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Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology

In research, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology stands highest in Health Sciences (#15,037 of 16,688 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,932 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,760
of 34,923
Rank in Tanzania
#30
of 56
Research works
475
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.68×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology

What is Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology 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
Health SciencesDomain #15,037 of 16,688 2.7%139
Social SciencesDomain #13,932 of 14,833 3.4%158

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (16%), Social Sciences (13%), Health Professions (10%).

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 34.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 26.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 16.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 9.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTanzaniaCommission for…61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences27%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering69.1%
    2. Environmental Science57.8%
    3. Computer Science46.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.5%
    5. Materials Science22.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy12.0%
    7. Mathematics11.1%
    8. Energy00.7%
    9. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Social Sciences813.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting35.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.6%
    4. Decision Sciences22.9%
    5. Psychology00.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine1016.3%
    2. Health Professions69.6%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences58.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.66× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.56× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.66×6 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.95×2 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.21×2 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.16×3 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.77×5 works
  6. Nursing1.62×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.57×5 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.56×3 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.45×1 works
  10. Social Sciences1.06×8 works
  11. Mathematics0.92×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.90×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.89×4 works
  14. Medicine0.85×10 works
  15. Materials Science0.83×2 works
  16. Energy0.79×0 works
  17. Engineering0.61×6 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.24×0 works
  21. Psychology0.21×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology?

Ranked on the quality score, Shovi Furaeli Sawe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Shovi Furaeli Sawe Tanzania · #4,054,680 worldwide 91 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology

What are the most cited papers from Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology?

The most cited paper from Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology is "Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions" (Marcell Karl Peters et al., 2019), with 566 citations. Next come "Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development" (373) and "Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level" (365).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate–land-use interactions shape tropical mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions Marcell Karl Peters et al. · Nature 27 Mar 2019 566
2 Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development Philippe Jean Guerin, Piero Olliaro, François Henry Nosten et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Sep 2002 373
3 Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level Marcell Karl Peters et al. · Nature Communications Open access 22 Dec 2016 365
4 The psychosocial problems of families caring for relatives with mental illnesses and their coping strategies: a qualitative urban based study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Masunga Kidula Iseselo, Lusajo J. Kajula, Khadija I. Yahya-Malima · BMC Psychiatry Open access 13 May 2016 193
5 Steps to overcome the North–South divide in research relevant to climate change policy and practice Małgorzata Blicharska, RICHARD J. SMITHERS, Magdalena Kuchler et al. · Nature Climate Change 2017 157
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ionizing Radiation, Health Effects, Radionuclides, Toxicity, Lung Cancer, Radon, Environmental Impact and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Ionizing Radiation6▲ 141×2 topics
  2. Health Effects5▲ 13×5 topics
  3. Environmental Impact5▲ 4.5×5 topics
  4. Climate Change4▲ 2.6×17 topics
  5. Radionuclides4▲ 178×2 topics
  6. Toxicity4▲ 15×2 topics
  7. Lung Cancer4▲ 36×1 topic
  8. Radon4▲ 269×1 topic
  9. Sustainability3▲ 2.1×10 topics
  10. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 33×2 topics
  11. Education2▲ 2.2×5 topics
  12. Computed Tomography2▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Poverty Reduction2▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Radiation Exposure2▲ 37×1 topic
  15. Governance2▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Nuclear Fuel2▲ 214×1 topic
  17. Radiation Protection2▲ 214×1 topic
  18. Economic Development2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  19. Political Economy2▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Social Impact2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  21. ICT2▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Institutional Quality2▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Social Capital2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  24. Corruption2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Adaptation1▲ 7.6×5 topics
  26. Global Warming1▲ 5.5×4 topics
  27. Inequality1▲ 9.9×1 topic
  28. Poverty Alleviation1▲ 24×2 topics
  29. financial access1▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Democracy1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  31. Dual-Energy CT1▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Emerging Markets1▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Frugal Innovation1▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Institutions1▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Material Differentiation1▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Raman Spectroscopy1▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Community Health Workers1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Empowerment1▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Gender Equality1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  40. Microfinance1▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Radiation Dose and Imaging, Nuclear and radioactivity studies and Economic Growth and Development.

Radioactivity and Radon …4Radioactivity and Radon Measurements: 4 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 2 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…2Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…1Economic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…1Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional works
Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4 works
  2. 2 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  10. 10 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 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 available92.0%not open8.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology0.00032% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2014Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology0.8% in 20142010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 2.0% in 2011.

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