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Zanzibar University

In research, Zanzibar University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,811 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 4.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,408
of 22,385 · #10,467 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#21
of 41
Research works
406
▲ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Zanzibar University

What is Zanzibar University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,811 of 9,585 2.8%77 #9495

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zanzibar University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Zanzibar University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Zanzibar University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 86 fractional works · 44.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 6.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 13.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKZanzibarUniversity193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences45%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4020.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2713.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance115.7%
    4. Psychology52.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Environmental Science2010.2%
    2. Computer Science147.1%
    3. Engineering73.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2915.1%
    2. Health Professions42.1%
    3. Nursing31.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences168.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Zanzibar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 26.9 works4.3×
← 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: 1.72× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.05× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 2.77× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.32× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.67× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.32×27 works
  2. Nursing2.77×3 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.67×11 works
  4. Environmental Science2.05×20 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.72×16 works
  6. Social Sciences1.64×40 works
  7. Veterinary1.58×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.53×3 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.29×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.91×14 works
  11. Psychology0.87×5 works
  12. Medicine0.79×29 works
  13. Health Professions0.78×4 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.78×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×5 works
  16. Energy0.50×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×1 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.33×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.30×2 works
  20. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  21. Engineering0.24×7 works
  22. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Zanzibar University?

Ranked on the quality score, Abdullah Ali, Mohamed Haji Ali and Khamis Ameir Haji lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zanzibar University.

  1. 1 Abdullah Ali Tanzania · #179,212 worldwide 3.9k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Mohamed Haji Ali Tanzania · #777,740 worldwide 555 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Khamis Ameir Haji Tanzania · #974,387 worldwide 701 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Faiza Abbas Tanzania · #977,826 worldwide 427 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Abdul-wahid H. Al-mafazy Tanzania · #1,031,186 worldwide 503 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Tarek Meguid Tanzania · #1,088,197 worldwide 1.7k citations · 97 works
  7. 7 Mwinyi Khamis Tanzania · #1,108,174 worldwide 378 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Sanaa Said Tanzania · #1,674,546 worldwide 695 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Masoud Mohammed Albiman Tanzania · #2,290,520 worldwide 373 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 G. E. Tidbury Tanzania · #2,810,762 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Zanzibar University

What are the most cited papers from Zanzibar University?

The most cited paper from Zanzibar University is "Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar" (Achuyt Bhattarai, Abdullah Ali, S. Patrick Kachur et al., 2007), with 666 citations. Next come "Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination" (644) and "Community stakeholders’ knowledge in landscape assessments – Mapping indicators for landscape services" (467).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar Achuyt Bhattarai, Abdullah Ali, S. Patrick Kachur et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 30 Oct 2007 666
2 Time to set the agenda for schistosomiasis elimination David Rollinson, Stefanie Knopp, Sarah Levitz et al. · Acta Tropica 11 May 2012 644
3 Community stakeholders’ knowledge in landscape assessments – Mapping indicators for landscape services Nora Fagerholm, Niina Käyhkö, Festo G. J. Ndumbaro et al. · Ecological Indicators 13 Jan 2012 467
4 Association of the triglyceride glucose index as a measure of insulin resistance with mortality and cardiovascular disease in populations from five continents (PURE study): a prospective cohort study Patricio López‐Jaramillo et al. · The Lancet Healthy Longevity Open access 12 Dec 2022 393
5 In Vivo Selection of Plasmodium falciparum pfmdr1 86N Coding Alleles by Artemether‐Lumefantrine (Coartem) Christin Sisowath, Johan Strömberg, Andreas Mårtensson et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases 16 Feb 2005 381
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Zanzibar University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Islamic Banking, Corporate Governance, Ethical Identity, Finance, Globalization, Food Security and Climate Change.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization13▲ 3.5×21 topics
  2. Risk Management13▲ 14×4 topics
  3. Climate Change12▲ 2.3×29 topics
  4. Epidemiology12▲ 1.50×54 topics
  5. Corporate Governance11▲ 8.0×2 topics
  6. Islamic Banking11▲ 16×2 topics
  7. Ethical Identity11▲ 50×1 topic
  8. Finance11▲ 32×1 topic
  9. Sustainability11▲ 2.3×26 topics
  10. Economic Growth8▲ 4.9×10 topics
  11. Food Security7▲ 6.9×12 topics
  12. Economic Development7▲ 4.5×11 topics
  13. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Social Capital6▲ 5.8×6 topics
  15. Poverty Reduction5▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Agriculture4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  17. Gender Equality4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  18. Education Policy4▲ 32×3 topics
  19. Governance4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  20. Ecosystem-Based Management4▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Leadership4▲ 4.1×5 topics
  22. Marine Spatial Planning4▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Vaccine Development4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  24. Aquaculture4▲ 7.1×8 topics
  25. Global Trade4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  26. Community Health Workers3▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Employee Engagement3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  28. Inequality3▲ 7.2×2 topics
  29. Maternal Mortality3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  30. Ocean Acidification3▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Water Management3▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Empowerment3▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Multiculturalism3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Technology Adoption3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  35. Bleaching3▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Coral Reefs3▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Financial Inclusion3▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Microfinance3▲ 30×1 topic
  40. ICT3▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Zanzibar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Islamic Finance and Bank…11Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 11 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 3 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional works
AccountingManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEconomics and EconometricsEcology6 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 11 works
  2. 2 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  3. 3 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 3 works
  7. 7 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 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 available71.8%not open28.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Zanzibar University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 88% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Zanzibar University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Zanzibar University0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Zanzibar University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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