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Mogadishu University

In research, Mogadishu University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,690 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,648
of 22,385 · #20,520 all time
Rank in Somalia
#5
of 9
Research works
324
▲ 322% vs 2018-21
Citations
863
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Mogadishu University

What is Mogadishu 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 #6,690 of 9,585 13.5%61 #10046

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

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Mogadishu University is in Social Sciences, 38% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (29%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 85 fractional works · 41.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 29.3% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 78 fractional works · 37.6% of its workMedicine: 68 fractional works · 32.8% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 12.8% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMogadishuUniversity208fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences41%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6129.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance125.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting52.5%
    4. Decision Sciences31.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.1%
    6. Psychology21.0%
    1. Medicine6832.8%
    2. Health Professions73.4%
    3. Nursing31.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science115.3%
    2. Environmental Science94.2%
    3. Engineering41.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences115.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 1.12× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.68× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 2.51× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.64× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.64×12 works
  2. Nursing2.51×3 works
  3. Social Sciences2.32×61 works
  4. Medicine1.71×68 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.35×3 works
  6. Health Professions1.30×7 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.12×11 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.11×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.84×9 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×5 works
  11. Computer Science0.68×11 works
  12. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.38×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.34×1 works
  16. Psychology0.34×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×4 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.25×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.24×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×1 works
  21. Energy0.17×0 works
  22. Engineering0.13×4 works
  23. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mogadishu University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohammed A. M. Ahmed, Walid Abdulkadir Osman and Abdifatah Nour Rage lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mogadishu University.

  1. 1 Mohammed A. M. Ahmed Somalia · #827,467 worldwide 856 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Walid Abdulkadir Osman Somalia · #2,414,288 worldwide 61 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Abdifatah Nour Rage Somalia · #4,144,249 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Said Abubakar Sheikh Ahmed Somalia · #4,736,940 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Said Abdirahman Ahmed Somalia · #5,574,495 worldwide 55 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Said Abdirahman Ahmed Somalia · #5,603,217 worldwide 80 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Ishak Ahmed Abdi Somalia · #6,066,232 worldwide 99 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Mogadishu University

What are the most cited papers from Mogadishu University?

The most cited paper from Mogadishu University is "A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat" (Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al., 2022), with 242 citations. Next come "COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability and Adherence to Preventive Measures in Somalia: Results of an Online Survey" (75) and "Serological studies of an enterically transmitted non‐A, non‐B hepatitis in Somalia" (74).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Open access352 authors 3 Nov 2022 242
2 COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability and Adherence to Preventive Measures in Somalia: Results of an Online Survey Mohammed A. M. Ahmed, Robert Colebunders, Abdi A. Gele et al. · Vaccines Open access 21 May 2021 75
3 Serological studies of an enterically transmitted non‐A, non‐B hepatitis in Somalia Isa K. Mushahwar, George J. Dawson, Khalif Mohamud Bile et al. · Journal of Medical Virology Jul 1993 74
4 Detection of IgA class antibody to hepatitis E virus in serum samples from patients with hepatitis E virus infection Kurt H. Chau, George J. Dawson, Khalif Mohamud Bile et al. · Journal of Medical Virology Aug 1993 72
5 Association of Available Parkland, Physical Activity, and Overweight in America's Largest Cities Stephanie T. West, Kindal A. Shores, Lanay M. Mudd · Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Sep 2012 70
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mogadishu University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Digital Education, Student Competencies, Teaching Methods, Global Governance, Epidemiology and Globalization.

▲ 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. Pedagogy16▲ 15×5 topics
  2. Language Teaching15▲ 28×5 topics
  3. Digital Education15▲ 48×2 topics
  4. Epidemiology15▲ 1.80×65 topics
  5. Student Competencies15▲ 109×1 topic
  6. Teaching Methods15▲ 44×1 topic
  7. Globalization11▲ 2.7×23 topics
  8. Climate Change10▲ 1.85×26 topics
  9. Sustainability10▲ 2.1×18 topics
  10. Economic Development8▲ 4.6×8 topics
  11. Global Governance7▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Entrepreneurship6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  13. Education6▲ 1.65×16 topics
  14. Human Rights6▲ 2.7×12 topics
  15. Migration6▲ 8.2×7 topics
  16. Digital Economy5▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Investment5▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Industrial Enterprises5▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Innovation Economics5▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Water Resources5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  21. Conflict5▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Diagnosis5▲ 2.5×18 topics
  23. Economic Growth5▲ 2.8×11 topics
  24. Education Reform5▲ 93×2 topics
  25. Biopolitics4▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Crisis Management4▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Security4▲ 3.0×5 topics
  28. Governance4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. Pathogenesis4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  30. Health Inequalities4▲ 14×2 topics
  31. International Cooperation4▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Drought3▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Poverty Reduction3▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Vulnerability3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Community Health Workers3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Arid Regions3▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Transboundary Water3▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Child Mortality3▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Health Systems3▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Mogadishu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies and Transboundary Water Resource Management.

Education, Innovation an…15Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 15 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 5 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 4 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 15 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  9. 9 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 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 available83.5%not open16.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mogadishu University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 322% 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 Mogadishu University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Mogadishu University0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mogadishu University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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