Question 1

How does Practical Action rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Practical Action ranks #30,074 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #21 of 23 in Zimbabwe.

Question 2

Who are the top researchers at Practical Action?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew T. Mushita, Charles Mutasa and T. N. C. Mangwiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Practical Action.

Question 3

What are the most cited papers from Practical Action?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Practical Action is "Understanding the factors influencing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) damage in African smallholder maize fields and quantifying its impact on yield. A case study in Eastern Zimbabwe" (Frédéric Baudron, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Isaac Chaipa et al., 2019), with 353 citations. Next come "Forecasting Zimbabwean maize yield using eastern equatorial Pacific sea surface temperature" (332) and "A Surprising Prevention Success: Why Did the HIV Epidemic Decline in Zimbabwe?" (200).

Question 4

Which research topics does Practical Action publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Employer Branding and e-HRM.

Question 5

Which keywords describe research at Practical Action?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Antiretroviral Therapy, Child Development, Smallholder Farmers, Social Justice, Sustainable Agriculture, Global Burden of Disease and Human Rights.

Question 6

Which fields of science does Practical Action work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Practical Action is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 7

Is Practical Action's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.