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Harare Institute of Technology

In research, Harare Institute of Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,278 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,652
of 28,054 · #28,621 all time
Rank in Zimbabwe
#10
of 17
Research works
405
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Harare Institute of Technology 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 #11,278 of 12,888 2.6%109 #19583

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harare Institute of Technology 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: 1.23× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.04× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.68× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 2.30× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.29× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.93× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Harare Institute of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Social Capital, Big Data, Energy Efficiency, Cloud Computing, Sustainability, IoT and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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 Learning17▲ 2.3×28 topics
  2. Sustainability12▲ 2.2×23 topics
  3. Deep Learning11▲ 1.36×21 topics
  4. Big Data10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency10▲ 4.6×12 topics
  6. Social Capital8▲ 7.1×5 topics
  7. Cloud Computing7▲ 12×6 topics
  8. Environmental Impact7▲ 1.83×16 topics
  9. Internet of Things6▲ 3.2×11 topics
  10. IoT6▲ 7.4×9 topics
  11. Security6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  12. Renewable Energy6▲ 1.81×14 topics
  13. COVID-196▲ 1.86×8 topics
  14. Healthcare6▲ 2.2×11 topics
  15. Entrepreneurship6▲ 6.3×2 topics
  16. Pandemic5▲ 2.2×6 topics
  17. Optimization5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  18. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior4▲ 3.1×5 topics
  20. Metal Recovery4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  21. Poverty Reduction4▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Colonialism4▲ 4.0×3 topics
  23. Distributed Systems4▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Wireless Sensor Networks4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  25. Food Supply Chain4▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Radiology Errors4▲ 91×1 topic
  27. Structured Reporting4▲ 91×1 topic
  28. Investment Decisions4▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Crowdfunding4▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Fintech4▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Political Economy4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Biochar3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  33. Virtualization3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Financial Markets3▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Smart Cities3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  36. business impact3▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Community Health Workers3▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Zimbabwe3▲ 152×1 topic
  39. Empowerment3▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Microfinance3▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Harare Institute of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiology practices and education, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and African studies and sociopolitical issues.

Radiology practices and …4Radiology practices and education: 4 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…4FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksAfrican studies and sociopolitical issues: 3 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 3 fractional worksCloud Data Security Solutions: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksICT in Developing Communities: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingManagement Information SystemsEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  2. 2 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Cloud Data Security Solutions Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 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 available62.6%not open37.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Harare Institute of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% 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.

Other research institutions in Harare

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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.