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Umvoto Africa

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Research works
27
▲ 323% vs 2013–17
Citations
334
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

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

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.

Computer Science: 3.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.67× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.53× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 10.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Umvoto Africa?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Water Resources, Reservoir Operation, Water Demand, Optimization and Groundwater Flow.

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

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 8.7×11 topics
  2. Sustainability5▲ 10×4 topics
  3. Remote Sensing4▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Water Resources3▲ 51×3 topics
  5. Reservoir Operation3▲ 318×1 topic
  6. Water Demand3▲ 318×1 topic
  7. Optimization3▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Groundwater Flow2▲ 244×1 topic
  9. Transport Modeling2▲ 244×1 topic
  10. EROI2▲ 229×1 topic
  11. Fossil Fuels2▲ 182×1 topic
  12. Geological Mapping2▲ 72×2 topics
  13. Machine Learning2▲ 2.9×2 topics
  14. Data Assimilation1▲ 27×1 topic
  15. Ensemble Kalman Filter1▲ 43×1 topic
  16. GIS1▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Groundwater Potential1▲ 324×1 topic
  18. Compositional Data Analysis1▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  20. Mineral Prospectivity1▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  22. Environmental Governance1▲ 75×2 topics
  23. Human Rights1▲ 4.7×2 topics
  24. Political Economy1▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Constitutionalism1▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Developmental Local Government1▲ 258×1 topic
  27. Leak Detection1▲ 144×1 topic
  28. Water Distribution Networks1▲ 144×1 topic

Which research topics does Umvoto Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques, Polynomial and algebraic computation, Geological formations and processes and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis.

Advanced Numerical Analy…0Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksPolynomial and algebraic…0Polynomial and algebraic computation: 0 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 0 fractional worksGroundwater and Watershe…0Groundwater and Watershed Analysis: 0 fractional worksMathematics and Applicat…0Mathematics and Applications: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksFiscal Policies and Political Economy: 0 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 0 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 0 fractional worksFinancial Risk and Volatility Modeling: 0 fractional works
Computational MechanicsComputational Theory and MathematicsEarth-Surface ProcessesEnvironmental Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques Computational Mechanics 0 works
  2. 2 Polynomial and algebraic computation Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  3. 3 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  4. 4 Groundwater and Watershed Analysis Environmental Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 0 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Fiscal Policies and Political Economy Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  10. 10 Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling Finance 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Umvoto Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 323% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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