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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-now are University of Fort Hare.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.3k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
102k
16.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Alice

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 #2,291
2Victoria HospitalHospital / health system 45 not ranked

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

Which fields of science does Alice work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Alice is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 661 fractional works · 43.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 407 fractional works · 26.5% of its workEducation: 136 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 106 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 31 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 95 fractional works · 6.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 55 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 409 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 152 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 97 fractional works · 6.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 52 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 38 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 314 fractional works · 20.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 226 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPlant Science: 75 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 153 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 102 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAlice1,537fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences43%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences40726.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting956.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance553.6%
    4. Psychology493.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities412.7%
    6. Decision Sciences130.9%
    1. Environmental Science1529.9%
    2. Engineering976.3%
    3. Computer Science523.4%
    4. Materials Science382.5%
    5. Energy241.6%
    6. Chemistry161.0%
    7. Mathematics130.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22614.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology614.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology100.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.5%
    5. Neuroscience80.5%
    1. Medicine1026.6%
    2. Health Professions352.3%
    3. Nursing110.7%
    4. Veterinary50.3%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 195 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 129 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.41× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.03× its world share, 89 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 366 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.02×195 works
  2. Veterinary2.41×4 works
  3. Social Sciences2.13×366 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.03×89 works
  5. Environmental Science1.91×129 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×53 works
  7. Energy1.65×21 works
  8. Nursing1.59×11 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.50×7 works
  10. Psychology1.06×44 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.96×38 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.93×12 works
  13. Health Professions0.83×30 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×53 works
  15. Materials Science0.71×34 works
  16. Chemistry0.70×15 works
  17. Mathematics0.57×9 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×11 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×7 works
  20. Computer Science0.46×48 works
  21. Engineering0.41×83 works
  22. Neuroscience0.37×8 works
  23. Medicine0.34×89 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.30×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.09×3 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Alice?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-now 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 Change101▲ 2.4×70 topics
  2. Sustainability88▲ 2.3×57 topics
  3. Higher Education61▲ 7.5×18 topics
  4. Human Rights60▲ 3.8×29 topics
  5. Colonialism59▲ 8.1×13 topics
  6. Renewable Energy58▲ 2.6×32 topics
  7. Globalization57▲ 1.90×52 topics
  8. Environmental Impact48▲ 1.84×31 topics
  9. Social Capital47▲ 5.8×14 topics
  10. Medicinal Plants39▲ 6.5×12 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture35▲ 7.3×10 topics
  12. Smallholder Farmers33▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Decolonization31▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Food Security31▲ 3.7×13 topics
  15. Postcolonialism30▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Indigenous Knowledge Systems28▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Adaptation27▲ 6.0×6 topics
  18. Technology Integration27▲ 5.7×8 topics
  19. Rural Development27▲ 5.2×9 topics
  20. Social Networks26▲ 6.3×7 topics
  21. African Philosophy26▲ 143×1 topic
  22. Ubuntu26▲ 143×1 topic
  23. Gender Inequality25▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Equality24▲ 27×3 topics
  25. South Africa23▲ 56×4 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction23▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Judicial Review23▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Vulnerability23▲ 6.5×7 topics
  29. Environmental Governance23▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Inequality22▲ 6.3×7 topics
  31. Consumer Protection22▲ 33×3 topics
  32. Constitutionalism21▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Public Participation21▲ 63×2 topics
  34. Developmental Local Government21▲ 131×1 topic
  35. Legal Research21▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Poverty Alleviation18▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Social Entrepreneurship18▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Entrepreneurial Orientation18▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Opportunity Recognition18▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Phytochemicals18▲ 11×8 topics

What research is done in Alice?

African cultural and philosophical studies: 25 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 18 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…18Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 18 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…14Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 14 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 13 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 13 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…13Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 13 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 11 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 10 fractional worksAfrican studies and soci…10African studies and sociopolitical issues: 10 fractional works
EducationLawManagement of Technology and InnovationGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 others

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

  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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Alice26.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.4% in 2010.

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