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Reformed Church University

In research, Reformed Church University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,451 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,838
of 42,892
Rank in Zimbabwe
#14
of 24
Research works
201
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Reformed Church University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,451 of 16,945 11.7%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reformed Church 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).

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: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.66× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Reformed Church University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Nationalism, Social Justice, Religion, Political Economy, History, Land Reform and Agrarian Relations.

▲ 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. Colonialism8▲ 27×6 topics
  2. Nationalism7▲ 27×4 topics
  3. Social Justice5▲ 15×3 topics
  4. History5▲ 12×2 topics
  5. Land Reform5▲ 184×2 topics
  6. Political Economy5▲ 32×3 topics
  7. Religion5▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Globalization5▲ 4.1×9 topics
  9. Agrarian Relations4▲ 875×1 topic
  10. Zimbabwe4▲ 875×1 topic
  11. Sustainable Development4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  12. Development3▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Machine Learning3▲ 1.74×7 topics
  14. Humanitarianism3▲ 85×2 topics
  15. Sustainability3▲ 2.0×11 topics
  16. Human Rights3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  17. Civil Society2▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Democracy2▲ 10×2 topics
  19. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 115×1 topic
  20. Politics2▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Social Services2▲ 81×1 topic
  22. Corporate Governance2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  23. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Social Capital2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  25. Higher Education2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  26. Military History2▲ 106×2 topics
  27. Neoliberalism2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  28. Public Sphere2▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Secularism2▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Finance2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Learning Analytics2▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Marketization2▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Career Development2▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Student Engagement2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  35. Educational Data Mining1▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Gender Inequality1▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Massive Open Online Courses1▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Poverty Reduction1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Neural Machine Translation1▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Policy1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Reformed Church University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African studies and sociopolitical issues, Religion, Society, and Development, Religion and Society Interactions and Online Learning and Analytics.

African studies and soci…4African studies and sociopolitical issues: 4 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…2Religion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 1 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 1 fractional worksWorld Wars: History, Literature, and Impact: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceComputer Science ApplicationsArtificial IntelligenceReligious studies4 others

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

  1. 1 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  7. 7 Higher Education and Employability Education 1 works
  8. 8 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 1 works
  9. 9 World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Reformed Church University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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