 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 8 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 7 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 6 fractional worksHeavy metals in environm…6Heavy metals in environment: 6 fractional worksFinancial Risk and Volatility Modeling: 6 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 5 fractional works
Statistics and ProbabilityBiomedical EngineeringStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyArtificial Intelligence6 others

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

  1. 1 Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications Statistics and Probability 22 works
  2. 2 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 9 works
  4. 4 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 6 works
  7. 7 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 6 works
  8. 8 Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling Finance 6 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  10. 10 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 5 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 available55.5%not open44.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.9%domestic only54.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Botswana International University of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 278% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.