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Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies

In research, Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,705 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,347
of 28,054 · #39,273 all time
Rank in Zambia
#13
of 15
Research works
228
▲ 886% vs 2013–17
Citations
544
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies 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 #9,705 of 10,521 7.1%104 #16450

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies 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).

What does Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 54.6 works12×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11.54× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.48× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8.29× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Supply Chain Management, Economic Development, Fiscal Policy and ICT.

▲ 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. Social Capital19▲ 24×6 topics
  2. Entrepreneurship14▲ 24×5 topics
  3. Innovation14▲ 8.8×14 topics
  4. Sustainability10▲ 2.9×12 topics
  5. Corporate Governance10▲ 9.2×8 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management10▲ 7.1×9 topics
  7. Economic Development9▲ 7.5×6 topics
  8. Fiscal Policy8▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Economic Growth8▲ 6.2×9 topics
  10. ICT7▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Institutional Quality7▲ 47×3 topics
  12. Investment Decisions7▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Governance7▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  15. Entrepreneurial Orientation6▲ 50×1 topic
  16. Opportunity Recognition6▲ 50×1 topic
  17. Risk Management6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  18. Financial Constraints6▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Leadership6▲ 8.1×6 topics
  20. Crowdfunding6▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Fintech6▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Poverty Reduction5▲ 28×4 topics
  23. Regulation5▲ 6.9×3 topics
  24. Finance5▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Social Impact5▲ 9.0×2 topics
  26. Emerging Markets5▲ 52×1 topic
  27. Frugal Innovation5▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Financial Performance5▲ 5.8×3 topics
  29. Firm Performance5▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Inequality5▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Knowledge Economy5▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Gender Equality5▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Mobile Phones5▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Performance Measurement5▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Stock Market5▲ 13×3 topics
  36. financial access5▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Empowerment4▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Microfinance4▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Monetary Policy4▲ 12×6 topics
  40. Profitability4▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development and Economic Growth and Development.

Entrepreneurship Studies…6Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…6FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 6 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…5Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 5 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Deve…5Economic Growth and Development: 5 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 4 fractional worksPublic Procurement and Policy: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts4COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnership Projects: 3 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…3Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 3 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationManagement Information SystemsBusiness and International ManagementInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  2. 2 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 6 works
  3. 3 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 5 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 5 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 3 works
  9. 9 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 3 works
  10. 10 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 3 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 available88.5%not open11.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 886% 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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