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University of Dar es Salaam

In research, University of Dar es Salaam stands highest in Social Sciences (#189 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#478 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#759 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology, Linguistics and Language and Safety Research — Anthropology is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,905
of 28,054 · #4,134 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#1
of 43
Research works
9k
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
91k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is University of Dar es Salaam known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesField #189 of 6,365 25.1%638 #601
Social SciencesDomain #478 of 10,521 23.6%1,106 #1032
MedicineField #759 of 10,443 21.7%144 #3004
Health SciencesDomain #1,052 of 11,982 20.5%227 #3462
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #470 of 3,409 23.5%250 #858
Life SciencesDomain #1,689 of 7,800 22.6%339 #3786
AnthropologySubfield #37 of 153 30.3%76 #136
EducationSubfield #519 of 1,892 32.1%161 #877
Physical SciencesDomain #3,844 of 12,888 11.4%933 #5465
Arts and HumanitiesField #668 of 1,998 32.7%99 #1505

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Dar es Salaam 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#601 #189
  2. Social Sciences#1,032 #478
  3. Medicine#3,004 #759
  4. Health Sciences#3,462 #1,052
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#858 #470
  6. Life Sciences#3,786 #1,689
  7. Anthropology#136 #37
  8. Education#877 #519
  9. Physical Sciences#5,465 #3,844
  10. Arts and Humanities#1,505 #668
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Dar es Salaam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 76.5 works10×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 24.1 works8.1×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 36.3 works5.0×
  4. PollutionSubfield · 41.2 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 2.02× its world share, 250 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 137 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 294 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.22× its world share, 287 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 51 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.32× its world share, 99 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 162 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 93 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 638 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Dar es Salaam?

Ranked on the composite score, Benno J. Ndulu, C.J. Stigter and Kim M. Howell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Dar es Salaam.

  1. 1 Benno J. Ndulu Tanzania · #309,135 worldwide 87 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 C.J. Stigter Tanzania · #318,118 worldwide 184 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Kim M. Howell Tanzania · #376,233 worldwide 126 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 W. A. Rodgers Tanzania · #454,689 worldwide 106 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ismail W. R. Taifa Tanzania · #520,865 worldwide 79 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Issa G. Shivji Tanzania · #534,924 worldwide 9 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Dev Jani Tanzania · #594,480 worldwide 135 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 S. Maghimbi Tanzania · #608,900 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Narriman Jiddawi Tanzania · #634,840 worldwide 142 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Paul Onyango Tanzania · #655,283 worldwide 51 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at University of Dar es Salaam

Which keywords describe research at University of Dar es Salaam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Globalization, Poverty Reduction, Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Smallholder Farmers and Social Networks.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Climate Change175▲ 2.5×73 topics
  2. Sustainability139▲ 2.2×66 topics
  3. Globalization113▲ 2.2×60 topics
  4. Environmental Impact99▲ 2.2×50 topics
  5. Renewable Energy91▲ 2.4×33 topics
  6. Sustainable Development63▲ 1.52×38 topics
  7. Poverty Reduction54▲ 16×5 topics
  8. Social Capital53▲ 3.9×15 topics
  9. Colonialism53▲ 4.3×14 topics
  10. Higher Education53▲ 3.7×15 topics
  11. Economic Growth50▲ 2.3×20 topics
  12. Risk Management46▲ 3.6×14 topics
  13. Smallholder Farmers45▲ 7.7×5 topics
  14. Social Networks45▲ 6.4×8 topics
  15. Social Impact44▲ 4.2×10 topics
  16. Sustainable Agriculture44▲ 5.2×11 topics
  17. Adaptation40▲ 5.3×9 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation40▲ 4.1×11 topics
  19. Global Trade39▲ 7.6×7 topics
  20. Global Warming39▲ 3.6×11 topics
  21. Rural Development38▲ 4.2×10 topics
  22. Vulnerability37▲ 6.2×6 topics
  23. Technology Integration36▲ 4.5×10 topics
  24. Gender Inequality36▲ 9.9×6 topics
  25. Cultural Exchange35▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Archaeological Evidence34▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Language Policy34▲ 9.4×3 topics
  28. Multilingualism34▲ 7.9×3 topics
  29. Indian Ocean34▲ 67×1 topic
  30. prehistoric movement34▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Bilingual Education34▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Lifelong Learning34▲ 6.3×9 topics
  33. Sociolinguistics31▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Respiratory Infections28▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Poverty Alleviation28▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Household Fuel Use27▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Indoor Air Pollution27▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Community Health Workers27▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers27▲ 28×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies27▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Dar es Salaam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, Energy and Environment Impacts, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Global Maritime and Colo…34Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 34 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…27Energy and Environment Impacts: 27 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …27Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 27 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…24Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 24 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 22 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 21 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…18Child Nutrition and Water Access: 18 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 16 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 16 fractional worksFixed Point Theorems Ana…16Fixed Point Theorems Analysis: 16 fractional works
AnthropologyPollutionSafety ResearchGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 34 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 27 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 27 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 works
  5. 5 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 22 works
  6. 6 African history and culture studies Anthropology 21 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 18 works
  8. 8 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  9. 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 16 works
  10. 10 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 16 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Dar es Salaam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.