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Tanzania Social Action Fund

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Research works
10
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
175
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
Tanzania Social Action Fund

Not ranked overall: Tanzania Social Action Fund 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 Social Action Fund work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Tanzania Social Action Fund is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Environmental Science (17%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4 fractional works · 44.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 23.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 10.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 9.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 17.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKTanzania SocialAction Fund10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences16%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine223.8%
    2. Health Professions110.6%
    3. Nursing19.9%
    1. Environmental Science217.0%
    2. Engineering03.4%
    3. Materials Science02.6%
    4. Computer Science01.8%
    5. Mathematics01.8%
    1. Social Sciences112.4%
    2. Psychology01.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences19.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology03.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 7.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.64× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 3.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology8.15×0 works
  2. Environmental Science7.18×1 works
  3. Mathematics5.23×0 works
  4. Nursing3.59×0 works
  5. Health Professions3.05×0 works
  6. Materials Science2.64×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.25×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.79×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×0 works
  10. Medicine0.36×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Tanzania Social Action Fund?

The most cited paper from Tanzania Social Action Fund is "Tanzania's Countdown to 2015: an analysis of two decades of progress and gaps for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, to inform priorities for post-2015" (Hoviyeh Afnan‐Holmes, Moke Magoma, Theopista John et al., 2015), with 258 citations. Next come "From Joint Thinking to Joint Action: A Call to Action on Improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Maternal and Newborn Health" (76) and "A Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania Increases Children's Dietary Diversity and Household Food Security But Does Not Change Child Anthropometry: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial" (69).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tanzania's Countdown to 2015: an analysis of two decades of progress and gaps for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, to inform priorities for post-2015 Hoviyeh Afnan‐Holmes, Moke Magoma, Theopista John et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 15 Jun 2015 258
2 From Joint Thinking to Joint Action: A Call to Action on Improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Maternal and Newborn Health Yael Velleman, Elizabeth Mason, Wendy Jane Graham et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 12 Dec 2014 76
3 A Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania Increases Children's Dietary Diversity and Household Food Security But Does Not Change Child Anthropometry: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial Marianne V. Santoso, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Neema Kassim et al. · Journal of Nutrition Open access 12 Feb 2021 69
4 Sero-conversion rate of Syphilis and HIV among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Tanzania: a need for re-screening at delivery John Deogratias Tilubuzya Lawi, Mariam M. Mirambo, Moke Magoma et al. · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Open access 22 Jan 2015 63
5 Strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of maternal and perinatal death reviews in T anzania: perceptions, processes and practice Corinne E. Armstrong, Isabelle L. Lange, Moke Magoma et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health Open access 8 Jul 2014 53
All 32 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Tanzania Social Action Fund publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication.

Adsorption and biosorpti…0Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 0 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…0Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 0 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…0Climate Change and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…0Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksImmune responses and vac…0Immune responses and vaccinations: 0 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 0 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologySociology and Political ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials6 others

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

  1. 1 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 0 works
  2. 2 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  4. 4 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  7. 7 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 0 works
  8. 8 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available73.0%not open27.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.2%domestic only34.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tanzania Social Action Fund's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Social Action Fund as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000067% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%Tanzania Social Action Fund0.000029% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Tanzania Social Action Fund over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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