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Kyambogo University

In research, Kyambogo University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,623 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,927 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,344 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,549
of 28,054 · #19,709 all time
Rank in Uganda
#9
of 33
Research works
1.5k
▲ 154% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Kyambogo University 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 #2,623 of 10,521 16.5%311 #6063
Social SciencesField #1,927 of 6,365 17.2%175 #4159
EducationSubfield #1,344 of 1,892 24.1%62 #2352
Physical SciencesDomain #9,415 of 12,888 13.3%143 #16029
Health SciencesDomain #10,023 of 11,982 18.4%63 #17834

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyambogo 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#6,063 #2,623
  2. Social Sciences#4,159 #1,927
  3. Education#2,352 #1,344
  4. Physical Sciences#16,029 #9,415
  5. Health Sciences#17,834 #10,023
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 1.68× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.56× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.41× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.34× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 175 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyambogo University?

Ranked on the composite score, James Mugisha, Charles Onyutha and Charles K. Twesigye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyambogo University.

  1. 1 James Mugisha Uganda · #754,448 worldwide 66 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Charles Onyutha Uganda · #1,030,242 worldwide 95 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Charles K. Twesigye Uganda · #1,345,931 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Wilson Okaka Uganda · #1,380,812 worldwide 3 citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Timothy Omara Uganda · #1,526,910 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kyambogo University

Which keywords describe research at Kyambogo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Higher Education, Leadership, Sustainability, Colonialism, Poverty Reduction, Development and Gender Inequality.

▲ 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. Climate Change36▲ 2.4×51 topics
  2. Sustainability30▲ 2.2×43 topics
  3. Globalization24▲ 2.1×34 topics
  4. Education23▲ 2.4×28 topics
  5. Higher Education21▲ 6.7×15 topics
  6. Environmental Impact20▲ 2.0×32 topics
  7. Leadership19▲ 7.0×11 topics
  8. Renewable Energy19▲ 2.3×23 topics
  9. Sustainable Development18▲ 1.96×32 topics
  10. Mental Health18▲ 2.1×21 topics
  11. Colonialism17▲ 6.2×8 topics
  12. E-Learning17▲ 2.9×10 topics
  13. Human Rights15▲ 2.6×18 topics
  14. Poverty Reduction15▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Social Capital14▲ 4.7×12 topics
  16. Development14▲ 7.0×9 topics
  17. Gender Inequality13▲ 17×6 topics
  18. Economic Growth13▲ 2.7×15 topics
  19. Online Learning13▲ 2.7×11 topics
  20. Religion13▲ 4.7×6 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis11▲ 3.4×8 topics
  22. Lifelong Learning11▲ 9.4×6 topics
  23. Student Satisfaction10▲ 9.5×2 topics
  24. Urbanization10▲ 4.3×4 topics
  25. Organizational Culture10▲ 4.5×8 topics
  26. Organizational Learning10▲ 27×4 topics
  27. Professional Development10▲ 8.6×11 topics
  28. NGOs10▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Conditional Cash Transfers10▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Distance Education10▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. School Subsidies10▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Employee Development9▲ 70×2 topics
  33. Performance Improvement9▲ 62×2 topics
  34. Technology Integration9▲ 5.3×9 topics
  35. Labor Market9▲ 5.4×5 topics
  36. Health Impacts9▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Informal Learning8▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Civil Society8▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Decolonization8▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Humanitarianism8▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Kyambogo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Energy and Environment Impacts, Online and Blended Learning and Higher Education Learning Practices.

Poverty, Education, and …10Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 10 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…7Energy and Environment Impacts: 7 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 7 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…7Higher Education Learning Practices: 7 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…7Religion, Society, and Development: 7 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 6 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts5COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 5 fractional works
Safety ResearchPollutionEducationSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 10 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 7 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 7 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 7 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 6 works
  7. 7 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  10. 10 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 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 available81.1%not open18.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyambogo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 154% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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