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Universidade Zambeze

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,170
of 22,385 · #25,366 all time
Rank in Mozambique
#7
of 9
Research works
181
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
845
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
Universidade Zambeze

Which fields of science does Universidade Zambeze work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Universidade Zambeze is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 42 fractional works · 37.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 22.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 27.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 18.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 17.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 13.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversidadeZambeze110fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences38%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2422.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting65.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities54.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.5%
    5. Decision Sciences21.9%
    6. Psychology10.5%
    1. Environmental Science2018.2%
    2. Engineering65.0%
    3. Computer Science22.2%
    4. Energy11.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1513.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine119.8%
    2. Dentistry32.7%
    3. Health Professions22.1%
    4. Nursing21.6%
    5. Veterinary10.8%
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: 2.91× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.66× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 5.47× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 3.28× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.69× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.69×1 works
  2. Dentistry5.47×3 works
  3. Environmental Science3.66×20 works
  4. Nursing3.28×2 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.91×15 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.98×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.76×24 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.71×6 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.66×4 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.42×4 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.25×1 works
  12. Energy1.25×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.80×2 works
  14. Medicine0.51×11 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×3 works
  16. Engineering0.33×6 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.29×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  20. Psychology0.16×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universidade Zambeze?

Ranked on the quality score, Aurélio de Jesus Rodrigues Pais, Gerson Geraldo H. Cavalheiro and Luís Cristóvão lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidade Zambeze.

  1. 1 Aurélio de Jesus Rodrigues Pais Mozambique · #3,054,328 worldwide 277 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Gerson Geraldo H. Cavalheiro Mozambique · #4,027,482 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Luís Cristóvão Mozambique · #5,027,151 worldwide 69 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Fernando Chichango Mozambique · #5,068,228 worldwide 58 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Universidade Zambeze

What are the most cited papers from Universidade Zambeze?

The most cited paper from Universidade Zambeze is "Tropical forest loss enhanced by large-scale land acquisitions" (Kyle Frankel Davis, Heejin Irene Koo, Jampel Dell’Angelo et al., 2020), with 172 citations. Next come "Predictors of Successful Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in a Rural District Hospital in Zambézia, Mozambique" (107) and "Implementation of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid in rural Mozambique: successes and challenges using HIV care and treatment programme investments in Zambézia Province" (83).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tropical forest loss enhanced by large-scale land acquisitions Kyle Frankel Davis, Heejin Irene Koo, Jampel Dell’Angelo et al. · Nature Geoscience Open access 22 Jun 2020 172
2 Predictors of Successful Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in a Rural District Hospital in Zambézia, Mozambique Rebecca E. Cook, Philip J. Ciampa, Mohsin Sidat et al. · JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes Open access 25 Jan 2011 107
3 Implementation of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid in rural Mozambique: successes and challenges using HIV care and treatment programme investments in Zambézia Province Troy D. Moon, Carla Silva‐Matos, Aventina Cordoso et al. · Journal of the International AIDS Society Open access Apr 2012 83
4 Enhancing sustainable crop production through integrated nutrient management: a focus on vermicompost, bio-enriched rock phosphate, and inorganic fertilisers – a systematic review Tamara José Sande, Hamis J. Tindwa, Alessandra Mayumi Tokura Alovisi et al. · Frontiers in Agronomy ReviewOpen access 6 Aug 2024 77
5 Combination of antimicrobials as an approach to reduce their application in aquaculture: Emphasis on the use of thiamphenicol/florfenicol against Aeromonas hydrophila Inácio Mateus Assane, Kátia Suemi Gozi, Gustavo Moraes Ramos Valladão et al. · Aquaculture Open access 15 Apr 2019 73
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Which keywords describe research at Universidade Zambeze?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Globalization, Renewable Energy, Public Policy, Biodiversity, Urbanization and Agroecology.

▲ 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▲ 4.8×25 topics
  2. Sustainable Development8▲ 4.7×12 topics
  3. Globalization7▲ 3.4×16 topics
  4. Renewable Energy6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  5. Climate Change6▲ 1.88×26 topics
  6. Environmental Impact5▲ 2.5×14 topics
  7. Biodiversity5▲ 5.4×12 topics
  8. Public Policy4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  9. Online Learning4▲ 3.8×3 topics
  10. Urbanization3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  11. Agroecology3▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Higher Education3▲ 5.1×3 topics
  13. COVID-193▲ 2.0×7 topics
  14. Agriculture3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  15. Poverty Alleviation3▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Social Movements3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  17. Food Security2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  18. Community Participation2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  19. Family Farming2▲ 64×1 topic
  20. Rural Policy2▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Student Satisfaction2▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity2▲ 4.7×10 topics
  23. Global Trade2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  24. Data Analysis2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  25. Organizational Management2▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Research Methods2▲ 12×1 topic
  27. Social Impact2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  28. Student Retention2▲ 48×1 topic
  29. University Dropout2▲ 165×1 topic
  30. Water Resources2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  31. Slum Upgrading2▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Urban Poverty2▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Environmental Education2▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Social Participation2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Soil Fertility2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Household Fuel Use2▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Indoor Air Pollution2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Marker-Assisted Selection2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Research2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidade Zambeze publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rural Development and Agriculture, Evasion and Academic Success Factors, Business and Management Studies and Urban and Rural Development Challenges.

Rural Development and Ag…2Rural Development and Agriculture: 2 fractional worksEvasion and Academic Suc…2Evasion and Academic Success Factors: 2 fractional worksBusiness and Management …2Business and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksUrban and Rural Developm…2Urban and Rural Development Challenges: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 1 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 1 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…1Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawDemographyInformation Systems and ManagementUrban Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  2. 2 Evasion and Academic Success Factors Demography 2 works
  3. 3 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 2 works
  4. 4 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  6. 6 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 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 available83.9%not open16.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.0%domestic only45.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universidade Zambeze's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% 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 Universidade Zambeze as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Universidade Zambeze0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universidade Zambeze over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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