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Research in Banjul

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Banjul, Gambia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of the Gambia and Euclid University.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.2k
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
81k
25.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Banjul

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 Banjul?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the GambiaUniversity 845 #3,922
2Euclid UniversityUniversity 253 #16,791
3Edward Francis Small Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 166 #31,322 all time
4Ministry of Health and Social WelfareGovernment institution 138 #24,483 all time
5International Trypanotolerance CentreNonprofit 95 not ranked
6American International University West AfricaUniversity 85 not ranked
7National Agricultural Research InstituteResearch facility 32 not ranked
8Institute for Human Rights and Development in AfricaNonprofit 24 not ranked
9Catholic Development OfficeInstitution 22 not ranked
10Government of The GambiaGovernment institution 8 not ranked
11CIAM Public Health Research and Development CentreNonprofit 3 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.

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.

University of the Gambia: 50.6%Euclid University: 15.1%Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital: 9.9%Ministry of Health and Social Welfare: 8.3%7 others listed: 16.1%51%largest
University of the Gambia845 · 50.6%Euclid University253 · 15.1%Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital166 · 9.9%Ministry of Health and Social Welfare138 · 8.3%7 others listed269 · 16.1%

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

Which fields of science does Banjul work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Banjul is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 376 fractional works · 38.0% of its workMedicine: 308 fractional works · 31.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 61 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 42 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 33 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 44 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 317 fractional works · 32.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 169 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 58 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 48 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 38 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 170 fractional works · 17.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 126 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 62 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBanjul989fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences32%

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. Medicine30831.1%
    2. Health Professions444.4%
    3. Nursing202.0%
    4. Dentistry30.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences16917.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting585.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance484.8%
    4. Psychology181.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities131.3%
    6. Decision Sciences111.1%
    1. Environmental Science525.3%
    2. Computer Science373.8%
    3. Engineering262.6%
    4. Mathematics242.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy121.2%
    6. Materials Science60.6%
    7. Energy60.6%
    8. Chemistry30.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences626.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology323.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology252.5%
    4. Neuroscience40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Banjul strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Banjul is most concentrated in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (6.1× the world share in Infectious Diseases).

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 32.7 works6.1×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 51.6 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: 1.36× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.45× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.24× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 259 worksMedicineNursing: 4.17× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.46× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 129 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.17×16 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.46×42 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.45×20 works
  4. Mathematics2.24×21 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.81×46 works
  6. Health Professions1.74×36 works
  7. Medicine1.71×259 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.36×51 works
  9. Veterinary1.32×1 works
  10. Social Sciences1.29×129 works
  11. Environmental Science1.02×40 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.93×7 works
  13. Dentistry0.84×3 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×2 works
  15. Energy0.71×5 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.59×10 works
  17. Psychology0.56×14 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×23 works
  19. Computer Science0.39×24 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.36×8 works
  21. Neuroscience0.22×3 works
  22. Materials Science0.21×6 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.17×2 works
  25. Engineering0.17×20 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Banjul?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Vaccine Development, Global Burden, Immune Response, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Epidemiology113▲ 2.9×97 topics
  2. Climate Change50▲ 1.84×62 topics
  3. Sustainability33▲ 1.36×49 topics
  4. Globalization32▲ 1.66×41 topics
  5. Economic Growth32▲ 4.0×19 topics
  6. Global Burden32▲ 5.8×12 topics
  7. Immune Response31▲ 5.5×17 topics
  8. Public Health30▲ 2.1×41 topics
  9. Vaccine29▲ 7.4×11 topics
  10. COVID-1928▲ 2.2×21 topics
  11. Vaccine Development28▲ 11×9 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality25▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.1×28 topics
  14. Pathogenesis23▲ 4.5×20 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases22▲ 6.8×9 topics
  16. Community Health Workers19▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Vulnerability19▲ 8.2×6 topics
  18. Health Inequalities19▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Child Development18▲ 4.5×7 topics
  20. Socio-economic Factors18▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Child Mortality18▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Health Systems18▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Social Capital18▲ 3.4×12 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease16▲ 6.5×4 topics
  25. Insecticide Resistance16▲ 20×4 topics
  26. Risk Management16▲ 3.4×8 topics
  27. Adaptation15▲ 5.1×7 topics
  28. Global Warming15▲ 3.5×9 topics
  29. Poverty Reduction15▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Governance14▲ 4.4×8 topics
  31. Risk Perception14▲ 5.3×6 topics
  32. Genome Sequence14▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Development14▲ 3.9×14 topics
  34. Artemisinin Resistance13▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Plasmodium falciparum13▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Maternal and Child Undernutrition13▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Water Sanitation Hygiene13▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Global Health12▲ 7.6×5 topics
  39. Respiratory Infections12▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Infertility10▲ 7.3×4 topics

What research is done in Banjul?

Global Maternal and Child Health: 14 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…11Child Nutrition and Water Access: 11 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…8Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 8 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 7 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 6 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …6Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 5 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 5 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNutrition and DieteticsHealth5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 14 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 11 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 8 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 7 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 6 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 5 works
  10. 10 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 5 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 counting20%40%60%Banjul21.1% 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 45.0% in 1990.

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