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Research in Banda Aceh

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, Universitas Muhammadiyah Aceh and Universitas Abulyatama.

Research institutions
7
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
41k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
131k
3.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Banda Aceh?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitas Syiah KualaUniversity 25,247 #2,897
2Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-RaniryUniversity 7,847 #1,434
3Universitas Muhammadiyah AcehUniversity 3,152 #1,825
4Universitas AbulyatamaUniversity 1,877 #2,156
5Universitas Serambi MekkahUniversity 1,799 #3,524
6Universitas Iskandar MudaUniversity 500 #8,062
7Bina Bangsa Getsempena UniversityUniversity 276 #11,724

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Universitas Syiah Kuala: 62.0%Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry: 19.3%Universitas Muhammadiyah Aceh: 7.7%Universitas Abulyatama: 4.6%3 others listed: 6.3%62%largest
Universitas Syiah Kuala25k · 62.0%Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry7,847 · 19.3%Universitas Muhammadiyah Aceh3,152 · 7.7%Universitas Abulyatama1,877 · 4.6%3 others listed2,575 · 6.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Banda Aceh work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Banda Aceh is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 9,299 fractional works · 50.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,564 fractional works · 35.6% of its workEducation: 3,058 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,454 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLaw: 478 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 474 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 355 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 244 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 152 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 130 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 128 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1,414 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAccounting: 448 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 327 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 238 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 165 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 128 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 101 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 417 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 385 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 408 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 208 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 390 fractional works · 2.1% of its workConservation: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 107 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,939 fractional works · 21.4% of its workComputer Science: 1,263 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 844 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 257 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1,060 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 350 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 145 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 114 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 113 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 167 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 904 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 256 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 178 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 151 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 207 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 187 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 154 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 131 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,613 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMedicine: 1,519 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 627 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurgery: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 336 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 946 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 378 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 249 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 136 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2,575 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,219 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 553 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 484 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 421 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 260 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 190 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 101 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 239 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBanda Aceh18kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences9,29950.5%
    1. Social Sciences6,56435.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1,4147.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4172.3%
    4. Psychology4082.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities3902.1%
    6. Decision Sciences1060.6%
    1. Computer Science1,2636.9%
    2. Engineering1,0605.8%
    3. Environmental Science9044.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2071.1%
    5. Materials Science1871.0%
    6. Mathematics1540.8%
    7. Chemistry870.5%
    8. Energy520.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy180.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.0%
  2. Health Sciences2,61314.2%
    1. Medicine1,5198.2%
    2. Health Professions9465.1%
    3. Nursing910.5%
    4. Dentistry500.3%
    5. Veterinary70.0%
  3. Life Sciences2,57514.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,21912.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2391.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics410.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology400.2%
    5. Neuroscience360.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Banda Aceh strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Banda Aceh is most concentrated in Human Factors and Ergonomics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Conservation (7.1× the world share in Human Factors and Ergonomics).

  1. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 133.8 works7.1×
  2. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 519.5 works7.0×
  3. ConservationSubfield · 111.4 works7.0×
  4. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 179.7 works5.9×
  5. EducationSubfield · 2,778.7 works5.4×
  6. Soil ScienceSubfield · 251.6 works5.0×
  7. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 602.9 works4.8×
  8. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 204.1 works4.7×
← 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: 2.62× its world share, 2,103 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 222 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 1,201 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 195 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 995 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 819 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 172 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 142 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 45 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 850 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 1,388 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 81 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 352 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.35× its world share, 1,276 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 95 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 396 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 338 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 5,955 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.79×5,955 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.62×2,103 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.35×1,276 works
  4. Health Professions1.91×850 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.10×396 works
  6. Environmental Science0.98×819 works
  7. Nursing0.98×81 works
  8. Computer Science0.92×1,201 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×195 works
  10. Mathematics0.72×142 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.72×352 works
  12. Psychology0.66×338 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×34 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.58×95 works
  15. Dentistry0.55×45 works
  16. Medicine0.43×1,388 works
  17. Engineering0.39×995 works
  18. Chemistry0.31×81 works
  19. Energy0.29×46 works
  20. Materials Science0.29×172 works
  21. Veterinary0.28×6 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×222 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×34 works
  24. Neuroscience0.11×31 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.10×6 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.04×17 works

Which keywords describe research in Banda Aceh?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, Character Education, Local Wisdom, Curriculum Development, Digital Learning, Media Literacy, Health Education and Islamic Education.

▲ 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. Community Empowerment1,682▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Character Education1,114▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Local Wisdom1,033▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Curriculum Development1,005▲ 8.1×14 topics
  5. Educational Technology976▲ 4.5×35 topics
  6. Digital Learning928▲ 9.9×11 topics
  7. Social Media903▲ 3.5×27 topics
  8. Media Literacy896▲ 9.2×5 topics
  9. Online Learning877▲ 5.7×20 topics
  10. Health Education849▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Islamic Education840▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Sustainable Development839▲ 2.9×58 topics
  13. Islamic Banking815▲ 12×3 topics
  14. E-Learning812▲ 4.6×20 topics
  15. Indonesia809▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Education803▲ 2.5×63 topics
  17. Qualitative Research796▲ 5.1×26 topics
  18. Digital Literacy788▲ 7.5×10 topics
  19. STEM Education712▲ 8.5×14 topics
  20. Mobile Learning654▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Corporate Governance629▲ 4.6×22 topics
  22. Human Rights609▲ 3.2×38 topics
  23. Maternal Health608▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Breastfeeding607▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Public Health Policy606▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Non-Communicable Diseases605▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Learning Outcomes603▲ 7.9×9 topics
  28. Child Nutrition597▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Stunting597▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Antioxidant Activity578▲ 5.0×31 topics
  31. E-commerce559▲ 5.3×11 topics
  32. Economic Impact519▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Community Participation506▲ 7.8×7 topics
  34. Financial Performance497▲ 4.8×15 topics
  35. Student Development489▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Cultural Integration488▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Religious Values488▲ 14×1 topic
  38. School Environment488▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Pandemic Response451▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Character Development409▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Banda Aceh?

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 577 works
  2. 2 Education and Character Development Education 466 works
  3. 3 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 349 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 330 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 313 works
  6. 6 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 283 works
  7. 7 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 266 works
  8. 8 Legal Studies and Policies Law 243 works
  9. 9 Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques Soil Science 224 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 210 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Banda Aceh7.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.0% in 2019.

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