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Uganda Wildlife Authority

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Research works
80
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%
Uganda Wildlife Authority

Not ranked overall: Uganda Wildlife Authority 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 Uganda Wildlife Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Uganda Wildlife Authority is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (37%), Medicine (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 53.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 37.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 11.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 13.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUganda WildlifeAuthority33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences19%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1237.2%
    2. Engineering25.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy25.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.3%
    5. Computer Science12.3%
    6. Mathematics00.9%
    7. Energy00.5%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance26.2%
    2. Psychology25.7%
    3. Social Sciences13.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    1. Medicine413.2%
    2. Veterinary00.5%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences26.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology13.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.8%
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: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.48× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.35× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.92× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.48×12 works
  2. Veterinary3.75×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.39×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.92×2 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.35×2 works
  6. Psychology1.86×2 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.46×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.32×2 works
  9. Nursing0.73×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.73×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.72×0 works
  12. Medicine0.69×4 works
  13. Energy0.61×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.47×0 works
  16. Engineering0.35×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.31×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.29×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Uganda Wildlife Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Fredrick Ouma Wanyama, Charles Tumwesigye and Aggrey Rwetsiba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Uganda Wildlife Authority.

  1. 1 Fredrick Ouma Wanyama Uganda · #1,073,239 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Charles Tumwesigye Uganda · #1,224,279 worldwide 841 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Aggrey Rwetsiba Uganda · #1,388,238 worldwide 918 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Patrick Atimnedi Uganda · #1,702,725 worldwide 1.5k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Robert Aruho Uganda · #2,287,828 worldwide 225 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Margaret Driciru Uganda · #2,340,786 worldwide 515 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Chloé Couturier Uganda · #4,027,329 worldwide 31 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Julie Bonnald Uganda · #4,199,869 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Edward Asalu Uganda · #4,604,982 worldwide 123 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Uganda Wildlife Authority

What are the most cited papers from Uganda Wildlife Authority?

The most cited paper from Uganda Wildlife Authority is "Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses from Egyptian Fruit Bats" (Jonathan S. Towner et al., 2009), with 735 citations. Next come "Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection" (472) and "The bushmeat trade in African savannas: Impacts, drivers, and possible solutions" (348).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Isolation of Genetically Diverse Marburg Viruses from Egyptian Fruit Bats Jonathan S. Towner et al. · PLoS Pathogens Open access 30 Jul 2009 735
2 Seasonal Pulses of Marburg Virus Circulation in Juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats Coincide with Periods of Increased Risk of Human Infection Brian R. Amman et al. · PLoS Pathogens Open access 4 Oct 2012 472
3 The bushmeat trade in African savannas: Impacts, drivers, and possible solutions Peter Andrew Lindsey et al. · Biological Conservation 12 Feb 2013 348
4 Expansion of human settlement in Kenya's Maasai Mara: what future for pastoralism and wildlife? Richard H. Lamprey, Robin S. Reid · Journal of Biogeography 7 May 2004 261
5 Extreme Conservation Leads to Recovery of the Virunga Mountain Gorillas Martha M. Robbins, Markye Gray, Katie A. Fawcett et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 8 Jun 2011 157
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Uganda Wildlife Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use Change, Environmental Services, Tropical Deforestation, Biodiversity, Pathogenesis and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 9.6×18 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 27×2 topics
  3. Land Use Change3▲ 34×2 topics
  4. Environmental Services3▲ 270×1 topic
  5. Tropical Deforestation3▲ 270×1 topic
  6. Biodiversity3▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Epidemiology2▲ 1.70×22 topics
  8. Pathogenesis2▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Population Dynamics2▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Sustainability2▲ 2.1×11 topics
  11. Conservation2▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Evolution2▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Fiscal Policy2▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Habitat Selection2▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Invasive Species2▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Primates1▲ 227×1 topic
  17. Social Behavior1▲ 75×1 topic
  18. Animal Movement1▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Income Tax1▲ 52×2 topics
  20. Occupancy Rates1▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Economic Growth1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  22. Globalization1▲ 1.83×3 topics
  23. Public Health1▲ 2.5×11 topics
  24. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 62×2 topics
  25. Conservation Biology1▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Infrastructure1▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Taxation1▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Transmission1▲ 62×2 topics
  29. Coral Reefs1▲ 93×1 topic
  30. Ecological Niche1▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.1×7 topics
  32. Immune Response1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  33. Lake Tanganyika1▲ 303×1 topic
  34. Lake Victoria1▲ 303×1 topic
  35. Marine Ecosystems1▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Vaccine1▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Uganda Wildlife Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

Conservation, Biodiversi…3Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 3 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 1 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…1Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeSocial PsychologyEcologyEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 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 available67.0%not open33.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.8%domestic only40.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Uganda Wildlife Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher 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 Uganda Wildlife Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Uganda Wildlife Authority0.00011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Uganda Wildlife Authority over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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