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Kabale University

In research, Kabale University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,198 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,541 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,638 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,561
of 22,385 · #11,089 all time
Rank in Uganda
#6
of 32
Research works
543
▲ 263% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Kabale University

What is Kabale University 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 #4,198 of 9,585 7.4%177 #7693
Social SciencesField #4,541 of 5,988 5.9%81 #7178
Physical SciencesDomain #8,638 of 10,670 10.3%68 -

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

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Kabale University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 217 fractional works · 51.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 102 fractional works · 24.4% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 50 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 20.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical 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 workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 69 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKabale University420fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences52%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10224.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting5011.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance286.7%
    4. Psychology174.0%
    5. Decision Sciences112.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities92.1%
    1. Environmental Science307.0%
    2. Computer Science214.9%
    3. Engineering184.4%
    4. Materials Science71.6%
    5. Mathematics40.9%
    6. Energy30.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    8. Chemistry20.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine5112.1%
    2. Health Professions122.9%
    3. Nursing41.0%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences337.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology40.9%
    4. Neuroscience20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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: 1.67× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.68× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.14× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.68×50 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.14×28 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.77×11 works
  4. Nursing1.97×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.93×102 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.67×33 works
  7. Environmental Science1.41×30 works
  8. Psychology1.33×17 works
  9. Health Professions1.12×12 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.91×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.79×4 works
  13. Veterinary0.77×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.72×9 works
  15. Energy0.65×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.63×20 works
  17. Medicine0.63×51 works
  18. Materials Science0.46×7 works
  19. Dentistry0.44×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.35×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.32×2 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×7 works
  23. Engineering0.29×18 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.26×2 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kabale University?

Ranked on the quality score, Benson Turyasingura, Nathan Nshakira and Herbert Ainamani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kabale University.

  1. 1 Benson Turyasingura Uganda · #1,064,792 worldwide 548 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Nathan Nshakira Uganda · #1,332,954 worldwide 528 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Herbert Ainamani Uganda · #1,563,452 worldwide 528 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Alex Mwesigwa Uganda · #1,964,912 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Francis Akena Adyanga Uganda · #1,967,874 worldwide 325 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Joy C. Kwesiga Uganda · #2,269,484 worldwide 628 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Marus Eton Uganda · #2,576,746 worldwide 286 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Ronald Katende Uganda · #2,786,340 worldwide 16 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Johnson Ocan Uganda · #3,067,267 worldwide 18 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Damian Kajunguri Uganda · #3,079,321 worldwide 275 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Kabale University

What are the most cited papers from Kabale University?

The most cited paper from Kabale University is "A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research" (Alain Maasri et al., 2021), with 222 citations. Next come "Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda" (189) and "Perspective of Medical Students on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey of Nine Medical Schools in Uganda" (122).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research Alain Maasri et al. · Ecology Letters Open access Dec 2021 222
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 Perspective of Medical Students on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey of Nine Medical Schools in Uganda Ronald Olum, Jonathan Kajjimu, Andrew Marvin Kanyike et al. · JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Open access 11 Jun 2020 122
4 Sociodemographic factors associated with acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and clinical trials in Uganda: a cross-sectional study in western Uganda Isaac Echoru, Patricia Decanar Ajambo, Emmanuel Keirania et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 10 Jun 2021 100
5 An Update on African Trypanocide Pharmaceutics and Resistance Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Ewan Thomas MacLeod, Ibrahim Ntulume et al. · Frontiers in Veterinary Science Open access 7 Mar 2022 98
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kabale University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Development, Poverty Reduction, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Economic Growth, Social Networks and Gender Equality.

▲ 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. Sustainability23▲ 2.2×39 topics
  2. Climate Change22▲ 1.90×39 topics
  3. Globalization18▲ 2.2×26 topics
  4. Social Capital18▲ 8.2×13 topics
  5. Economic Growth15▲ 4.4×17 topics
  6. Development15▲ 9.9×11 topics
  7. Education14▲ 1.96×20 topics
  8. Poverty Reduction14▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Sustainable Development14▲ 2.1×26 topics
  10. Economic Development13▲ 3.8×9 topics
  11. Corporate Governance13▲ 4.1×14 topics
  12. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Risk Management12▲ 6.0×9 topics
  14. Innovation11▲ 2.5×16 topics
  15. Social Networks11▲ 9.7×3 topics
  16. Gender Equality11▲ 9.1×5 topics
  17. Rural Development11▲ 7.4×8 topics
  18. Governance11▲ 7.7×6 topics
  19. Financial Performance10▲ 4.4×8 topics
  20. Finance10▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Leadership10▲ 4.6×12 topics
  22. SMEs9▲ 6.8×3 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture9▲ 6.8×4 topics
  24. Financial Constraints9▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Empowerment9▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Political Economy9▲ 8.0×7 topics
  27. Food Security8▲ 3.7×11 topics
  28. Financial Inclusion8▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Higher Education8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  30. Microfinance8▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Technology Adoption8▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Adaptation7▲ 5.9×7 topics
  35. Community Health Workers7▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Human Resource Management6▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. Institutional Quality6▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Corporate Finance6▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Profitability6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Kabale University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Working Capital and Financial Performance and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Microfinance and Financi…8Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…8Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksWorking Capital and Fina…6Working Capital and Financial Performance: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…5Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 5 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 4 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnersh…4Public-Private Partnership Projects: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 4 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 4 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…4Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesAccountingPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  3. 3 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 6 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 5 works
  6. 6 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 4 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 4 works
  10. 10 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 4 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 available86.3%not open13.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kabale University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 263% 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 Kabale University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kabale University0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kabale University 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 2025Kabale University9.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.9% in 2023.

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