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Tanzania Meteorological Agency

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Research works
61
▼ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Tanzania Meteorological Agency

Not ranked overall: Tanzania Meteorological Agency is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Tanzania Meteorological Agency work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Tanzania Meteorological Agency is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (30%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 78.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 43.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 37.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 30.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 24.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 16.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTanzaniaMeteorological…61fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2743.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1830.2%
    3. Engineering23.6%
    4. Computer Science11.2%
    5. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1016.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    1. Medicine11.1%
    2. Nursing00.3%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
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: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18.89× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.27× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 18.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences18.89×4 works
  2. Environmental Science9.27×7 works
  3. Nursing2.29×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.93×1 works
  5. Engineering0.40×1 works
  6. Computer Science0.34×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.27×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×0 works
  10. Medicine0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tanzania Meteorological Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Ladislaus Benedict Chang’a, Philbert Luhunga and Agnes Lawrence Kijazi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tanzania Meteorological Agency.

  1. 1 Ladislaus Benedict Chang’a Tanzania · #2,338,196 worldwide 751 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Philbert Luhunga Tanzania · #2,892,797 worldwide 477 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Agnes Lawrence Kijazi Tanzania · #3,138,142 worldwide 582 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Sarah E. Osima Tanzania · #3,995,696 worldwide 351 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Tanzania Meteorological Agency

What are the most cited papers from Tanzania Meteorological Agency?

The most cited paper from Tanzania Meteorological Agency is "Evidence of trends in daily climate extremes over southern and west Africa" (Mark George New, Bruce Charles Hewitson, David B. Stephenson et al., 2006), with 730 citations. Next come "Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over the Greater Horn of Africa region from 1961 to 2010" (284) and "Assessment of the Performance of CORDEX Regional Climate Models in Simulating East African Rainfall" (270).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evidence of trends in daily climate extremes over southern and west Africa Mark George New, Bruce Charles Hewitson, David B. Stephenson et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 20 Jul 2006 730
2 Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over the Greater Horn of Africa region from 1961 to 2010 Philip Omondi, Joseph L. Awange, Ehsan Forootan et al. · International Journal of Climatology 26 Jun 2013 284
3 Assessment of the Performance of CORDEX Regional Climate Models in Simulating East African Rainfall Hussen Seid Endris, Philip Omondi, Suman Jain et al. · Journal of Climate Open access 12 Jul 2013 270
4 Modern glacier retreat on Kilimanjaro as evidence of climate change: observations and facts Georg Kaser, Douglas R. Hardy, Thomas Mölg et al. · International Journal of Climatology 2 Mar 2004 190
5 Projected climate over the Greater Horn of Africa under 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming Sarah E. Osima, Victor S. Indasi, Modathir Zaroug et al. · Environmental Research Letters Open access 28 Mar 2018 142
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tanzania Meteorological Agency?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrological Cycle, Climate Modeling, Extreme Events and Sustainability.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change36▲ 22×36 topics
  2. Global Warming29▲ 131×8 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation14▲ 167×3 topics
  4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions14▲ 111×4 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle13▲ 211×2 topics
  6. Climate Modeling13▲ 297×1 topic
  7. Extreme Events13▲ 241×1 topic
  8. Sustainability10▲ 8.8×12 topics
  9. Remote Sensing9▲ 13×13 topics
  10. Agriculture7▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Food Security7▲ 29×3 topics
  12. Data Assimilation7▲ 61×3 topics
  13. Tropical Cyclones7▲ 182×2 topics
  14. Vulnerability7▲ 70×5 topics
  15. Adaptation6▲ 32×4 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise6▲ 75×3 topics
  17. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 46×5 topics
  18. Hurricanes5▲ 265×1 topic
  19. Storm Surge5▲ 265×1 topic
  20. Probabilistic Forecasting5▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Convective Parameterization5▲ 138×1 topic
  22. Crop Production5▲ 118×1 topic
  23. Ensemble Kalman Filter5▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Extreme Weather5▲ 443×1 topic
  25. Water Management5▲ 87×2 topics
  26. Drought5▲ 96×3 topics
  27. Evapotranspiration5▲ 105×2 topics
  28. Hydrological4▲ 312×1 topic
  29. Monitoring4▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Precipitation3▲ 118×2 topics
  31. Spatial Interpolation3▲ 139×2 topics
  32. Validation3▲ 57×2 topics
  33. Estimation3▲ 157×1 topic
  34. Satellite3▲ 285×1 topic
  35. Social Networks3▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Climate Change Impact2▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Land Use Change2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  38. Rural Development2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Tanzania Meteorological Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Climate variability and …3Climate variability and models: 3 fractional worksPrecipitation Measuremen…2Precipitation Measurement and Analysis: 2 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…1Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 1 fractional worksTropical and Extratropic…1Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Drought An…1Hydrology and Drought Analysis: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 0 fractional worksSolar Radiation and Photovoltaics: 0 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 0 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPollution2 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 2 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  4. 4 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 0 works
  8. 8 Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 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 available72.8%not open27.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.8%domestic only58.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tanzania Meteorological Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% lower 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 Meteorological Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000098% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Tanzania Meteorological Agency0.000063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tanzania Meteorological Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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