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Uganda National Council for Science and Technology

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World rank, all time
#42,696
of 42,892
Rank in Uganda
#44
of 44
Research works
296
▼ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
168
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
98%
world 28%

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: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.88× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.93× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 3.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.52× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.87× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Uganda National Council for Science and Technology?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Maternal Mortality, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Health System Reform.

▲ 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. Community Health Workers31▲ 150×2 topics
  2. Health Inequalities29▲ 96×2 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality29▲ 54×2 topics
  4. Child Mortality29▲ 174×1 topic
  5. Health Systems29▲ 174×1 topic
  6. Sustainability17▲ 3.2×16 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency13▲ 5.6×3 topics
  8. Sustainable Development12▲ 3.5×9 topics
  9. Health System Reform11▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Renewable Energy10▲ 3.5×8 topics
  11. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Data Envelopment Analysis10▲ 189×1 topic
  13. Efficiency Measurement10▲ 189×1 topic
  14. Child Development9▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 49×1 topic
  16. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Optimization8▲ 5.2×4 topics
  18. Geographic Information Systems8▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Quality Improvement8▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Digital Epidemiology8▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Disease Surveillance8▲ 145×1 topic
  22. Vaccine7▲ 5.7×5 topics
  23. Primary Care6▲ 5.2×3 topics
  24. Behavior Change6▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Ebola Virus6▲ 93×1 topic
  26. Outbreak6▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Sustainable Agriculture6▲ 7.6×3 topics
  28. Social Networks6▲ 9.3×2 topics
  29. Continuity of Care6▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Low- and Middle-Income Countries6▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Patient-Centered Medical Home6▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Operating Room6▲ 160×1 topic
  33. Scheduling6▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Maintenance Optimization5▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Public Perception5▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Reliability Engineering5▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Global Health5▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Health Financing5▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Universal Coverage5▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Uganda National Council for Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Public-Private Partnership Projects, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Global Maternal and Chil…1Global Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnersh…1Public-Private Partnership Projects: 1 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and…1Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…1Zoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksSocial Acceptance of Renewable Energy: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery1Global Health and Surgery: 1 fractional worksUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation Models: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthStrategy and ManagementGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 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 1 works
  2. 2 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 1 works
  3. 3 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  5. 5 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  8. 8 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 University-Industry-Government Innovation Models Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available98.4%not open1.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Uganda National Council for Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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