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Gulu University

In research, Gulu University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,436 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,842 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,590 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,451
of 28,054 · #19,332 all time
Rank in Uganda
#10
of 33
Research works
1.2k
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.7k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Gulu 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,436 of 3,409 33.3%66 #2649
Health SciencesDomain #5,842 of 11,982 21.1%115 #12239
Social SciencesDomain #5,590 of 10,521 20.8%169 #9267
Social SciencesField #3,878 of 6,365 19.9%97 #5899
MedicineField #6,523 of 10,443 18.9%89 #13349
Life SciencesDomain #5,635 of 7,800 29.3%85 #9961

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gulu 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,649 #1,436
  2. Health Sciences#12,239 #5,842
  3. Social Sciences#9,267 #5,590
  4. Social Sciences#5,899 #3,878
  5. Medicine#13,349 #6,523
  6. Life Sciences#9,961 #5,635
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: 3.27× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 3.75× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.96× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gulu University?

Ranked on the composite score, Felix Bongomin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gulu University.

  1. 1 Felix Bongomin · #381,806 worldwide 101 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Gulu University

Which keywords describe research at Gulu University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Social Networks, Rural Development, Epidemiology, Higher Education 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. Epidemiology32▲ 1.88×65 topics
  2. Sustainability28▲ 2.8×32 topics
  3. Climate Change25▲ 2.1×36 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers20▲ 21×4 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture17▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Social Networks17▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Rural Development16▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Education16▲ 2.1×16 topics
  9. Globalization16▲ 1.86×26 topics
  10. Higher Education14▲ 6.2×10 topics
  11. Food Security14▲ 5.8×10 topics
  12. Mental Health14▲ 2.2×19 topics
  13. Environmental Impact13▲ 1.79×26 topics
  14. Colonialism13▲ 6.3×4 topics
  15. Agricultural Innovation13▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Livelihood Diversification13▲ 99×1 topic
  17. Risk Factors12▲ 2.5×14 topics
  18. Adaptation11▲ 8.7×7 topics
  19. Social Capital10▲ 4.5×9 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction9▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality9▲ 9.6×5 topics
  22. Social Impact9▲ 5.3×6 topics
  23. Postcolonialism9▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Community Health Workers8▲ 23×2 topics
  25. African Philosophy8▲ 175×1 topic
  26. Decolonization8▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Vulnerability8▲ 8.3×5 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation8▲ 4.9×9 topics
  29. Agriculture8▲ 4.5×4 topics
  30. Health Inequalities8▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Socio-economic Factors8▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Entrepreneurship8▲ 4.6×5 topics
  33. Child Mortality7▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Health Systems7▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Diversity7▲ 9.5×6 topics
  37. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Livestock Farming6▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Maternal and Child Undernutrition6▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Mortality Rates6▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Gulu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, African cultural and philosophical studies, Global Maternal and Child Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Agricultural Innovations…13Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 13 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 8 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…7Global Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…6Child Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 6 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…4Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 4 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesEducationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and PracticesGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 works
  2. 2 African cultural and philosophical studiesEducation 8 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness and International Management 6 works
  6. 6 Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSafety Research 4 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsGeneral Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agricultureEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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.

openly available83.3%not open16.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gulu University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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