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Hormuud University

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Research works
77
▲ 863% vs 2018-21
Citations
211
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Hormuud University

Not ranked overall: Hormuud University is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Hormuud University work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Hormuud University is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (18%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 46.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 17.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 22.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHormuudUniversity61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences36%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1117.9%
    2. Environmental Science712.1%
    3. Computer Science45.9%
    4. Energy23.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy23.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.9%
    7. Materials Science11.4%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1422.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance47.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting35.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Medicine47.0%
    2. Health Professions12.2%
    3. Nursing11.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.73× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.44× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 3.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 14 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.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.82×1 works
  2. Energy3.73×2 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.32×4 works
  4. Environmental Science2.44×7 works
  5. Social Sciences1.77×14 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.57×3 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.52×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.19×1 works
  9. Engineering1.19×11 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×3 works
  11. Health Professions0.85×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.76×4 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.40×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  16. Medicine0.37×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.19×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  22. Psychology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hormuud University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ahmed Abdiaziz Alasow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hormuud University.

  1. 1 Ahmed Abdiaziz Alasow Somalia · #2,245,410 worldwide 155 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Hormuud University

What are the most cited papers from Hormuud University?

The most cited paper from Hormuud University is "The utilization and potential of solar energy in Somalia: Current state and prospects" (Abdullahi Mohamed Samatar, Saad Mekhilef, Hazlie Mokhlis et al., 2023), with 64 citations. Next come "Best practices and opportunities for integrating nutrition specific into nutrition sensitive interventions in fragile contexts: a systematic review" (34) and "Techno-economic and environmental analysis of a fully renewable hybrid energy system for sustainable power infrastructure advancement" (33).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The utilization and potential of solar energy in Somalia: Current state and prospects Abdullahi Mohamed Samatar, Saad Mekhilef, Hazlie Mokhlis et al. · Energy Strategy Reviews Open access 12 Jun 2023 64
2 Best practices and opportunities for integrating nutrition specific into nutrition sensitive interventions in fragile contexts: a systematic review Leila Hussein Abdullahi, Gilbert Koome Rithaa, Bonface Muthomi et al. · BMC Nutrition ReviewOpen access 28 Jul 2021 34
3 Techno-economic and environmental analysis of a fully renewable hybrid energy system for sustainable power infrastructure advancement Abdullahi Mohamed Samatar, Abdelhak Lekbir, Saad Mekhilef et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 9 Apr 2025 33
4 Spatiotemporal variability of drought and affected croplands in the horn of Africa Ahmed Abdiaziz Alasow, Mohammed Magdy Hamed, Shamsuddin Shahid · Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 7 Oct 2023 28
5 Economic feasibility assessment of optimum grid-connected PV/battery systems to meet electricity demand for industrial buildings in Saudi Arabia Abdulrhman Klifa Al-Hanoot, Hazlie Mokhlis, Saad Mekhilef et al. · Energy and Buildings 28 Nov 2024 27
All 66 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hormuud University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Economic Development, Globalization, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Policy, Regional Disparities and Social Impact.

▲ 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. Sustainability10▲ 6.8×15 topics
  2. Globalization7▲ 6.2×9 topics
  3. Economic Development7▲ 14×6 topics
  4. Renewable Energy7▲ 7.5×15 topics
  5. Innovation6▲ 10×6 topics
  6. Policy6▲ 49×3 topics
  7. Regional Disparities5▲ 187×1 topic
  8. Social Impact5▲ 23×1 topic
  9. Climate Change4▲ 2.6×20 topics
  10. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  11. Nonlinear Optics3▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Economic Growth3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  13. Governance3▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Fiber Lasers2▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Energy Storage2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  16. Agriculture2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  17. Corruption2▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Democracy2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  19. Risk Management2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  20. Regulation2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  21. Institutions2▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  23. Political Economy2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  24. Food Security1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  25. Household Fuel Use1▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Indoor Air Pollution1▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Information Security1▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Maternal Mortality1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  29. Optical Frequency Combs1▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Ultrafast Lasers1▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Vulnerability1▲ 9.5×4 topics
  32. Child Mortality1▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Cross-National Study1▲ 88×1 topic
  34. Cybersecurity1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  35. Game Theory1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Global Trade1▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Greenhouse Gas Emissions1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. Health Systems1▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Public Sector1▲ 43×1 topic
  40. High-Power Laser1▲ 102×1 topic

Which research topics does Hormuud University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Energy and Environment Impacts and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Hungarian Social, Econom…5Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksCorruption and Economic Development: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 1 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 1 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 1 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 1 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsPollutionPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 5 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  7. 7 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 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 available76.4%not open23.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hormuud University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 863% 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 Hormuud University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Hormuud University0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hormuud University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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