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Sokoine University of Agriculture

In research, Sokoine University of Agriculture stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#567 of 3,409 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,214 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,265 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Agronomy and Crop Science — Parasitology is 15.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,545
of 28,054 · #10,592 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#5
of 43
Research works
3.9k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Sokoine University of Agriculture 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #567 of 3,409 16.8%420 #1079
Social SciencesField #1,214 of 6,365 18.8%115 #1665
Social SciencesDomain #2,265 of 10,521 18.4%221 #3411
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield #59 of 247 24.3%70 #180
Environmental ScienceField #1,677 of 3,551 13.9%224 #2260
Life SciencesDomain #3,736 of 7,800 16.0%519 #5693
Plant ScienceSubfield #840 of 1,395 15.5%132 #1669
Physical SciencesDomain #7,878 of 12,888 13.8%333 #13299
Health SciencesDomain #7,372 of 11,982 11.5%191 #10149
MedicineField #8,604 of 10,443 12.2%124 #12699

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sokoine University of Agriculture 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,079 #567
  2. Social Sciences#1,665 #1,214
  3. Social Sciences#3,411 #2,265
  4. General Agricultural and Biological Sciences#180 #59
  5. Environmental Science#2,260 #1,677
  6. Life Sciences#5,693 #3,736
  7. Plant Science#1,669 #840
  8. Physical Sciences#13,299 #7,878
  9. Health Sciences#10,149 #7,372
  10. Medicine#12,699 #8,604
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 Sokoine University of Agriculture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 20.7 works16×
  2. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 69.5 works12×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 36.8 works12×
  4. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 31.4 works10×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 23.6 works8.5×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 30.9 works8.2×
← 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: 7.00× its world share, 420 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.57× its world share, 224 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 124 worksMedicineNursing: 4.66× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.96× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 115 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sokoine University of Agriculture?

Ranked on the composite score, Camilius Sanga, N. Hatibu and Khamaldin Mutabazi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sokoine University of Agriculture.

  1. 1 Camilius Sanga Tanzania · #199,132 worldwide 120 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 N. Hatibu Tanzania · #210,808 worldwide 202 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Khamaldin Mutabazi Tanzania · #308,793 worldwide 158 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Edda Tandi Lwoga Tanzania · #318,669 worldwide 131 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 H. F. Mahoo Tanzania · #328,360 worldwide 126 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Peter Mamiro Tanzania · #353,571 worldwide 118 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 S. D. Tumbo Tanzania · #442,095 worldwide 86 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Hugh O'mahony Tanzania · #447,674 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Method Kilasara Tanzania · #589,302 worldwide 69 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Joyce Kinabo Tanzania · #592,241 worldwide 63 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sokoine University of Agriculture

Which keywords describe research at Sokoine University of Agriculture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Rural Development, Genetic Diversity, Social Networks and Technology Adoption.

▲ 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 Change145▲ 4.3×70 topics
  2. Sustainability114▲ 3.7×49 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture96▲ 24×13 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers95▲ 34×6 topics
  5. Epidemiology92▲ 1.84×57 topics
  6. Rural Development73▲ 17×12 topics
  7. Genetic Diversity60▲ 11×19 topics
  8. Social Networks59▲ 18×6 topics
  9. Technology Adoption57▲ 26×6 topics
  10. Biodiversity56▲ 5.9×20 topics
  11. Environmental Impact56▲ 2.6×35 topics
  12. Agricultural Innovation54▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Livelihood Diversification54▲ 142×1 topic
  14. Biodiversity Conservation52▲ 11×11 topics
  15. Food Security48▲ 6.9×19 topics
  16. Adaptation46▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Public Health44▲ 2.4×28 topics
  18. Invasive Species36▲ 6.7×16 topics
  19. Land Use Change36▲ 9.3×6 topics
  20. Population Dynamics32▲ 9.9×10 topics
  21. Pathogenesis32▲ 4.9×13 topics
  22. Conservation31▲ 5.6×14 topics
  23. Child Development29▲ 5.4×6 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services28▲ 5.8×10 topics
  25. Social Capital27▲ 4.0×13 topics
  26. Gender Equality24▲ 7.0×4 topics
  27. Agroecology24▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease24▲ 7.7×3 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition24▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Water Sanitation Hygiene24▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Biomass Estimation22▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Global Impact22▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Diversity21▲ 9.6×6 topics
  34. Livestock Farming20▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Nutritional Value20▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Agricultural Development19▲ 9.3×5 topics
  37. Livelihoods19▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Poverty Reduction19▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Climate Resilience19▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Drought Tolerance19▲ 11×8 topics

Which research topics does Sokoine University of Agriculture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and Agriculture and Rural Development Research.

Agricultural Innovations…54Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 54 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…24Child Nutrition and Water Access: 24 fractional worksRangeland Management and…17Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 17 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 17 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 17 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…14Forest ecology and management: 14 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 12 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 11 fractional worksLivestock and Poultry Management: 10 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics6 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 54 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 24 works
  3. 3 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 17 works
  4. 4 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 17 works
  5. 5 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  6. 6 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 14 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
  9. 9 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 11 works
  10. 10 Livestock and Poultry Management Animal Science and Zoology 10 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 available68.5%not open31.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sokoine University of Agriculture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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