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Moshi Co-operative University

In research, Moshi Co-operative University stands highest in Business, Management and Accounting (#1,360 of 2,581 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,538 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Strategy and Management and Business, Management and Accounting (Strategy and Management is 10.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,749
of 22,385 · #16,064 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#22
of 41
Research works
399
▲ 183% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Moshi Co-operative University

What is Moshi Co-operative 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
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,360 of 2,581 9.8%62 -
Social SciencesDomain #5,538 of 9,585 7.9%150 #8334

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Moshi Co-operative 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 Moshi Co-operative University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Moshi Co-operative University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (25%), Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 166 fractional works · 60.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 69 fractional works · 25.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 9.9% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 17.2% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 11.0% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMoshiCo-operative…275fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences60%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting6925.0%
    2. Social Sciences4415.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3512.7%
    4. Decision Sciences72.5%
    5. Psychology72.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities62.0%
    1. Medicine3914.0%
    2. Health Professions62.2%
    3. Nursing30.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2810.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Computer Science145.1%
    2. Environmental Science114.1%
    3. Engineering30.9%
    4. Energy10.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Moshi Co-operative University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Strategy and Management takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 24.1 works10×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 68.6 works7.8×
← 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: 2.13× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.75× its world share, 69 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.93× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting7.75×69 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.93×35 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.62×7 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.13×28 works
  5. Nursing1.89×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.25×44 works
  7. Health Professions0.84×6 works
  8. Environmental Science0.83×11 works
  9. Psychology0.78×6 works
  10. Medicine0.73×38 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.70×6 works
  12. Computer Science0.66×14 works
  13. Energy0.44×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  20. Engineering0.06×3 works
  21. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Moshi Co-operative University?

Ranked on the quality score, Isaac Kazungu, Alban Dismas Mchopa and Faustine Peter Panga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Moshi Co-operative University.

  1. 1 Isaac Kazungu Tanzania · #1,170,421 worldwide 457 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Alban Dismas Mchopa Tanzania · #2,025,523 worldwide 315 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Faustine Peter Panga Tanzania · #2,230,854 worldwide 92 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Aikande Clement Kwayu Tanzania · #2,364,588 worldwide 65 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Baltazar M.L. Namwata Tanzania · #2,426,664 worldwide 191 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Yusuph J. Kulindwa Tanzania · #2,480,319 worldwide 101 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Alfred Said Sife Tanzania · #2,707,325 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Neema Penance Kumburu Tanzania · #2,810,180 worldwide 134 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Wakuru Magigi Tanzania · #2,975,670 worldwide 228 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mangasini Atanasi Katundu Tanzania · #3,698,197 worldwide 105 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Moshi Co-operative University

What are the most cited papers from Moshi Co-operative University?

The most cited paper from Moshi Co-operative University is "Cataract surgical coverage remains lower in women" (Susan Lewallen, Ahmed Mousa, Ken L. Bassett et al., 2008), with 161 citations. Next come "Adoption of improved amaranth varieties and good agricultural practices in East Africa" (66) and "Prevalence, Patterns, and Factors Associated with Peripheral Neuropathies among Diabetic Patients at Tertiary Hospital in the Kilimanjaro Region: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study from North-Eastern Tanzania" (64).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cataract surgical coverage remains lower in women Susan Lewallen, Ahmed Mousa, Ken L. Bassett et al. · British Journal of Ophthalmology 17 Dec 2008 161
2 Adoption of improved amaranth varieties and good agricultural practices in East Africa Justus Ochieng, Pepijn Schreinemachers, Maurice Juma Ogada et al. · Land Use Policy Open access 13 Feb 2019 66
3 Prevalence, Patterns, and Factors Associated with Peripheral Neuropathies among Diabetic Patients at Tertiary Hospital in the Kilimanjaro Region: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study from North-Eastern Tanzania Ahlam A. Amour, Nyasatu Godfrey Chamba, Johnstone Kayandabila et al. · International Journal of Endocrinology Open access 4 Jun 2019 64
4 Poverty as a barrier to accessing cataract surgery: a study from Tanzania Joachim Kessy, Susan Lewallen · British Journal of Ophthalmology Open access 20 Aug 2007 60
5 Extending the mediation role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on enhancing students’ entrepreneurial intentions: A moderated mediation model David Amani, Ismail Juma Ismail, Athuman Makona et al. · The International Journal of Management Education 2 Dec 2023 57
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Moshi Co-operative University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Economic Development, Poverty Reduction, Rural Development, Risk Management, Gender Equality, Empowerment and Microfinance.

▲ 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. Social Capital34▲ 24×12 topics
  2. Economic Development21▲ 9.5×10 topics
  3. Sustainability20▲ 2.9×19 topics
  4. Poverty Reduction19▲ 54×3 topics
  5. Rural Development17▲ 18×5 topics
  6. Risk Management17▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Gender Equality16▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Empowerment16▲ 60×1 topic
  9. Microfinance16▲ 114×1 topic
  10. Entrepreneurship14▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Corporate Governance14▲ 7.0×9 topics
  12. Finance12▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management12▲ 4.7×10 topics
  15. Social Media11▲ 2.9×10 topics
  16. Social Networks11▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Economic Growth10▲ 4.6×14 topics
  18. Governance10▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Innovation10▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Financial Stability10▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Ethical Identity9▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Islamic Banking9▲ 9.0×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Agriculture9▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Technology Adoption8▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 93×1 topic
  27. Poverty Alleviation8▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Cooperatives7▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Social Impact7▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Agricultural7▲ 306×1 topic
  31. Ownership7▲ 306×1 topic
  32. Digital Transformation7▲ 4.4×5 topics
  33. Entrepreneurial Orientation6▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Opportunity Recognition6▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Emerging Markets6▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Frugal Innovation6▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Information Systems6▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Investment Decisions5▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Gender Inequality5▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Technology Acceptance Model5▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Moshi Co-operative University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Cooperative Studies and Economics.

Microfinance and Financi…16Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 16 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…8Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksCooperative Studies and …7Cooperative Studies and Economics: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 6 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …5Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 5 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 5 fractional worksPublic Procurement and Policy: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsAccountingGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 9 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  4. 4 Cooperative Studies and Economics Strategy and Management 7 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  6. 6 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 6 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 5 works
  8. 8 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 5 works
  9. 9 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 4 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 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 available71.3%not open28.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Moshi Co-operative University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 183% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Moshi Co-operative University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Moshi Co-operative University0.0012% in 2025200020102020

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