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University of Kigali

In research, University of Kigali stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,008 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,884 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,249 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Science and Operations Research, Accounting and Strategy and Management — Management Science and Operations Research is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,809
of 28,054 · #18,320 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#5
of 17
Research works
1.1k
▲ 183% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.8k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is University of Kigali 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 SciencesDomain #5,008 of 10,521 11.2%351 #9386
Health SciencesDomain #5,884 of 11,982 16.5%127 #13232
MedicineField #5,249 of 10,443 17.7%92 #12005
Social SciencesField #3,515 of 6,365 14.1%152 #6661
Physical SciencesDomain #10,447 of 12,888 12.1%101 #18363
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,215 of 2,578 6.9%79 —
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,357 of 2,578 5.0%103 #3360

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Kigali 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#9,386 #5,008
  2. Health Sciences#13,232 #5,884
  3. Medicine#12,005 #5,249
  4. Social Sciences#6,661 #3,515
  5. Physical Sciences#18,363 #10,447
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#3,360 #2,357
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 Kigali specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Science and Operations Research takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 29.4 works9.7×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 32.4 works8.7×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 38.5 works7.2×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 103.4 works5.2×
  5. Decision SciencesField · 30.8 works5.2×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 4.26× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.24× its world share, 103 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.21× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.47× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University of Kigali?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Genocide, Risk Management, Politics, Media, Middle East, Qatar and Education.

▲ 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. Supply Chain Management71▲ 12×15 topics
  2. Genocide57▲ 166×3 topics
  3. Risk Management57▲ 19×9 topics
  4. Politics52▲ 31×5 topics
  5. Media51▲ 55×2 topics
  6. Middle East51▲ 133×1 topic
  7. Qatar51▲ 431×1 topic
  8. Education41▲ 3.9×19 topics
  9. Finance29▲ 24×3 topics
  10. Corporate Governance28▲ 6.2×13 topics
  11. Financial Stability24▲ 19×4 topics
  12. Performance Analysis23▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Leadership Style23▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Stakeholder Analysis23▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Construction Projects23▲ 86×1 topic
  16. Project Success23▲ 96×1 topic
  17. Global Financial Crisis23▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Ethical Identity23▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Islamic Banking23▲ 9.1×1 topic
  20. Economic Development23▲ 4.5×11 topics
  21. Healthcare21▲ 3.1×17 topics
  22. Knowledge Management18▲ 5.4×9 topics
  23. Digital Transformation18▲ 5.5×5 topics
  24. IoT18▲ 7.8×7 topics
  25. Customer Satisfaction18▲ 8.9×4 topics
  26. Organizational Performance18▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Smart Cities18▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Poverty Reduction17▲ 22×5 topics
  29. Social Capital17▲ 5.2×10 topics
  30. Social Media Marketing16▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Human Resource Management15▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Social Networks15▲ 9.0×6 topics
  33. Gender Equality14▲ 8.6×6 topics
  34. Performance Measurement14▲ 8.2×5 topics
  35. Governance14▲ 7.0×7 topics
  36. Localization13▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Guanxi13▲ 97×1 topic
  38. Wasta13▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Institutional Quality13▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Maternal Mortality13▲ 9.3×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Kigali publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts, Construction Project Management and Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Organizational and Employee Performance.

Middle East and Rwanda C…51Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 51 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…23Construction Project Management and Performance: 23 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…23Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 23 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 16 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 13 fractional worksPublic Procurement and Policy: 11 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 11 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 11 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnership Projects: 10 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement Science and Operations ResearchAccountingArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 51 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 23 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 23 works
  4. 4 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 16 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  6. 6 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 11 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 11 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 11 works
  9. 9 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 10 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 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 available80.1%not open19.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.1%domestic only57.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Kigali's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 183% higher 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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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.