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Institute of Rural Development Planning

In research, Institute of Rural Development Planning stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,957 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics — Economics and Econometrics is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,237
of 28,054 · #31,550 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#13
of 43
Research works
331
▲ 261% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Institute of Rural Development Planning 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,957 of 10,521 17.9%119 #7880

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Rural Development Planning 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).

What does Institute of Rural Development Planning specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 24.4 works7.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.75× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.42× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 5.02× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.13× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.04× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Rural Development Planning?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Poverty Reduction, Sustainability, Rural Development, Economic Growth, Social Capital, Gender Inequality, Social Networks and Economic Development.

▲ 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. Sustainability22▲ 4.5×27 topics
  2. Poverty Reduction17▲ 66×4 topics
  3. Rural Development17▲ 25×8 topics
  4. Economic Growth16▲ 9.2×15 topics
  5. Social Capital14▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Gender Inequality14▲ 49×5 topics
  7. Social Networks14▲ 25×4 topics
  8. Economic Development13▲ 8.1×11 topics
  9. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Environmental Impact12▲ 3.6×16 topics
  11. Technology Adoption12▲ 35×3 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture11▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Agricultural Innovation11▲ 126×2 topics
  14. Sustainable Development11▲ 3.5×19 topics
  15. Livelihood Diversification11▲ 180×1 topic
  16. Market Participation11▲ 180×1 topic
  17. Gender Equality11▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Globalization10▲ 2.6×14 topics
  19. Conditional Cash Transfers9▲ 128×1 topic
  20. School Subsidies9▲ 128×1 topic
  21. Renewable Energy9▲ 3.2×7 topics
  22. Food Security9▲ 8.3×12 topics
  23. Poverty Alleviation9▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Community Health Workers9▲ 51×2 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship9▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Risk Management8▲ 8.2×7 topics
  27. Social Impact8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Empowerment7▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Microfinance7▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Urbanization7▲ 8.8×4 topics
  31. Corporate Governance7▲ 4.8×4 topics
  32. Fiscal Policy7▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Labor Market6▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Health Inequalities6▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Child Development6▲ 7.2×4 topics
  36. Child Mortality6▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Land Tenure6▲ 71×2 topics
  38. Maternal Mortality6▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Emerging Markets6▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Frugal Innovation6▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Rural Development Planning publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 11 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 9 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…7Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…5Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 5 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 4 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 3 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 3 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSafety ResearchEconomics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 9 works
  3. 3 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 6 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 5 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 4 works
  9. 9 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 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 available86.9%not open13.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Rural Development Planning's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 261% 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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