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Tumaini University

In research, Tumaini University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,222 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,265 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education and Political Science and International Relations (Education is 6.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,929
of 22,385 · #10,936 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#30
of 41
Research works
451
▲ 234% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Tumaini University

What is Tumaini University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,222 of 9,585 6.8%94 #10045
Social SciencesField #5,265 of 5,988 6.4%61 #7427

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

Which fields of science does Tumaini University work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Tumaini University is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (49%), Medicine (10%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 171 fractional works · 70.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 119 fractional works · 49.0% of its workEducation: 51 fractional works · 21.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 6.5% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.9% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTumainiUniversity243fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences70%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11949.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance208.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting93.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities93.5%
    5. Psychology83.4%
    6. Decision Sciences52.2%
    1. Computer Science104.0%
    2. Engineering72.8%
    3. Environmental Science62.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    5. Mathematics20.7%
    6. Materials Science10.4%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine239.5%
    2. Health Professions31.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.6%
    3. Neuroscience31.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Tumaini University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 50.9 works6.9×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 24.6 works6.8×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.88× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.88× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.88×20 works
  2. Social Sciences3.88×119 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.29×5 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.22×8 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.18×9 works
  6. Psychology1.13×8 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.82×3 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×8 works
  10. Mathematics0.63×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.54×6 works
  13. Computer Science0.51×10 works
  14. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.50×3 works
  16. Medicine0.49×23 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×4 works
  19. Engineering0.19×7 works
  20. Nursing0.16×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.15×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  25. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tumaini University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rose Joseph Munisi, A. S. Norman and María Martín Richard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tumaini University.

  1. 1 Rose Joseph Munisi Tanzania · #4,024,859 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 A. S. Norman Tanzania · #4,712,584 worldwide 135 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 María Martín Richard Tanzania · #6,860,041 worldwide 36 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Tumaini University

What are the most cited papers from Tumaini University?

The most cited paper from Tumaini University is "Global Trends in Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever" (John A. Crump, Eric D. Mintz, 2009), with 905 citations. Next come "Structure of HIV-1 gp120 V1/V2 domain with broadly neutralizing antibody PG9" (859) and "Focused Evolution of HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibodies Revealed by Structures and Deep Sequencing" (825).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Trends in Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever John A. Crump, Eric D. Mintz · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 16 Dec 2009 905
2 Structure of HIV-1 gp120 V1/V2 domain with broadly neutralizing antibody PG9 Jason S. McLellan et al. · Nature Open access 22 Nov 2011 859
3 Focused Evolution of HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibodies Revealed by Structures and Deep Sequencing Xueling Wu et al. · Science Open access 12 Aug 2011 825
4 Differentiating the pathologies of cerebral malaria by postmortem parasite counts Terrie Ellen Taylor, Wenjiang J. Fu, Richard Carr et al. · Nature Medicine 25 Jan 2004 742
5 Community-acquired bloodstream infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, Andrea Elizabeth Shaw, John A. Crump · The Lancet Infectious Diseases ReviewOpen access 25 May 2010 671
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tumaini University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Globalization, Digital Education, Language Teaching, Teaching Methods, Formative Assessment and Educational Technologies.

▲ 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. Globalization29▲ 6.1×19 topics
  2. Pedagogy26▲ 22×5 topics
  3. Critical Thinking26▲ 93×3 topics
  4. Digital Education25▲ 70×3 topics
  5. Language Teaching25▲ 39×3 topics
  6. Teaching Methods25▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Formative Assessment24▲ 120×2 topics
  8. Educational Technologies24▲ 109×1 topic
  9. Student Competencies24▲ 152×1 topic
  10. Global Governance20▲ 34×5 topics
  11. Sustainability19▲ 3.3×13 topics
  12. Economic Development19▲ 9.7×6 topics
  13. Entrepreneurship18▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Investment17▲ 63×2 topics
  15. Postcolonialism17▲ 49×4 topics
  16. Migration17▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Industrial Enterprises17▲ 204×1 topic
  18. Innovation Economics17▲ 204×1 topic
  19. Education Reform16▲ 275×2 topics
  20. Biopolitics16▲ 85×1 topic
  21. Crisis Management16▲ 128×1 topic
  22. Education13▲ 3.2×18 topics
  23. Human Rights12▲ 4.7×19 topics
  24. Development9▲ 10×9 topics
  25. International Law7▲ 9.8×8 topics
  26. Curriculum Development7▲ 4.4×8 topics
  27. Neoliberalism6▲ 7.4×3 topics
  28. Information Technology6▲ 4.9×3 topics
  29. Gender Equality6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  30. Digital Labour Theory5▲ 243×1 topic
  31. Innovative Pedagogies5▲ 243×1 topic
  32. Teacher Education5▲ 17×5 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction5▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Technology Integration5▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Gender Inequality4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Global Trade4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Nigeria4▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Security Council4▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Student Achievement4▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Youth Unemployment4▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does Tumaini University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies and Contemporary art, education, critique.

Education, Innovation an…24Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 24 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …17Economic and Industrial Development: 17 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, …16Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 16 fractional worksContemporary art, educat…5Contemporary art, education, critique: 5 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 3 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 3 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 3 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 2 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsCultural Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 24 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 17 works
  3. 3 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  4. 4 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 5 works
  5. 5 African Education and Politics Education 4 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 3 works
  7. 7 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 3 works
  8. 8 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 2 works
  10. 10 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 2 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 available74.2%not open25.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.7%domestic only62.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tumaini University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 234% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Tumaini University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Tumaini University0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tumaini University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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