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Busitema University

In research, Busitema University stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,843 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,701 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,030 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,470
of 28,054 · #18,063 all time
Rank in Uganda
#7
of 33
Research works
992
▲ 149% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is Busitema 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,843 of 11,982 19.3%125 #11923
MedicineField #6,701 of 10,443 19.9%96 #11903
Social SciencesDomain #7,030 of 10,521 18.9%77 #11903
Physical SciencesDomain #9,937 of 12,888 9.7%100 #16117

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Busitema 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. Health Sciences#11,923 #5,843
  2. Medicine#11,903 #6,701
  3. Social Sciences#11,903 #7,030
  4. Physical Sciences#16,117 #9,937
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.

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: 2.14× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.37× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.95× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 3.88× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Busitema University?

Ranked on the composite score, Julius Wandabwa, David Mukunya and Grace Akello lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Busitema University.

  1. 1 Julius Wandabwa · #940,737 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 David Mukunya · #1,343,194 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Grace Akello · #1,435,292 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Busitema University

Which keywords describe research at Busitema University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Environmental Impact and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.1×63 topics
  2. Climate Change18▲ 1.90×37 topics
  3. Environmental Impact16▲ 2.5×31 topics
  4. Sustainability14▲ 1.61×30 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality14▲ 17×5 topics
  6. COVID-1910▲ 2.0×15 topics
  7. Education10▲ 1.59×18 topics
  8. Community Health Workers10▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Health Inequalities10▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Public Health9▲ 1.80×22 topics
  11. Child Mortality9▲ 37×1 topic
  12. Health Systems9▲ 37×1 topic
  13. Risk Factors9▲ 2.3×14 topics
  14. Renewable Energy9▲ 1.71×16 topics
  15. Vaccine8▲ 5.1×9 topics
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Immune Response7▲ 3.5×12 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity7▲ 4.4×12 topics
  19. Waste Management7▲ 4.7×6 topics
  20. HIV Prevention6▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Food Security6▲ 3.2×8 topics
  22. Social Determinants of Health6▲ 7.9×2 topics
  23. Adolescent Health6▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Global Burden6▲ 3.3×11 topics
  25. Sexual Behavior6▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Child Development6▲ 4.0×5 topics
  27. Gender Inequality6▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Drug Resistance6▲ 5.4×7 topics
  29. HIV Transmission5▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Mortality Rates5▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 5.9×4 topics
  32. Vaccine Development5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction5▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Global Health5▲ 8.6×3 topics
  35. Conditional Cash Transfers4▲ 33×1 topic
  36. School Subsidies4▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Viral Load4▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Busitema University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Global Maternal and Chil…9Global Maternal and Child Health: 9 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 6 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …4Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…4HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksInsect Utilization and Effects: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…3Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsSafety ResearchInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthGeneral Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSafety Research 4 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  6. 6 Insect Utilization and EffectsInsect Science 3 works
  7. 7 Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersGenetics 3 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and ControlPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Aquatic Ecosystems and BiodiversityEcology 2 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 available88.0%not open12.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Busitema University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 149% 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.