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University of Rwanda

In research, University of Rwanda stands highest in Education (#154 of 1,892 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,724 of 10,521 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#574 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing and Education — Nutrition and Dietetics is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,313
of 28,054 · #7,712 all time
Rank in Rwanda
#1
of 17
Research works
4.5k
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is University of Rwanda 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
EducationSubfield #154 of 1,892 45.3%189 #605
Social SciencesDomain #1,724 of 10,521 30.5%572 #3234
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #574 of 3,409 24.4%102 #1319
Social SciencesField #1,178 of 6,365 33.2%354 #2312
Health SciencesDomain #2,570 of 11,982 16.9%415 #5359
Life SciencesDomain #2,150 of 7,800 21.9%177 #4758
MedicineField #2,973 of 10,443 16.9%301 #5942
Health ProfessionsField #759 of 1,928 20.0%71 #2220
Physical SciencesDomain #5,336 of 12,888 18.5%388 #10980
EngineeringField #3,438 of 6,636 14.9%119 #6553

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Rwanda 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. Education#605 #154
  2. Social Sciences#3,234 #1,724
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,319 #574
  4. Social Sciences#2,312 #1,178
  5. Health Sciences#5,359 #2,570
  6. Life Sciences#4,758 #2,150
  7. Medicine#5,942 #2,973
  8. Health Professions#2,220 #759
  9. Physical Sciences#10,980 #5,336
  10. Engineering#6,553 #3,438
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 Rwanda specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 29.9 works4.5×
  2. NursingField · 30.9 works4.1×
  3. EducationSubfield · 188.9 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: 1.39× its world share, 102 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 101 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 119 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 87 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 71 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 301 worksMedicineNursing: 4.07× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 71 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 354 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Rwanda?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephen Rulisa, Faustin Ntirenganya and Patrick Kyamanywa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Rwanda.

  1. 1 Stephen Rulisa Rwanda · #320,605 worldwide 46 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Faustin Ntirenganya Rwanda · #343,975 worldwide 99 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Patrick Kyamanywa Rwanda · #516,801 worldwide 45 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Vincent Sezibera Rwanda · #637,529 worldwide 56 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Damien Hanyurwimfura Rwanda · #710,376 worldwide 96 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Léon Mutesa Rwanda · #955,118 worldwide 44 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Jean Bosco Gahutu Rwanda · #1,019,845 worldwide 50 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Alfred R. Bizoza Rwanda · #1,133,034 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Robert Fuller Rwanda · #1,295,644 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Jean de Dieu Uwimana Rwanda · #1,437,194 worldwide 0 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at University of Rwanda

Which keywords describe research at University of Rwanda?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teaching Strategies, Educational Technology, Student Engagement, Higher Education, Maternal Mortality, Education, Technology Integration and Community Health Workers.

▲ 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. Educational Technology79▲ 4.3×22 topics
  2. Epidemiology77▲ 1.25×99 topics
  3. Education65▲ 2.4×39 topics
  4. Teaching Strategies62▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Higher Education51▲ 6.1×15 topics
  6. Globalization48▲ 1.58×39 topics
  7. Student Engagement47▲ 7.6×10 topics
  8. E-Learning41▲ 2.6×12 topics
  9. STEM Education38▲ 5.4×10 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality37▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Online Learning37▲ 2.9×10 topics
  12. Technology Integration36▲ 7.5×7 topics
  13. Community Health Workers33▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Learning Outcomes32▲ 4.8×7 topics
  15. Health Inequalities32▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Child Development31▲ 4.8×7 topics
  17. Child Mortality31▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Health Systems31▲ 28×1 topic
  19. Genocide31▲ 35×3 topics
  20. Student Satisfaction31▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Active Learning30▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Politics30▲ 7.0×6 topics
  23. Global Burden of Disease28▲ 7.2×4 topics
  24. Mobile Learning28▲ 5.0×4 topics
  25. Media27▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Middle East26▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Qatar26▲ 88×1 topic
  28. 21st Century Skills26▲ 5.6×6 topics
  29. Critical Thinking Skills26▲ 8.8×2 topics
  30. Nursing Education25▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Maternal and Child Undernutrition24▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Water Sanitation Hygiene24▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Teacher Preparation24▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Higher-Order Thinking24▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Instructional Interventions24▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Lifelong Learning22▲ 6.9×9 topics
  37. Student Performance22▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Inquiry-Based Teaching21▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Scientific Literacy21▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Flipped Classroom20▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Rwanda publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Education and Critical Thinking Development.

Global Maternal and Chil…31Global Maternal and Child Health: 31 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda C…26Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 26 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…24Child Nutrition and Water Access: 24 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…24Education and Critical Thinking Development: 24 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 21 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 20 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…16Online and Blended Learning: 16 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 15 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 12 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 12 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceNutrition and DieteticsEducation1 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 31 works
  2. 2 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 24 works
  4. 4 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 24 works
  5. 5 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 21 works
  6. 6 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 20 works
  7. 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 16 works
  8. 8 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 15 works
  9. 9 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 12 works
  10. 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 12 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 available79.5%not open20.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.4%domestic only48.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Rwanda's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% 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.