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Ministry of Education

In research, Ministry of Education stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,572 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,738
of 28,054 · #12,538 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#3
of 17
Research works
387
▲ 494% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Education 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,572 of 12,888 11.9%113 #11298

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Education 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).

What does Ministry of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 21.5 works13×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 36.7 works9.8×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.80× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.75× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.14× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.98× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.71× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.59× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Depression, Energy Storage, Emotion Regulation, Cathode Materials and Electrocatalysis.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials16▲ 6.4×11 topics
  2. Catalysis14▲ 9.3×14 topics
  3. Metal-Organic Frameworks13▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Depression11▲ 5.6×16 topics
  5. Nanoparticles11▲ 3.7×12 topics
  6. Mental Health10▲ 3.0×19 topics
  7. Energy Storage9▲ 6.2×4 topics
  8. Cathode Materials8▲ 9.1×3 topics
  9. Emotion Regulation8▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Chemical Sensors8▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Electrocatalysis8▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Graphene8▲ 4.8×8 topics
  13. Adolescents7▲ 8.6×6 topics
  14. Water Splitting7▲ 8.7×4 topics
  15. Neurobiology7▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Prefrontal Cortex7▲ 37×3 topics
  17. Bioimaging7▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Self-Assembly7▲ 8.8×5 topics
  19. Psychopathology6▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Catalysts6▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Heterogeneous Catalysis6▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Lithium-ion Batteries6▲ 6.0×3 topics
  23. Rechargeable Batteries6▲ 9.3×2 topics
  24. Brain Development6▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Electronic Structure5▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Hippocampus5▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Nanocrystals5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  28. Neuroinflammation5▲ 7.9×5 topics
  29. Cognitive Control5▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Methane Storage5▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Nanostructures5▲ 5.4×10 topics
  32. Two-Dimensional Materials5▲ 8.7×4 topics
  33. Crystal Engineering5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Neural Mechanisms5▲ 21×4 topics
  35. CO2 Capture4▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Cytokines4▲ 7.0×2 topics
  37. Microglia4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Anxiety Disorders4▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Hydrogen Storage4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Porous Materials4▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advancements in Battery Materials and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Metal-Organic Frameworks…4Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 4 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…4Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…3Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 3 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 3 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 4 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry Materials Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 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 available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors78.8%domestic only21.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 494% 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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