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Nkumba University

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,122
of 22,385 · #30,490 all time
Rank in Uganda
#25
of 32
Research works
191
▲ 222% vs 2018-21
Citations
752
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Nkumba University

Which fields of science does Nkumba University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Nkumba University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 65 fractional works · 54.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 34.2% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 8.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 18.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNkumba University119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences54%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4134.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting108.4%
    3. Psychology76.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.7%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Environmental Science2218.5%
    2. Computer Science54.3%
    3. Materials Science10.7%
    4. Chemistry10.6%
    5. Engineering10.6%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1210.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine64.7%
    2. Health Professions43.3%
    3. Nursing32.5%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
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: 2.10× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.72× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 5.02× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.62× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.02×3 works
  2. Environmental Science3.72×22 works
  3. Social Sciences2.70×41 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.62×10 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.10×12 works
  6. Psychology2.00×7 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.47×2 works
  8. Health Professions1.23×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.57×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.55×5 works
  12. Chemistry0.40×1 works
  13. Medicine0.24×6 works
  14. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  19. Engineering0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Nkumba University?

Ranked on the quality score, Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Luigi Hugues and John Paul Kasujja lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nkumba University.

  1. 1 Luigi Amedeo di Savoia Uganda · #2,428,231 worldwide 12 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Luigi Hugues Uganda · #2,792,921 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 John Paul Kasujja Uganda · #4,041,050 worldwide 25 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 F.L. Orach-Meza Uganda · #4,257,586 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Richard Mwirumubi Uganda · #4,501,669 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Charles Edaku Uganda · #4,562,563 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Nazarious Rukanyangira Uganda · #4,790,522 worldwide 9 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Alex Barakagira Uganda · #4,907,215 worldwide 108 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Frank Pio Kiyingi Uganda · #4,936,516 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Wilson Muyinda Mande Uganda · #5,586,449 worldwide 27 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Nkumba University

What are the most cited papers from Nkumba University?

The most cited paper from Nkumba University is "Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries" (Viktoria Cologna et al., 2025), with 253 citations. Next come "Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda" (215) and "Limitations of rapid HIV-1 tests during screening for trials in Uganda: diagnostic test accuracy study" (141).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries Viktoria Cologna et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access241 authors 20 Jan 2025 253
2 Health seeking behaviour and challenges in utilising health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda David Musoke, Petra Boynton, Ceri Butler et al. · African Health Sciences Open access 16 Jan 2015 215
3 Limitations of rapid HIV-1 tests during screening for trials in Uganda: diagnostic test accuracy study Ronald Henry Gray, Fredrick Edward Makumbi, David Serwadda et al. · BMJ Open access Jun 2007 141
4 Signs of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Chimpanzees Hope R. Ferdowsian, Debra L. Durham, Charles Kimwele et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 16 Jun 2011 125
5 Employer branding and talent retention: perceptions of employees in higher education institutions in Uganda Asuman Matongolo, Francis Kasekende, Sam Mafabi · Industrial and Commercial Training 10 May 2018 91
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Which keywords describe research at Nkumba University?

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

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 3.6×14 topics
  2. Education8▲ 3.7×16 topics
  3. Sustainability8▲ 2.6×11 topics
  4. Environmental Impact7▲ 3.3×9 topics
  5. Gender Inequality7▲ 41×4 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 15×3 topics
  7. Land Use Change6▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Globalization6▲ 2.7×13 topics
  9. Renewable Energy6▲ 3.4×4 topics
  10. Environmental Services6▲ 138×1 topic
  11. Tropical Deforestation6▲ 138×1 topic
  12. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Rural Development5▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.9×10 topics
  15. Mental Health5▲ 2.9×8 topics
  16. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Poverty Reduction4▲ 29×4 topics
  18. Learning Outcomes4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  19. Social Networks4▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Economic Development4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  21. Land Tenure4▲ 74×2 topics
  22. Political Economy4▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Child Development3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Health Impacts3▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Resettlement3▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Lake Tanganyika3▲ 252×1 topic
  28. Lake Victoria3▲ 252×1 topic
  29. Water Quality3▲ 6.4×2 topics
  30. Land Reform3▲ 54×2 topics
  31. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Agroecology3▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Life Cycle Assessment3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Educational Research3▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Agricultural Investment2▲ 155×1 topic
  37. Household Fuel Use2▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Indoor Air Pollution2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Municipal Solid Waste2▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Property Rights2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Nkumba University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 2 fractional worksLand Rights and Reforms: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…2Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyNutrition and DieteticsPollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  2. 2 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  5. 5 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Land Rights and Reforms Soil Science 2 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nkumba University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 222% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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 Nkumba University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Nkumba University0.00053% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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