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Zanzibar University

In research, Zanzibar University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,892 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,912
of 28,054 · #27,034 all time
Rank in Tanzania
#27
of 43
Research works
406
▲ 253% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Zanzibar University 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 #7,892 of 10,521 5.1%77 #8815

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Zanzibar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 24.4 works4.6×
← 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: 1.78× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.94× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.64× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.89× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zanzibar University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tarek Meguid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zanzibar University.

  1. 1 Tarek Meguid Tanzania · #640,717 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Zanzibar University

Which keywords describe research at Zanzibar University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Islamic Banking, Ethical Identity, Finance, Globalization, Food Security and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Risk Management13▲ 16×4 topics
  2. Globalization12▲ 3.8×19 topics
  3. Corporate Governance11▲ 9.2×2 topics
  4. Islamic Banking11▲ 17×2 topics
  5. Ethical Identity11▲ 53×1 topic
  6. Finance11▲ 34×1 topic
  7. Epidemiology10▲ 1.59×45 topics
  8. Climate Change10▲ 2.2×27 topics
  9. Sustainability8▲ 2.1×22 topics
  10. Economic Growth7▲ 5.1×7 topics
  11. Economic Development7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  12. Food Security7▲ 7.5×11 topics
  13. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.2×15 topics
  14. Social Capital6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  15. Education5▲ 1.93×15 topics
  16. Poverty Reduction5▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management5▲ 3.0×9 topics
  18. Gender Equality4▲ 9.3×4 topics
  19. Education Policy4▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Agriculture4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  21. Ecosystem-Based Management4▲ 72×1 topic
  22. Marine Spatial Planning4▲ 72×1 topic
  23. Cultural Identity4▲ 4.2×4 topics
  24. Aquaculture3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  25. Vaccine Development3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  26. Customer Satisfaction3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  27. Empowerment3▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Community Health Workers3▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Inequality3▲ 8.1×2 topics
  30. Multiculturalism3▲ 9.6×2 topics
  31. Technology Adoption3▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Financial Inclusion3▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Microfinance3▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Authoritarianism3▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Singapore3▲ 190×1 topic
  36. Water Management3▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Employee Engagement3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. ICT3▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Religious Education3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Global Trade3▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Zanzibar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Coastal and Marine Management, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion and Socioeconomic Development in Asia.

Islamic Finance and Bank…11Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 11 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 4 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 3 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional works
AccountingManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science6 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 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Systems and Practices Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zanzibar University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 253% 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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