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Iringa Mercy Organization

In research, Iringa Mercy Organization stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,069 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,654 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 4.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,010
of 22,385 · #20,188 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#19
of 41
Research works
388
▲ 306% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
87%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Iringa Mercy Organization

What is Iringa Mercy Organization known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,069 of 9,585 3.9%169 #12048
Social SciencesField #4,654 of 5,988 4.6%103 #7902

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iringa Mercy Organization 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 fields of science does Iringa Mercy Organization work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Iringa Mercy Organization is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 179 fractional works · 65.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 107 fractional works · 39.0% of its workEducation: 37 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 11.2% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 16.3% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIringa MercyOrganization274fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences65%

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. Social Sciences10739.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3111.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance186.5%
    4. Psychology103.5%
    5. Decision Sciences72.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities62.3%
    1. Computer Science217.6%
    2. Environmental Science165.7%
    3. Engineering41.6%
    4. Mathematics20.8%
    5. Materials Science10.3%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine207.2%
    2. Health Professions103.5%
    3. Nursing41.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences124.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Iringa Mercy Organization specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 37.0 works4.4×
← 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: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 2.85× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.48× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.02× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 107 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.48×31 works
  2. Social Sciences3.08×107 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.02×18 works
  4. Nursing2.85×4 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.78×7 works
  6. Health Professions1.34×10 works
  7. Environmental Science1.14×16 works
  8. Psychology1.14×10 works
  9. Computer Science0.98×21 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×12 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.78×6 works
  12. Mathematics0.66×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×1 works
  14. Veterinary0.43×0 works
  15. Medicine0.37×20 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×4 works
  17. Energy0.13×0 works
  18. Engineering0.11×4 works
  19. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Iringa Mercy Organization?

Ranked on the quality score, Japhace Poncian, Charlotte E. Searle and Saul C. Mpeshe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iringa Mercy Organization.

  1. 1 Japhace Poncian Tanzania · #1,598,455 worldwide 426 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Charlotte E. Searle Tanzania · #2,124,161 worldwide 290 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Saul C. Mpeshe Tanzania · #3,057,030 worldwide 404 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Brown Gwambene Tanzania · #3,461,108 worldwide 148 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Neil Baker Tanzania · #3,962,879 worldwide 541 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Norman Adamson Sigalla King Tanzania · #4,130,287 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Elia Mulungu Tanzania · #4,156,966 worldwide 98 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Dorothy Lubawa Tanzania · #4,610,151 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Sosthenes Ruheza Tanzania · #4,909,652 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Lusekelo Kibona Tanzania · #5,606,862 worldwide 36 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Iringa Mercy Organization

What are the most cited papers from Iringa Mercy Organization?

The most cited paper from Iringa Mercy Organization is "Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction" (DARCY L. OGADA, Phil Shaw, Rene L. Beyers et al., 2015), with 410 citations. Next come "Traditional Medicine and Its Role in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: “Patients’ and Herbalists’ Perspectives”" (143) and "Fostering Graduate Employability: Rethinking Tanzania’s University Practices" (116).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction DARCY L. OGADA, Phil Shaw, Rene L. Beyers et al. · Conservation Letters Open access 18 Jun 2015 410
2 Traditional Medicine and Its Role in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: “Patients’ and Herbalists’ Perspectives” Rose Kasole, Haikael Martin, Judith O. Kimiywe · Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open access 4 Jul 2019 143
3 Fostering Graduate Employability: Rethinking Tanzania’s University Practices Samson John Mgaiwa · SAGE Open Open access Apr 2021 116
4 Protected area networks and savannah bird biodiversity in the face of climate change and land degradation Colin M. Beale, Neil Baker, Mark Brewer et al. · Ecology Letters 19 Jun 2013 94
5 Scent Lure Effect on Camera-Trap Based Leopard Density Estimates Alexander R. Braczkowski, Guy A. Balme, Amy Dickman et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 6 Apr 2016 81
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Iringa Mercy Organization?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender Equality, Poverty Reduction, Development, Education, Social Capital, Human Rights, Economic Development and Sustainable 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-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. Education17▲ 3.7×17 topics
  2. Sustainability16▲ 2.5×18 topics
  3. Gender Equality15▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Sustainable Development14▲ 3.3×17 topics
  5. Poverty Reduction14▲ 38×5 topics
  6. Human Rights13▲ 4.6×19 topics
  7. Development13▲ 13×8 topics
  8. Climate Change12▲ 1.63×24 topics
  9. Social Capital12▲ 8.4×6 topics
  10. Economic Development12▲ 5.3×8 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.7×8 topics
  12. Corporate Governance10▲ 4.8×7 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management10▲ 4.0×6 topics
  14. Innovation9▲ 3.3×8 topics
  15. Information Technology8▲ 6.2×5 topics
  16. Curriculum Development8▲ 4.3×5 topics
  17. International Law8▲ 9.1×10 topics
  18. Risk Management7▲ 5.6×3 topics
  19. Finance7▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Gender Inequality7▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Empowerment7▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Microfinance7▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Teacher Education7▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Islamic Banking7▲ 6.7×2 topics
  25. Quality Assurance7▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Global Financial Crisis6▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Entrepreneurship6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  28. Nigeria6▲ 106×1 topic
  29. Security Council6▲ 47×2 topics
  30. Technology Integration6▲ 7.3×5 topics
  31. Youth Unemployment6▲ 194×1 topic
  32. Ethical Identity6▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Global Governance6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  34. Shariah Supervision6▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  36. Conditional Cash Transfers6▲ 59×1 topic
  37. School Subsidies6▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Educational Leadership5▲ 15×2 topics
  40. School Improvement5▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Iringa Mercy Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, African Education and Politics, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Microfinance and Financi…7Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 7 fractional worksAfrican Education and Po…6African Education and Politics: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…6Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 6 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …6Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 6 fractional worksPublic Procurement and Policy: 5 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 4 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…4Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEducationAccountingSafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 African Education and Politics Education 6 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 6 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 6 works
  5. 5 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 5 works
  6. 6 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  7. 7 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 4 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 3 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 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 available86.7%not open13.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Iringa Mercy Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 306% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Iringa Mercy Organization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Iringa Mercy Organization0.0015% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Iringa Mercy Organization over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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