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Nkumba University

nkumbauniversity.ac.ugROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#26,391
of 28,054 · #41,677 all time
Rank in Uganda
#29
of 33
Research works
191
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
752
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

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: 2.20× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.86× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 5.08× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.27× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nkumba University?

Ranked on the composite score, C. R. S. Pitman and Wilson Muyinda Mande lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nkumba University.

  1. 1 C. R. S. Pitman Uganda · #1,094,541 worldwide 8 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Wilson Muyinda Mande Uganda · #1,513,101 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Nkumba University

Which keywords describe research at Nkumba University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gender Inequality, Land Use Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Services, Smallholder Farmers, Tropical Deforestation and Rural Development.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 3.8×12 topics
  2. Gender Inequality7▲ 47×4 topics
  3. Education6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  4. Sustainability6▲ 2.4×10 topics
  5. Land Use Change6▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 15×3 topics
  7. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.2×7 topics
  8. Renewable Energy6▲ 3.8×4 topics
  9. Globalization5▲ 2.6×10 topics
  10. Environmental Services5▲ 145×1 topic
  11. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Sustainable Development5▲ 3.1×9 topics
  13. Tropical Deforestation5▲ 145×1 topic
  14. Mental Health5▲ 3.2×8 topics
  15. Rural Development5▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Poverty Reduction4▲ 33×4 topics
  17. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Land Tenure4▲ 83×2 topics
  19. Social Networks4▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Political Economy4▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Economic Development3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  22. Health Impacts3▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Learning Outcomes3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  24. Land Reform3▲ 65×2 topics
  25. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Child Development3▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Lake Tanganyika3▲ 293×1 topic
  28. Lake Victoria3▲ 293×1 topic
  29. Resettlement3▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Water Quality3▲ 6.6×2 topics
  31. Agroecology3▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Agricultural Investment2▲ 187×1 topic
  35. Household Fuel Use2▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Indoor Air Pollution2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Municipal Solid Waste2▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Property Rights2▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Health Disparities2▲ 8.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Nkumba University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Municipal Solid Waste Management.

Conservation, Biodiversi…5Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 5 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and B…3Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 2 fractional worksLand Rights and Reforms2Land Rights and Reforms: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, R…2Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyNutrition and DieteticsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Land Rights and Reforms Soil Science 2 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  7. 7 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 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 available85.8%not open14.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nkumba University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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