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Carnegie Mellon University Africa

In research, Carnegie Mellon University Africa stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,991 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,804
of 28,054 · #36,197 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#12
of 17
Research works
202
▲ 202% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Carnegie Mellon University Africa 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 #10,991 of 12,888 13.9%77 #20249

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carnegie Mellon University Africa 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).

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: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 4.48× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.96× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.44× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Carnegie Mellon University Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Neural Networks, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Surveillance and Feature Extraction.

▲ 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 Learning21▲ 5.6×31 topics
  2. Deep Learning19▲ 5.0×37 topics
  3. Sustainability8▲ 3.0×19 topics
  4. Neural Networks8▲ 4.4×15 topics
  5. Renewable Energy7▲ 4.2×12 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks7▲ 7.9×10 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 3.6×8 topics
  8. Feature Extraction5▲ 9.0×4 topics
  9. Surveillance5▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Image Processing4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  11. Big Data4▲ 3.8×7 topics
  12. Anomaly Detection4▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Economic Development3▲ 3.7×3 topics
  14. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  15. ICT3▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Community Health Workers3▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Data Mining3▲ 3.6×4 topics
  18. Accountability3▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Human-Robot Interaction3▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Transparency3▲ 22×2 topics
  21. IoT Security3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  22. Regulation3▲ 4.8×2 topics
  23. Renewable Energy Integration3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  24. Digital Divide3▲ 9.5×3 topics
  25. Mobile Technology3▲ 171×1 topic
  26. Rural Communities3▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Smart Grid3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  28. Wireless Sensor Networks3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  29. Ethics3▲ 4.9×1 topic
  30. Fairness3▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Rural Development3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Broadband3▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Telecommunications3▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Medical Image Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Cybersecurity2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  36. Plant Disease Detection2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Smart Farming2▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Detection2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Electrolysis2▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Hydrogen2▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Carnegie Mellon University Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: ICT in Developing Communities, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, ICT Impact and Policies and Smart Agriculture and AI.

ICT in Developing Commun…3ICT in Developing Communities: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…3Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 3 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI2Smart Agriculture and AI: 2 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy …2Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 2 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing: 2 fractional worksDigital Imaging for Blood Diseases: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…1Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction and HRI: 1 fractional worksTopic Modeling1Topic Modeling: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsSafety ResearchMedia TechnologyPlant Science6 others

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

  1. 1 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 3 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  3. 3 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 3 works
  4. 4 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 1 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.3%domestic only54.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carnegie Mellon University Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 202% 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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