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Central Statistical Office

In research, Central Statistical Office stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,132 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,874 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,514
of 34,923
Rank in Zambia
#9
of 22
Research works
448
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Central Statistical Office

What is Central Statistical Office known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,132 of 14,833 8.8%216
Physical SciencesDomain #11,874 of 17,446 7.0%161

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Statistical Office 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 Central Statistical Office work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Central Statistical Office is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Computer Science (16%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 47.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 27.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 35.0% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 15.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCentralStatistical…62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences47%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1727.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance710.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting35.5%
    4. Psychology12.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Computer Science1015.9%
    2. Engineering69.8%
    3. Environmental Science35.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    5. Mathematics11.2%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    7. Energy00.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Medicine69.0%
    2. Health Professions22.7%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 2.04× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.99× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.99×7 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.43×0 works
  3. Nursing2.34×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.16×17 works
  5. Computer Science2.04×10 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.69×3 works
  7. Mathematics1.02×1 works
  8. Environmental Science1.01×3 works
  9. Health Professions1.01×2 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.77×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×1 works
  12. Psychology0.70×1 works
  13. Engineering0.65×6 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.65×0 works
  15. Energy0.58×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.56×1 works
  17. Medicine0.47×6 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.37×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.24×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.17×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Central Statistical Office?

Ranked on the quality score, A. C. Papadakis, James L. Nicholson and F.F. Roberts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Statistical Office.

  1. 1 A. C. Papadakis Zambia · #1,570,011 worldwide 6.2k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 James L. Nicholson Zambia · #1,988,729 worldwide 517 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 F.F. Roberts Zambia · #3,402,052 worldwide 228 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 L. M. Volodarskiĭ Zambia · #3,582,260 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 J. R. H. Shaul Zambia · #4,312,456 worldwide 37 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 R D Enoch Zambia · #4,416,145 worldwide 120 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 M. Eidel'man Zambia · #4,709,571 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Hugh Neffendorf Zambia · #4,825,134 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Central Statistical Office

What are the most cited papers from Central Statistical Office?

The most cited paper from Central Statistical Office is "Techniques for Testing the Constancy of Regression Relationships Over Time" (R. L. Brown, James Durbin, Jessica Evans, 1975), with 5,159 citations. Next come "The Entropy Law and the Economic Process." (3,013) and "Path Planning with Modified a Star Algorithm for a Mobile Robot" (871).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Techniques for Testing the Constancy of Regression Relationships Over Time R. L. Brown, James Durbin, Jessica Evans · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) 1975 5,159
2 The Entropy Law and the Economic Process. M. J. Green, N. Georgescu-Roegen · The Economic Journal Jun 1973 3,013
3 Path Planning with Modified a Star Algorithm for a Mobile Robot František Duchoň, Andrej Babinec, Martin Kajan et al. · Procedia Engineering Conference paperOpen access 2014 871
4 The Measurement of Durable Goods Prices. Reg Ward, Robert J. Gordon · The Economic Journal Jul 1991 570
5 Globalization of national surgical, obstetric and anesthesia plans: the critical link between health policy and action in global surgery Paul Truché, Haitham Shoman, Ché L. Reddy et al. · Globalization and Health Open access 2 Jan 2020 333
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Central Statistical Office?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Regional Development, Sustainability, Fiscal Policy, Conflict, Infrastructure, Taxation and Poverty.

▲ 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. Economic Growth5▲ 10×7 topics
  2. Sustainability5▲ 3.4×20 topics
  3. Regional Development4▲ 19×4 topics
  4. Climate Change4▲ 2.3×9 topics
  5. Education3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  6. Deep Learning3▲ 1.45×12 topics
  7. Conflict3▲ 30×4 topics
  8. Fiscal Policy3▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Globalization3▲ 2.3×7 topics
  10. Machine Learning3▲ 1.38×10 topics
  11. Infrastructure3▲ 38×1 topic
  12. Taxation3▲ 56×1 topic
  13. E-Learning2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  14. Poverty2▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Online Learning2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  16. Social Inequality2▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Identity Politics2▲ 66×1 topic
  18. Youth Employment2▲ 159×1 topic
  19. Educational Technology2▲ 2.6×7 topics
  20. Educational Policy2▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Labor Market2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  22. Digital Literacy2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  23. Development2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  24. Training2▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Agriculture1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  26. Distance Education1▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Food Security1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  28. Information Literacy1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  29. Media Literacy1▲ 4.3×2 topics
  30. Urbanization1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  31. Governance1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  32. Land Use Change1▲ 6.3×6 topics
  33. Political Economy1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  34. 21st-century Skills1▲ 65×1 topic
  35. COVID-19 Impact1▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Digital Skills1▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Life Cycle Assessment1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  38. Research1▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Cloud Model1▲ 141×1 topic
  40. Digital Business1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Central Statistical Office publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal, Digital literacy in education and Municipal Solid Waste Management.

Fiscal Policy and Econom…3Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 2 fractional worksDigital literacy in education: 1 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 1 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 1 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Decision-Making…1Advanced Decision-Making Techniques: 1 fractional worksLocal Government Finance and Decentralization: 1 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsDemographyInformation SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 2 works
  3. 3 Digital literacy in education Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 1 works
  6. 6 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Decision-Making Techniques Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Local Government Finance and Decentralization Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central Statistical Office's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% 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 Central Statistical Office as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Central Statistical Office0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Central Statistical Office over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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