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Makerere University

In research, Makerere University stands highest in Social Sciences (#637 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#423 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#925 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Business and International Management and Nutrition and Dietetics — Infectious Diseases is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,611
of 28,054 · #2,500 all time
Rank in Uganda
#1
of 33
Research works
14k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
228k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Makerere 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 #637 of 10,521 25.0%1,269 #1152
Social SciencesField #423 of 6,365 24.8%584 #801
Health SciencesDomain #925 of 11,982 21.1%1,201 #1258
MedicineField #1,215 of 10,443 20.5%923 #1433
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #456 of 3,409 21.4%333 #424
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #65 of 441 31.5%112 #192
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #128 of 828 26.3%173 #202
Life SciencesDomain #1,211 of 7,800 19.4%528 #1669
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #147 of 916 29.9%144 #353
Business, Management and AccountingField #533 of 2,578 27.0%278 #890

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Makerere 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#1,152 #637
  2. Social Sciences#801 #423
  3. Health Sciences#1,258 #925
  4. Medicine#1,433 #1,215
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#424 #456
  6. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#192 #65
  7. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#202 #128
  8. Life Sciences#1,669 #1,211
  9. General Health Professions#353 #147
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#890 #533
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.

What does Makerere University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 173.5 works7.0×
  2. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 26.3 works6.8×
  3. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 65.5 works4.2×
← 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: 1.91× its world share, 333 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 74 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 151 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 140 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 273 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.99× its world share, 193 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 923 worksMedicineNursing: 3.84× its world share, 69 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 70 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.35× its world share, 278 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 160 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 133 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 584 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Makerere University?

Ranked on the composite score, Alí A. Mazrui, Noeline Nakasujja and M. S. R. Hutt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Makerere University.

  1. 1 Alí A. Mazrui · #6,412 worldwide 395 citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Noeline Nakasujja · #34,322 worldwide 511 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 M. S. R. Hutt · #41,021 worldwide 232 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 John L. Ziegler · #67,513 worldwide 285 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 H. C. Trowell · #78,687 worldwide 165 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Rawlance Ndejjo · #94,719 worldwide 460 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 D. B. Jelliffe · #95,712 worldwide 120 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Shuaib Lwasa · #154,985 worldwide 148 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 David B. Meya · #157,139 worldwide 135 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 George Pariyo · #175,552 worldwide 109 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Makerere University

Which keywords describe research at Makerere University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology314▲ 2.2×120 topics
  2. Sustainability163▲ 1.82×72 topics
  3. Climate Change151▲ 1.53×78 topics
  4. Antiretroviral Therapy119▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality108▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Community Health Workers104▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Globalization102▲ 1.42×60 topics
  8. Public Health101▲ 1.90×48 topics
  9. Health Inequalities92▲ 21×4 topics
  10. Immune Response91▲ 4.4×22 topics
  11. Vaccine91▲ 6.1×11 topics
  12. Risk Factors90▲ 2.2×32 topics
  13. Mental Health90▲ 1.66×34 topics
  14. Child Mortality89▲ 34×1 topic
  15. Health Systems89▲ 34×1 topic
  16. Renewable Energy89▲ 1.68×31 topics
  17. Social Capital85▲ 4.4×16 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity78▲ 4.8×20 topics
  19. Diagnosis76▲ 2.2×31 topics
  20. Drug Resistance76▲ 7.3×8 topics
  21. Global Burden72▲ 3.6×12 topics
  22. Mortality Rates70▲ 20×2 topics
  23. HIV Transmission66▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Child Development64▲ 4.2×5 topics
  25. Viral Load64▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction63▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Preexposure Prophylaxis62▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Stigma and Discrimination62▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Global Burden of Disease60▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Vaccine Development55▲ 5.9×11 topics
  31. Gender Inequality54▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Global Health47▲ 8.5×6 topics
  33. Maternal and Child Undernutrition47▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Water Sanitation Hygiene47▲ 16×1 topic
  35. HIV Prevention44▲ 20×2 topics
  36. HIV Infection42▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Adolescent Health41▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Sexual Behavior41▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Youth Risk Behavior41▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Respiratory Infections41▲ 9.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Makerere University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Chil…89Global Maternal and Child Health: 89 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 62 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…47Child Nutrition and Water Access: 47 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…41Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 41 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 37 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 34 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …30Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 30 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 27 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 26 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 25 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesNutrition and DieteticsGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 89 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 62 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 47 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthGeneral Health Professions 41 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyInfectious Diseases 37 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment ImpactsPollution 34 works
  7. 7 Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSafety Research 30 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and ControlPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 27 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness and International Management 26 works
  10. 10 Global Health and SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 25 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 available65.7%not open34.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Makerere University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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