CARTA Partner Universities ​Top Global Research Citation Ranking

Eight out of the nine universities participating in the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) program emerged amongst the top 100 list of the Journals Consortium's 2015 rankings, with six topping their country lists. The Journals Consotium (JC) ranking rates universities in the world according to the number of research publications and citations emerging from them. The rankings are based on data collected over a period of five years. The 2015 ranking rated the universities' outputs in the last five years (2010 to 2014) as well as their visibility on the internet.

Research output and publication citations are important matrix to any university as it is a testament to the institution’s contribution to academic world. Below is how the institutions were ranked

Institution	Position in Africa	Position in Country
University of Nairobi	4	1 (Kenya)
University of Witwatersrand	6	4 (South Africa)
University of Ibadan	8	1 (Nigeria)
Makerere University	12	1 (Uganda)
Obafemi Awololo University	24	5 (Nigeria)
University of Dar Es Salam	39	1 (Tanzania)
Moi University	47	3 (Kenya)
University of Malawi	61	1 (Malawi)
University of Rwanda	106	1 (Rwanda)

CARTA’s vision is to be the catalyst for the emergence of a vibrant African academy able to lead world-class multidisciplinary research that makes a positive impact on population and public health. To do this, the CARTA PhD training program has research publication as one of the critical output for the CARTA fellows.

During the fellowship period, the fellows are usually taken through rigorous writing process and this has yielded positive results. The fellows collectively have published over 210 papers in peer reviewed high impact journals and continuously thrive to do their best.