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Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization

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Research works
62
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Environmental Science: 5.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.50× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Eutrophication, Biodiversity Loss, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Biodiversity and Conservation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change22▲ 13×26 topics
  2. Water Quality15▲ 57×6 topics
  3. Eutrophication14▲ 154×2 topics
  4. Biodiversity Loss10▲ 256×3 topics
  5. Lake Tanganyika10▲ 1674×1 topic
  6. Lake Victoria10▲ 1674×1 topic
  7. Biodiversity10▲ 20×6 topics
  8. Conservation8▲ 26×6 topics
  9. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 31×3 topics
  10. Biogeography7▲ 35×4 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity7▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Fish6▲ 248×1 topic
  13. Length-Weight Relationships6▲ 248×1 topic
  14. Phosphorus4▲ 75×2 topics
  15. Harmful Algal Blooms4▲ 66×2 topics
  16. Cyanobacteria4▲ 125×1 topic
  17. Invasive Species4▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Nutrient Control4▲ 184×1 topic
  19. Sustainability4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  20. Adaptation3▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Conservation Challenges2▲ 51×1 topic
  26. Flow Regulation2▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Groundwater2▲ 38×3 topics
  28. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Community Health Workers2▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Ecology2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Child Mortality1▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Evolution1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. Health Systems1▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Vulnerability1▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Cavefish1▲ 260×1 topic
  37. Migration1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  38. Subterranean1▲ 260×1 topic
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  40. Resettlement1▲ 34×3 topics

Which research topics does Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Global Maternal and Child Health, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments.

Aquatic Ecosystems and B…1Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 0 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 0 fractional worksTourism, Volunteerism, and Development: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…0COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional works
EcologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesTransplantation5 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  4. 4 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 0 works
  5. 5 Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Demography 0 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  8. 8 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 0 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.9%domestic only53.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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