Copperbelt University
In research, Copperbelt University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,608 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,797 of 3,334 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,754 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #5,005 of 22,385 · #8,103 all time
- Rank in Zambia
- #2 of 15
- Research works
- 1.2k ▲ 40% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 11k 9.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.99× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 72% world 40%
- International
- 28% world 18%
What is Copperbelt University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #4,608 of 10,670 | 11.8% | 190 | #6698 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #1,797 of 3,334 | 11.6% | 71 | #2589 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,754 of 5,901 | 14.6% | 71 | #6727 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,392 of 9,902 | 8.9% | 71 | #12188 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #7,167 of 9,585 | 6.0% | 131 | #10659 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Copperbelt 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#6,698 #4,608
- Environmental Science#2,589 #1,797
- Engineering#6,727 #3,754
- Health Sciences#12,188 #7,392
- Social Sciences#10,659 #7,167
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Copperbelt University work in?
In 2022-now, 43% of research at Copperbelt University is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (17%), Engineering (16%), Medicine (11%).
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences22043.3%
- Environmental Science8516.8%
- Engineering8115.9%
- Computer Science183.5%
- Materials Science91.8%
- Mathematics71.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences61.1%
- Energy50.9%
- Physics and Astronomy50.9%
- Chemistry40.9%
- Chemical Engineering10.2%
- Social Sciences15029.6%
- Social Sciences5611.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting428.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance224.3%
- Psychology142.8%
- Decision Sciences112.2%
- Arts and Humanities51.0%
- Health Sciences8015.8%
- Medicine5611.1%
- Health Professions153.0%
- Nursing61.1%
- Dentistry30.6%
- Veterinary00.1%
- Life Sciences5711.3%
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Environmental Science3.37×85 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.58×42 works
- Decision Sciences2.25×11 works
- Nursing2.21×6 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.00×22 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.75×42 works
- Dentistry1.29×3 works
- Mathematics1.13×7 works
- Health Professions1.12×15 works
- Engineering1.06×81 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.03×5 works
- Energy1.02×5 works
- Psychology0.91×14 works
- Social Sciences0.87×56 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×6 works
- Medicine0.58×56 works
- Chemical Engineering0.56×1 works
- Chemistry0.56×4 works
- Materials Science0.53×9 works
- Computer Science0.45×18 works
- Veterinary0.42×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.41×5 works
- Arts and Humanities0.35×5 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×8 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
- Neuroscience0.13×1 works
- Environmental Science 3.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.6×
- Decision Sciences 2.2×
- Nursing 2.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.0×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.8×
- Dentistry 1.3×
- Mathematics 1.1×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Engineering 1.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.0×
- Energy 1.0×
- Psychology 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.9×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.7×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Chemical Engineering 0.6×
- Chemistry 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.5×
- Veterinary 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.4×
- Arts and Humanities 0.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Copperbelt University?
Ranked on the quality score, Ramasamy Subbaiya, Oliver Jolezya Hasimuna and Joseph Mphande lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Copperbelt University.
- 1
Ramasamy Subbaiya
Zambia · #37,734 worldwide 6.1k citations · 110 works
- 2
Oliver Jolezya Hasimuna
Zambia · #396,691 worldwide 1.6k citations · 52 works
- 3
Joseph Mphande
Zambia · #512,660 worldwide 505 citations · 33 works
- 4
Stephen Syampungani
Zambia · #592,765 worldwide 2.3k citations · 88 works
- 5
Moses Chibesa
Zambia · #687,975 worldwide 1.6k citations · 42 works
- 6
Felix Kanungwe Kalaba
Zambia · #839,553 worldwide 1.4k citations · 43 works
- 7
Matamyo Simwanda
Zambia · #903,851 worldwide 2k citations · 39 works
- 8
Justine Ngoma
Zambia · #1,042,107 worldwide 462 citations · 27 works
- 9
Darius Phiri
Zambia · #1,122,811 worldwide 2.4k citations · 65 works
- 10
Benjamin Mubemba
Zambia · #1,282,037 worldwide 995 citations · 59 works
Which keywords describe research at Copperbelt University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Metal Recovery, Remediation, Biodiversity Conservation and Corporate Social Responsibility.
- Geochemistry
- Contamination
- Oxidation Mechanism
- Urban
- Pollution
- Rare Earth Elements
- Circular Economy
- Poverty Alleviation
- Toxicity
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Environmental Impacts
- Social License to Operate
- Social Capital
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Remediation
- Metal Recovery
- Supply Chain Management
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Change
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- COVID-19
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Risk Management
- Economic Growth
- Mining Industry
- Heavy Metals
- Ecosystem Services
- Social Impact
- Land Use Change
- Global Burden of Disease
- Microbial Ecology
- Mineralogy
- Land Tenure
- Metallurgy
- Respiratory Infections
- Soil
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
- Environmental Impact36▲ 4.1×32 topics
- Climate Change31▲ 2.2×50 topics
- Sustainability30▲ 2.4×36 topics
- Sustainable Development24▲ 3.0×21 topics
- Epidemiology20◆ 1.01×58 topics
- Renewable Energy18▲ 2.5×21 topics
- Globalization18▲ 1.77×14 topics
- Supply Chain Management14▲ 3.1×10 topics
- COVID-1913▲ 1.92×16 topics
- Metal Recovery13▲ 13×3 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation12▲ 6.5×10 topics
- Remediation12▲ 31×2 topics
- Risk Management12▲ 4.8×10 topics
- Corporate Social Responsibility11▲ 13×2 topics
- Economic Growth11▲ 2.7×13 topics
- Social Capital10▲ 4.0×9 topics
- Mining Industry10▲ 100×1 topic
- Social License to Operate10▲ 100×1 topic
- Heavy Metals10▲ 8.3×5 topics
- Environmental Impacts10▲ 7.1×7 topics
- Ecosystem Services10▲ 4.9×8 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries10▲ 4.5×3 topics
- Social Impact9▲ 4.7×4 topics
- Toxicity9▲ 4.1×7 topics
- Land Use Change8▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Poverty Alleviation8▲ 17×2 topics
- Global Burden of Disease8▲ 6.2×4 topics
- Circular Economy8▲ 5.4×5 topics
- Microbial Ecology7▲ 8.2×4 topics
- Rare Earth Elements7▲ 9.9×3 topics
- Mineralogy7▲ 44×2 topics
- Pollution7▲ 7.0×2 topics
- Land Tenure7▲ 32×2 topics
- Urban6▲ 19×2 topics
- Metallurgy6▲ 21×2 topics
- Oxidation Mechanism6▲ 16×2 topics
- Respiratory Infections6▲ 11×3 topics
- Contamination6▲ 13×1 topic
- Soil6▲ 20×1 topic
- Geochemistry6▲ 18×2 topics
Which research topics does Copperbelt University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Mining and Resource Management, Heavy metals in environment, Mine drainage and remediation techniques and Extraction and Separation Processes.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 10 works
- 2 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 6 works
- 3 Mine drainage and remediation techniques Environmental Chemistry 6 works
- 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 6 works
- 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 6 works
- 6 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 5 works
- 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
- 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
- 9 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
- 10 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 4 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Copperbelt University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Copperbelt University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.
Fractional works of Copperbelt University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2013.
Other research institutions in Kitwe
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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