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Twaweza

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Research works
5
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
106
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
66%
world 18%
Twaweza

Not ranked overall: Twaweza is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Twaweza work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Twaweza is in Social Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (80%), Health Professions (6%), Medicine (6%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 82.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 80.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTwaweza5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences82%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences480.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.0%
    1. Health Professions05.9%
    2. Medicine05.9%
    1. Chemistry02.0%
    2. Environmental Science02.0%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics02.0%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Twaweza?

Ranked on the quality score, Rakesh Rajani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Twaweza.

  1. 1 Rakesh Rajani Tanzania · #2,382,443 worldwide 411 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Twaweza

What are the most cited papers from Twaweza?

The most cited paper from Twaweza is "Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Education: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania*" (Isaac Mbiti, Karthik Mohan Muralidharan, Mauricio Aarón Pérez Romero et al., 2019), with 198 citations. Next come "Inequalities and crossings: Literacy and the spaces-in-between" (63) and "Can Your Child Read and Count? Measuring Learning Outcomes in East Africa" (52).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Education: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania* Isaac Mbiti, Karthik Mohan Muralidharan, Mauricio Aarón Pérez Romero et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics Open access 24 Apr 2019 198
2 Inequalities and crossings: Literacy and the spaces-in-between Catherine Kell · International Journal of Educational Development 27 Jun 2011 63
3 Can Your Child Read and Count? Measuring Learning Outcomes in East Africa Sam Jones, Youdi Schipper, Sara Jerop Ruto et al. · Journal of African Economies 12 Jun 2014 52
4 Teacher and Parental Perceptions of Performance Pay in Education: Evidence from Tanzania Isaac Mbiti, Youdi Schipper · Journal of African Economies Open access 14 Dec 2020 20
5 DOES FAMILY BACKGROUND MATTER FOR LEARNING IN EAST AFRICA? Sam Jones, Youdi Schipper · Africa Education Review 2 Jan 2015 20
All 13 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Twaweza publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Income, Poverty, and Inequality, School Choice and Performance, Global Educational Policies and Reforms and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Income, Poverty, and Ine…0Income, Poverty, and Inequality: 0 fractional worksSchool Choice and Perfor…0School Choice and Performance: 0 fractional worksGlobal Educational Polic…0Global Educational Policies and Reforms: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…0Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksEducational Practices an…0Educational Practices and Challenges: 0 fractional worksSustainable Development …0Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 0 fractional worksInternational Developmen…0International Development and Aid: 0 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …0Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationPolitical Science and International RelationsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  2. 2 School Choice and Performance Education 0 works
  3. 3 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  5. 5 Educational Practices and Challenges Education 0 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  7. 7 International Development and Aid Development 0 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.4%domestic only33.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Twaweza's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% 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.

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