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Research in Bissau

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
30.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Bissau

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 Bissau?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Instituto Nacional de Estudos e PesquisaResearch facility 581 #10,323
2National Institute of Public HealthResearch facility 477 #13,219 all time
3International Union for Conservation of Nature (Guinea-Bissau)Nonprofit 126 #32,893 all time
4Universidade Lusófona da GuinéUniversity 14 not ranked
5Universidade Colinas de BoéUniversity 7 not ranked
6International Partnership for Human DevelopmentNonprofit 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.

Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa: 48.1%National Institute of Public Health: 39.5%International Union for Conservation of Nature (Guinea-Bissau): 10.4%Universidade Lusófona da Guiné: 1.2%2 others listed: 0.8%48%largest
Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa581 · 48.1%National Institute of Public Health477 · 39.5%International Union for Conservation of Nature (Guinea-Bissau)126 · 10.4%Universidade Lusófona da Guiné14 · 1.2%2 others listed10 · 0.8%

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

Which fields of science does Bissau work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research in Bissau is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Medicine (13%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 189 fractional works · 58.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 142 fractional works · 43.8% of its workEducation: 54 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 7.2% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 58 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 12.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 8.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBissau324fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences58%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14243.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities175.2%
    3. Decision Sciences92.7%
    4. Psychology82.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting72.1%
    1. Medicine4212.9%
    2. Health Professions134.1%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Environmental Science288.6%
    2. Computer Science133.9%
    3. Engineering61.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences103.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology92.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Bissau strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Bissau is most concentrated in Education (6.0× the world share in Education).

  1. EducationSubfield · 51.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.98× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.81× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.61×128 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.98×8 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.96×8 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.81×15 works
  5. Health Professions1.68×12 works
  6. Environmental Science1.62×23 works
  7. Nursing1.33×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×5 works
  9. Psychology0.84×7 works
  10. Medicine0.72×39 works
  11. Dentistry0.61×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×5 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×7 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.33×7 works
  16. Mathematics0.31×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×3 works
  19. Neuroscience0.14×1 works
  20. Engineering0.10×4 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  24. Energy0.04×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Bissau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Public Policy, Teacher Training, Social Inequality, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Educational Policies and Pedagogical Practices.

▲ 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. Qualitative Research35▲ 13×11 topics
  2. Public Policy32▲ 20×12 topics
  3. Teacher Training31▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Social Inequality28▲ 32×7 topics
  5. Curriculum Development24▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Epidemiology24▲ 1.83×50 topics
  7. Higher Education21▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Educational Policies20▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Pedagogical Practices20▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Social Impact20▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Distance Learning20▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Inclusive Education20▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Critical Pedagogy19▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Educational Reform19▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Healthcare19▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Educational Technology18▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Innovation18▲ 5.5×11 topics
  18. Online Learning18▲ 6.8×6 topics
  19. Globalization16▲ 2.6×36 topics
  20. Sustainability16▲ 2.1×26 topics
  21. Quality Assurance16▲ 29×6 topics
  22. Science Communication15▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Evaluation15▲ 89×1 topic
  24. SINAES15▲ 180×1 topic
  25. Public Health14▲ 2.9×28 topics
  26. COVID-1912▲ 3.0×18 topics
  27. Pandemic11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Educational Policy11▲ 13×3 topics
  29. E-Learning10▲ 3.4×4 topics
  30. Inclusion10▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Legislation10▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Training10▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Distance Education10▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Research10▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Agroecology8▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Data Analysis8▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Brazil8▲ 25×5 topics
  38. Organizational Management8▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Research Methods8▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Remote Education7▲ 69×1 topic

What research is done in Bissau?

Education Pedagogy and P…19Education Pedagogy and Practices: 19 fractional worksEducation and Public Policy: 14 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 10 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 7 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 7 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…5Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 5 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 5 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksEvasion and Academic Success Factors: 4 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsInformation Systems and ManagementInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 19 works
  2. 2 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 10 works
  4. 4 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 7 works
  5. 5 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 7 works
  6. 6 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 5 works
  7. 7 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 5 works
  8. 8 Science and Education Research Education 4 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  10. 10 Evasion and Academic Success Factors Demography 4 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%60%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bissau8.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 41.9% in 1996.

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