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Uganda Christian University

In research, Uganda Christian University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,434 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,859 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,937
of 22,385 · #18,411 all time
Rank in Uganda
#17
of 32
Research works
793
▲ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Uganda Christian University

What is Uganda Christian 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 #5,434 of 9,585 3.4%107 #6497
Social SciencesField #4,859 of 5,988 3.2%64 #7126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Uganda Christian 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 Uganda Christian University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Uganda Christian University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Medicine (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 132 fractional works · 56.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 34.9% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 8.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 54 fractional works · 23.4% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUganda ChristianUniversity233fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences57%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8134.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting208.6%
    3. Psychology125.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities83.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Medicine3716.0%
    2. Health Professions135.5%
    3. Nursing41.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science146.1%
    2. Computer Science73.0%
    3. Engineering62.7%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences125.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.09× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 3.50× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.66× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 81 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.50×4 works
  2. Social Sciences2.75×81 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.66×20 works
  4. Health Professions2.09×13 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.81×9 works
  6. Psychology1.69×12 works
  7. Environmental Science1.23×14 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.16×8 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×12 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.91×2 works
  11. Medicine0.83×37 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.41×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.38×7 works
  15. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×3 works
  17. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×1 works
  19. Engineering0.18×6 works
  20. Energy0.15×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Uganda Christian University?

Ranked on the quality score, Wilson Eduan, Isaac Wasswa Katono and Elizabeth Balyejusa Kizito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Uganda Christian University.

  1. 1 Wilson Eduan Uganda · #1,606,924 worldwide 105 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Isaac Wasswa Katono Uganda · #2,514,887 worldwide 657 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Elizabeth Balyejusa Kizito Uganda · #2,608,300 worldwide 675 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Eleanor Wozei Uganda · #2,625,188 worldwide 791 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 John Mulindwa Kitayimbwa Uganda · #2,896,705 worldwide 110 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Robert Basaza Uganda · #2,910,679 worldwide 682 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 David Andrew Omona Uganda · #3,229,396 worldwide 81 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Joel Yawe Masagazi Uganda · #3,361,245 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Christopher Byaruhanga Uganda · #3,501,098 worldwide 167 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Mesharch W. Katusiimeh Uganda · #3,559,294 worldwide 227 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Uganda Christian University

What are the most cited papers from Uganda Christian University?

The most cited paper from Uganda Christian University is "Action and Action-Regulation in Entrepreneurship: Evaluating a Student Training for Promoting Entrepreneurship" (Michael Marcus Gielnik, Michael H. Frese, Audrey Kahara-Kawuki et al., 2013), with 310 citations. Next come "THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES AND INTENTION TO START A BUSINESS IN UGANDA" (237) and "Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda" (189).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Action and Action-Regulation in Entrepreneurship: Evaluating a Student Training for Promoting Entrepreneurship Michael Marcus Gielnik, Michael H. Frese, Audrey Kahara-Kawuki et al. · Academy of Management Learning and Education 4 Oct 2013 310
2 THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES AND INTENTION TO START A BUSINESS IN UGANDA Warren Byabashaija, Isaac Wasswa Katono · Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship Mar 2011 237
3 Acceptance of the coronavirus disease-2019 vaccine among medical students in Uganda Andrew Marvin Kanyike, Ronald Olum, Jonathan Kajjimu et al. · Tropical Medicine and Health Open access 13 May 2021 189
4 Africa Bible Commentary Christopher Byaruhanga · Exchange 2007 134
5 Gender Violence as a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Risk: Uncovering Violence Against Women and Girls as It Pertains to Poor WaSH Access Morgan Pommells, Corinne J. Schuster‐Wallace, Susan Watt et al. · Violence Against Women 16 Mar 2018 121
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Uganda Christian University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Poverty Reduction, Religion, Sustainability, Globalization, Social Capital, Technology Integration, Neoliberalism and Civil Society.

▲ 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. Sustainability13▲ 2.4×25 topics
  2. Globalization12▲ 2.7×21 topics
  3. Climate Change9▲ 1.48×26 topics
  4. Mental Health8▲ 2.5×19 topics
  5. Poverty Reduction8▲ 28×5 topics
  6. Human Rights8▲ 3.4×14 topics
  7. Religion8▲ 7.4×4 topics
  8. Social Capital8▲ 6.5×10 topics
  9. Innovation8▲ 3.2×15 topics
  10. Technology Integration7▲ 9.6×7 topics
  11. Neoliberalism7▲ 8.1×6 topics
  12. Civil Society7▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Development6▲ 7.4×5 topics
  14. Community Health Workers6▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Maternal Mortality6▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Health Inequalities6▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Child Mortality6▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Health Systems6▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Higher Education6▲ 4.5×9 topics
  20. NGOs6▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Diversity5▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Child Development5▲ 5.4×4 topics
  23. Community Development5▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Welfare5▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship5▲ 5.6×6 topics
  26. Leadership5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  27. Lifelong Learning5▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Faith-Based Organizations5▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Social Services5▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Conditional Cash Transfers5▲ 60×1 topic
  31. School Subsidies5▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Inequality5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  33. Public-Private Partnerships5▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Teacher Professional Development5▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Adaptation5▲ 6.7×5 topics
  36. Policy Responses4▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Academic Achievement4▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Parental Involvement4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Educational Leadership4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. School Improvement4▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Uganda Christian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Religion, Society, and Development, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Global Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…5Religion, Society, and Development: 5 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …5Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 5 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…3Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional worksGlobal Educational Reforms and Inequalities: 3 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…3Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceSafety ResearchEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 5 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities Demography 3 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 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 available83.4%not open16.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Uganda Christian University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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 Uganda Christian University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Uganda Christian University0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Uganda Christian University 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Uganda Christian University5.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.7% in 2018.

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