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Mzumbe University

In research, Mzumbe University stands highest in Social Sciences (#919 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,647 of 10,521 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,409 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,888
of 28,054 · #18,688 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#6
of 43
Research works
1.2k
▲ 177% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Mzumbe 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 SciencesField #919 of 6,365 18.1%211 #2587
Social SciencesDomain #1,647 of 10,521 19.3%481 #4253
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,409 of 2,578 20.4%135 #2461
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,218 of 1,775 22.9%77 #2541
Physical SciencesDomain #9,874 of 12,888 21.5%94 #19322

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mzumbe 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#2,587 #919
  2. Social Sciences#4,253 #1,647
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#2,461 #1,409
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,541 #1,218
  5. Physical Sciences#19,322 #9,874
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 Mzumbe University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 26.1 works8.0×
← 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: 1.63× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 6 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.11× its world share, 135 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.62× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.27× its world share, 77 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 211 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mzumbe University?

Ranked on the composite score, Augustino Ting Mayai and Kelvin Mwita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mzumbe University.

  1. 1 Augustino Ting Mayai Tanzania · #822,741 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Kelvin Mwita Tanzania · #1,525,066 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Mzumbe University

Which keywords describe research at Mzumbe University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Social Capital, Poverty Reduction, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Leadership and Social Networks.

▲ 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. Sustainability48▲ 2.9×40 topics
  2. Economic Growth39▲ 6.7×18 topics
  3. Social Capital34▲ 9.6×12 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management33▲ 5.2×16 topics
  5. Poverty Reduction33▲ 37×5 topics
  6. Innovation30▲ 4.1×17 topics
  7. Globalization29▲ 2.1×29 topics
  8. Economic Development28▲ 5.0×10 topics
  9. Education26▲ 2.2×21 topics
  10. Risk Management26▲ 7.8×9 topics
  11. Leadership24▲ 7.4×14 topics
  12. Social Networks23▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Development22▲ 9.5×11 topics
  14. Rural Development22▲ 9.2×10 topics
  15. Employee Engagement22▲ 18×6 topics
  16. Corporate Governance21▲ 4.2×17 topics
  17. Gender Inequality21▲ 22×6 topics
  18. Gender Equality20▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Organizational Performance20▲ 12×8 topics
  20. Customer Satisfaction20▲ 8.9×5 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior19▲ 4.5×10 topics
  22. Food Security19▲ 5.1×12 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers19▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Governance19▲ 8.3×7 topics
  25. Institutional Quality17▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Fiscal Policy17▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Organizational Culture17▲ 6.2×7 topics
  28. Entrepreneurship16▲ 6.1×6 topics
  29. Conditional Cash Transfers16▲ 62×1 topic
  30. School Subsidies16▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Sustainable Agriculture15▲ 7.0×5 topics
  32. Empowerment15▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Microfinance15▲ 44×1 topic
  34. ICT14▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Community Health Workers14▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Poverty14▲ 23×5 topics
  37. Technology Adoption14▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Corruption14▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Technology Acceptance Model14▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Agricultural Innovation13▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Mzumbe University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour.

Poverty, Education, and …16Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 16 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…15Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 15 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 13 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …13Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 13 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…12Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 10 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 9 fractional worksPublic Procurement and P…9Public Procurement and Policy: 9 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 9 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 8 fractional works
Safety ResearchEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesInformation Systems and Management6 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 16 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 13 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 12 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 10 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 9 works
  8. 8 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 9 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 9 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 8 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 available77.8%not open22.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mzumbe University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 177% 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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