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Islamic University in Uganda

In research, Islamic University in Uganda stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,994 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,353 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 5.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,551
of 22,385 · #16,035 all time
Rank in Uganda
#13
of 32
Research works
412
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Islamic University in Uganda

What is Islamic University in Uganda 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 #6,994 of 9,585 6.5%120 #11754
Social SciencesField #5,353 of 5,988 5.8%71 #8006

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Islamic University in Uganda 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 Islamic University in Uganda work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Islamic University in Uganda is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Medicine (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 136 fractional works · 56.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 33.9% of its workEducation: 37 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 11.6% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 12.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 18.2% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIslamicUniversity in…238fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences57%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8133.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2811.6%
    3. Psychology114.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.8%
    5. Decision Sciences41.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    1. Medicine3012.8%
    2. Health Professions93.7%
    3. Nursing52.0%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science229.2%
    2. Engineering83.5%
    3. Environmental Science62.7%
    4. Mathematics20.8%
    5. Energy20.8%
    6. Materials Science10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Chemistry10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences93.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Islamic University in Uganda specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 37.0 works5.1×
← 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: 0.78× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 4.15× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.60× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.15×5 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.60×28 works
  3. Social Sciences2.68×81 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.79×9 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.77×4 works
  6. Psychology1.56×11 works
  7. Health Professions1.41×9 works
  8. Computer Science1.19×22 works
  9. Energy0.87×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.81×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×9 works
  12. Mathematics0.72×2 works
  13. Medicine0.66×30 works
  14. Environmental Science0.53×6 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.36×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×4 works
  18. Engineering0.23×8 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Islamic University in Uganda?

Ranked on the quality score, Kassim Kalinaki, Adam A. Alli and Hussein Mukasa Kafeero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Islamic University in Uganda.

  1. 1 Kassim Kalinaki Uganda · #470,117 worldwide 605 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Adam A. Alli Uganda · #1,666,442 worldwide 335 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Hussein Mukasa Kafeero Uganda · #1,839,737 worldwide 539 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Abdul Walusansa Uganda · #1,888,631 worldwide 600 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Ali Kudamba Uganda · #2,740,651 worldwide 353 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Madinah Nabukeera Uganda · #2,991,134 worldwide 55 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Mutwalibi Nambobi Uganda · #3,130,499 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Shaban Alemu Okurut Uganda · #3,194,948 worldwide 215 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Kharim Mwebaza Muluya Uganda · #4,197,628 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Sarah Nachuha Uganda · #4,242,627 worldwide 83 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Islamic University in Uganda

What are the most cited papers from Islamic University in Uganda?

The most cited paper from Islamic University in Uganda is "Halal authenticity issues in meat and meat products" (Khadijah Nakyinsige, Yaakob B. Che Man, Awis Qurni Sazili, 2012), with 277 citations. Next come "Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda" (189) and "Medicinal plant use, conservation, and the associated traditional knowledge in rural communities in Eastern Uganda" (169).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Halal authenticity issues in meat and meat products Khadijah Nakyinsige, Yaakob B. Che Man, Awis Qurni Sazili · Meat Science 22 Feb 2012 277
2 Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Ronald Olum, Jonathan Kajjimu et al. · Tropical Medicine and Health Open access 13 May 2021 189
3 Medicinal plant use, conservation, and the associated traditional knowledge in rural communities in Eastern Uganda Jamilu Edirisa Ssenku, Shaban Alemu Okurut, Aidah Namuli et al. · Tropical Medicine and Health Open access 6 Jun 2022 169
4 The fog cloud of things: A survey on concepts, architecture, standards, tools, and applications Adam A. Alli, Muhammad Mahbub Alam · Internet of Things 12 Feb 2020 160
5 Green synthesis and characterization of iron-oxide nanoparticles using Moringa oleifera: a potential protocol for use in low and middle income countries Henry Fenekansi Kiwumulo, Haruna Muwonge, Charles Ibingira et al. · BMC Research Notes Open access 25 Apr 2022 139
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Islamic University in Uganda?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Islamic Banking, Finance, Global Financial Crisis, Ethical Identity and Shariah Supervision.

▲ 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. Globalization17▲ 3.7×15 topics
  2. Education14▲ 3.5×23 topics
  3. Corporate Governance12▲ 6.9×6 topics
  4. Risk Management12▲ 11×5 topics
  5. Machine Learning12▲ 1.51×25 topics
  6. Islamic Banking11▲ 12×2 topics
  7. Finance10▲ 24×2 topics
  8. Ethical Identity10▲ 37×1 topic
  9. Global Financial Crisis10▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Shariah Supervision10▲ 37×1 topic
  11. Curriculum Development9▲ 5.7×7 topics
  12. Pedagogy9▲ 7.6×7 topics
  13. Sustainability9▲ 1.54×15 topics
  14. Healthcare9▲ 3.2×13 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management8▲ 4.0×8 topics
  16. Teacher Training8▲ 5.4×4 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis8▲ 5.5×5 topics
  18. Islamic Education8▲ 9.8×2 topics
  19. Religious Education8▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Learning Outcomes8▲ 7.7×9 topics
  21. Madrasa7▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Muslim Students7▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Online Learning7▲ 3.4×8 topics
  24. Social Capital6▲ 5.3×7 topics
  25. Teaching Strategies6▲ 9.7×5 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction6▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Student Engagement6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  28. Higher Education6▲ 4.6×10 topics
  29. Gender Equality6▲ 8.1×7 topics
  30. Immune Response5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  31. Gender Inequality5▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Smart Cities5▲ 7.4×4 topics
  33. Governance5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  34. Institutional Quality4▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Liver Disease4▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Professional Development4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Conditional Cash Transfers4▲ 42×1 topic
  39. ICT4▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Organizational Learning4▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Islamic University in Uganda publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Education and Islamic Studies, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Online and Blended Learning.

Islamic Finance and Bank…10Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 7 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 3 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 2 fractional works
AccountingEducationSafety ResearchApplied Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  2. 2 Education and Islamic Studies Education 7 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 3 works
  5. 5 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 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 available77.7%not open22.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.9%domestic only67.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Islamic University in Uganda's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Islamic University in Uganda as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Islamic University in Uganda0.0011% in 2025200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Islamic University in Uganda6.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2024.

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