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Open University of Tanzania

In research, Open University of Tanzania stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,713 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,963 of 10,521 worldwide) and Education (#1,363 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting — Accounting is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,041
of 28,054 · #25,372 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#10
of 43
Research works
1.2k
▲ 253% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.7k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
86%
world 28%

What is Open University of Tanzania 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 #1,713 of 6,365 9.5%277 #4140
Social SciencesDomain #2,963 of 10,521 8.4%493 #6845
EducationSubfield #1,363 of 1,892 14.5%112 #2369
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,289 of 2,578 5.4%103 #3153
Physical SciencesDomain #11,721 of 12,888 7.1%103 #20476

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Open University of Tanzania 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#4,140 #1,713
  2. Social Sciences#6,845 #2,963
  3. Education#2,369 #1,363
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#3,153 #2,289
  5. Physical Sciences#20,476 #11,721
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 Open University of Tanzania specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 26.7 works6.5×
← 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: 1.16× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.77× its world share, 103 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.59× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.91× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.26× its world share, 277 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Open University of Tanzania?

Ranked on the composite score, George S. Oreku lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open University of Tanzania.

  1. 1 George S. Oreku Tanzania · #1,542,240 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Open University of Tanzania

Which keywords describe research at Open University of Tanzania?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Poverty Reduction, Education, Gender Equality, Globalization, Corporate Governance, Development and Curriculum 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. Education44▲ 3.9×24 topics
  2. Globalization43▲ 3.3×33 topics
  3. Social Capital35▲ 9.9×8 topics
  4. Poverty Reduction35▲ 39×4 topics
  5. Sustainable Development34▲ 3.2×24 topics
  6. Sustainability34▲ 2.0×26 topics
  7. Gender Equality31▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Corporate Governance29▲ 5.8×15 topics
  9. Innovation28▲ 4.0×18 topics
  10. Economic Development26▲ 4.8×13 topics
  11. Curriculum Development26▲ 5.5×5 topics
  12. Economic Growth22▲ 3.9×13 topics
  13. Development22▲ 9.6×10 topics
  14. Leadership22▲ 6.9×13 topics
  15. Higher Education21▲ 5.7×14 topics
  16. Risk Management20▲ 6.3×9 topics
  17. Technology Integration20▲ 9.8×10 topics
  18. Pedagogy20▲ 6.0×6 topics
  19. Teacher Training20▲ 4.7×7 topics
  20. Gender Inequality19▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Empowerment18▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Microfinance18▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Entrepreneurship17▲ 6.5×6 topics
  24. Lifelong Learning17▲ 12×9 topics
  25. Rural Development16▲ 7.0×6 topics
  26. Language Policy16▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Multilingualism16▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Finance16▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Customer Satisfaction16▲ 7.2×4 topics
  30. Conditional Cash Transfers14▲ 58×1 topic
  31. School Subsidies14▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Teacher Education14▲ 17×6 topics
  33. Sociolinguistics14▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Muslim Students14▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Employee Engagement13▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Quality Assurance13▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Teacher Professional Development13▲ 12×4 topics
  38. COVID-19 Impact13▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Financial Stability12▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 8.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Open University of Tanzania publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Education and Islamic Studies and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Microfinance and Financi…18Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 18 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …14Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 14 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…14Education and Islamic Studies: 14 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…12Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 12 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 12 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 11 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …9Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 9 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 8 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…8Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 8 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSafety ResearchEducationAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 18 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 14 works
  3. 3 Education and Islamic Studies Education 14 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 12 works
  5. 5 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 12 works
  6. 6 African Education and Politics Education 11 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 9 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  9. 9 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 8 works
  10. 10 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 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 available86.2%not open13.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Open University of Tanzania's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 253% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.