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University of Southern Somalia

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Research works
33
▲ 220% vs 2013–17
Citations
96
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: University of Southern Somalia 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Environmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.80× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 10.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Southern Somalia?

Ranked on the composite score, Keith Clements lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Southern Somalia.

  1. 1 Keith Clements Somalia · #676,062 worldwide 4 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at University of Southern Somalia

Which keywords describe research at University of Southern Somalia?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Literature, Identity, Social Justice, Colonialism, Culture, Globalization and Postcolonialism.

▲ 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 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. Gender5▲ 26×4 topics
  2. Literature4▲ 21×3 topics
  3. Identity3▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Social Justice3▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Globalization3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  6. Colonialism3▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Epidemiology3▲ 1.97×9 topics
  8. Culture2▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Postcolonialism2▲ 62×2 topics
  10. Race2▲ 56×3 topics
  11. Religion2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Adaptation2▲ 20×1 topic
  13. Film2▲ 353×1 topic
  14. African Christianity2▲ 207×2 topics
  15. Biblical Monotheism2▲ 122×1 topic
  16. Clinical Practice2▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Jewish Society2▲ 122×1 topic
  18. Public Sphere2▲ 79×2 topics
  19. Community Development2▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Global Christianity2▲ 263×1 topic
  21. History2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  22. Medical Education2▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Nationalism2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Short-Term Missions2▲ 263×1 topic
  25. Society2▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Child Mortality1▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Infectious Diseases1▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Maternal Mortality1▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Activism1▲ 95×2 topics
  30. Democracy1▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Ethnicity1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Power1▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Cultural Exchange1▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Cultural Studies1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  35. Faith-Based Organizations1▲ 103×1 topic
  36. Social Services1▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Diversity1▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Feminism1▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Media Representation1▲ 122×1 topic
  40. Paediatric Virology1▲ 1369×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Southern Somalia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation, Cultural Identity and Representation, Global Maternal and Child Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation: 1 fractional worksCultural Identity and Representation: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…1Global Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…0Child Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 0 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…0Religion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts i…0Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 0 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research…0Vibrio bacteria research studies: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…0Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 0 fractional works
Plant SciencePhilosophyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation Plant Science 1 works
  2. 2 Cultural Identity and Representation Philosophy 1 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  5. 5 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 0 works
  6. 6 Education and Islamic Studies Education 0 works
  7. 7 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 0 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Southern Somalia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 220% 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.

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.