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Research in Ampara

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Ampara, Sri Lanka. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.1k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
5.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Ampara

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 Ampara?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1South Eastern University of Sri LankaUniversity 1,107 #7,319
2Ampara HospitalHospital / health system 29 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 Ampara work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Ampara is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 244 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 20.5% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 51 fractional works · 10.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 136 fractional works · 27.6% of its workEngineering: 43 fractional works · 8.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 65 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 50 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmpara493fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences49%

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 Sciences10120.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities5110.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting387.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance234.7%
    5. Psychology183.6%
    6. Decision Sciences132.7%
    1. Engineering438.7%
    2. Computer Science428.5%
    3. Environmental Science306.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.8%
    6. Materials Science40.8%
    7. Chemistry30.7%
    8. Energy30.5%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5010.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.3%
    3. Neuroscience30.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Medicine306.0%
    2. Health Professions142.8%
    3. Nursing30.6%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Ampara?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Teacher Training, Risk Management, Language Teaching, Machine Learning, Islamic Banking and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Machine Learning31▲ 1.88×47 topics
  2. Globalization29▲ 3.0×24 topics
  3. Deep Learning25▲ 1.47×46 topics
  4. Human Rights25▲ 4.9×19 topics
  5. Sustainability21▲ 1.78×35 topics
  6. Teacher Training19▲ 6.4×5 topics
  7. Online Learning17▲ 4.3×9 topics
  8. Curriculum Development17▲ 5.0×4 topics
  9. Risk Management17▲ 7.1×9 topics
  10. Corporate Governance16▲ 4.6×11 topics
  11. Philosophy15▲ 6.9×6 topics
  12. Language Teaching15▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Educational Technology15▲ 2.5×12 topics
  14. Environmental Impact15▲ 1.75×30 topics
  15. Islamic Banking14▲ 7.8×3 topics
  16. Ethnicity14▲ 7.6×4 topics
  17. Finance14▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Conflict12▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Financial Stability12▲ 13×2 topics
  20. E-Learning12▲ 2.5×6 topics
  21. Ethical Identity12▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Global Financial Crisis12▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Shariah Supervision12▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Supply Chain Management11▲ 2.5×10 topics
  25. Islamic Education11▲ 6.8×3 topics
  26. History10▲ 3.0×8 topics
  27. Consumer Behavior10▲ 3.2×8 topics
  28. Culture10▲ 3.9×7 topics
  29. Pedagogy10▲ 4.0×2 topics
  30. Student Engagement10▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. Religion10▲ 4.2×11 topics
  32. Religious Education10▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Digital Learning10▲ 3.8×3 topics
  34. Madrasa9▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Muslim Students9▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Refugees9▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Language Contact7▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Active Learning7▲ 8.0×3 topics
  39. Authentic Learning7▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Multilingual Education7▲ 29×1 topic

What research is done in Ampara?

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 11 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 9 fractional worksArabic Language Educatio…7Arabic Language Education Studies: 7 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Et…6Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 6 fractional worksLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis: 5 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 5 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…5EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 5 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 4 fractional works
AccountingEducationPolitical Science and International RelationsLanguage and Linguistics3 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 Education and Islamic Studies Education 9 works
  3. 3 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 7 works
  4. 4 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  5. 5 Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis Language and Linguistics 5 works
  6. 6 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 5 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 5 works
  8. 8 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  9. 9 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 4 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 4 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%Ampara13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.2% in 2014.

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