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Research in Alice

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Alice, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Fort Hare.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.3k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
27.9%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Alice?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Fort HareUniversity 6,279 #2,762
2Victoria HospitalHospital / health system 45 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Alice strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Alice is most concentrated in Management of Technology and Innovation (4.9× the world share in Management of Technology and Innovation).

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 20.4 works4.9×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Alice?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Colonialism, Climate Change, Sustainability, Human Rights, Social Capital, Medicinal Plants and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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 city'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. Climate Change87▲ 2.4×66 topics
  2. Sustainability78▲ 2.4×54 topics
  3. Higher Education58▲ 7.9×18 topics
  4. Colonialism56▲ 8.6×12 topics
  5. Human Rights54▲ 3.8×27 topics
  6. Renewable Energy50▲ 2.5×31 topics
  7. Globalization48▲ 1.79×49 topics
  8. Social Capital43▲ 6.0×14 topics
  9. Environmental Impact42▲ 1.80×30 topics
  10. Medicinal Plants36▲ 6.7×12 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture29▲ 6.7×9 topics
  12. Decolonization28▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Postcolonialism28▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Smallholder Farmers28▲ 9.2×4 topics
  15. Food Security27▲ 3.6×13 topics
  16. Technology Integration26▲ 6.1×7 topics
  17. Indigenous Knowledge Systems25▲ 59×2 topics
  18. African Philosophy25▲ 166×1 topic
  19. Ubuntu25▲ 166×1 topic
  20. Adaptation24▲ 6.0×6 topics
  21. Social Networks23▲ 6.3×7 topics
  22. Poverty Reduction22▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Development22▲ 4.6×12 topics
  24. Equality21▲ 26×2 topics
  25. South Africa21▲ 56×4 topics
  26. Judicial Review20▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Gender Inequality19▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Environmental Governance19▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Inequality19▲ 6.1×6 topics
  30. Consumer Protection19▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Constitutionalism18▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Public Participation18▲ 60×2 topics
  33. Vulnerability18▲ 5.9×7 topics
  34. Poverty Alleviation18▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Developmental Local Government18▲ 120×1 topic
  36. Legal Research18▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Social Entrepreneurship18▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Entrepreneurial Orientation18▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Opportunity Recognition18▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Phytochemicals16▲ 11×8 topics

What research is done in Alice?

  1. 1 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 25 works
  2. 2 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 18 works
  3. 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 18 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 works
  5. 5 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 13 works
  6. 6 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  7. 7 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 13 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 11 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  10. 10 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 10 works

Research output over time

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