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Research in Colombo

Science Explorer records 55 research institutions in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Department of Archaeology and General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.

Research institutions
55
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
33k
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
297k
8.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Colombo

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 Colombo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of ColomboUniversity 8,418 #4,964
2University of Sri JayewardenepuraUniversity 6,366 #3,215
3Sri Lanka Institute of Information TechnologyUniversity 2,972 #4,632
4National Research CouncilGovernment institution 2,463 #7,313
5Department of ArchaeologyGovernment institution 2,125 #3,471
6National Hospital of Sri LankaHospital / health system 1,728 #15,531
7Open University of Sri LankaUniversity 1,372 #7,348
8International Water Management InstituteResearch facility 1,251 #9,434
9General Sir John Kotelawala Defence UniversityUniversity 1,058 #4,506
10Colombo North Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 861 #16,671
11University of the Visual & Performing ArtsUniversity 693 #7,205
12Industrial Technology InstituteResearch facility 641 #14,366
13Medical Research InstituteHospital / health system 620 #20,639
14Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous MedicineGovernment institution 486 #12,138
15Informatics Institute of TechnologyUniversity 435 #14,319
16Information and Communication Technology AgencyGovernment institution 349 #20,908 all time
17National Aquatic Resources Research and Development AgencyGovernment institution 265 #31,379 all time
18Ladies CollegeUniversity 263 #17,820
19Institute of Policy Studies of Sri LankaResearch facility 199 #27,723 all time
20National Science Foundation of Sri LankaGovernment institution 179 #24,904 all time
21Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & GynaecologistsHospital / health system 169 #33,974 all time
22Sri Lanka FoundationNonprofit 144 #29,601 all time
23Sri Lanka College of PaediatriciansInstitution 116 not ranked
24Anti Filariasis CampaignGovernment institution 90 not ranked
25Nawaloka HospitalHospital / health system 86 not ranked
26Buddhist and Pali University of Sri LankaUniversity 77 not ranked
27Lanka HospitalsHospital / health system 77 not ranked
28Sri Lanka Law CollegeUniversity 67 not ranked
29Genetech (Sri Lanka)Company 48 not ranked
30WSO2 (Sri Lanka)Company 30 not ranked
31International Centre for Ethnic StudiesNonprofit 24 not ranked
32Durdans HospitalHospital / health system 21 not ranked
33Wijeya Newspapers (Sri Lanka)Company 19 not ranked
34University Grants Commission Sri LankaUniversity 19 not ranked
35Centre for Policy AlternativesNonprofit 18 not ranked
36Blue Resources TrustInstitution 17 not ranked
37Bandaranaike Centre for International StudiesUniversity 16 not ranked
38Dr Neville Fernando Teaching HospitalHospital / health system 16 not ranked
39GreenTech Consultants (Sri Lanka)Company 13 not ranked
40Care International Sri LankaNonprofit 12 not ranked
41Sri Lanka Council For Agricultural Research PolicyGovernment institution 11 not ranked
42Law & Society TrustNonprofit 8 not ranked
43Geo Explore FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
44South Asians for Human RightsNonprofit 3 not ranked
45National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social SciencesResearch facility 2 not ranked
46Government Medical Officers AssociationInstitution 2 not ranked
47Cancer Care Association Sri LankaNonprofit 2 not ranked
48​Sevalanka FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
49Centre for Women’s ResearchNonprofit 1 not ranked
50Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government AuthoritiesNonprofit 1 not ranked
51Institute of Town Planners, Sri lankaInstitution 1 not ranked
52FAIRMEDNonprofit 1 not ranked
53Muslim Women's Research and Action ForumNonprofit 1 not ranked
54One Text InitiativeResearch facility 0 not ranked
55Women’s Fund AsiaNonprofit 0 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 Colombo: 24.9%University of Sri Jayewardenepura: 18.8%Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology: 8.8%National Research Council: 7.3%49 others listed: 40.3%25%largest
University of Colombo8,418 · 24.9%University of Sri Jayewardenepura6,366 · 18.8%Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology2,972 · 8.8%National Research Council2,463 · 7.3%49 others listed14k · 40.3%

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

Which fields of science does Colombo work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Colombo is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (14%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,017 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,724 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 469 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAnthropology: 284 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 282 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 195 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 693 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArcheology: 261 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 154 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 587 fractional works · 4.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 141 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 97 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 504 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 166 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 160 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 340 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 250 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 169 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,691 fractional works · 30.4% of its workComputer Science: 1,068 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 343 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 244 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 162 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 108 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 919 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 156 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 151 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 108 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 104 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 826 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 143 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 135 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 119 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 377 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPaleontology: 199 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 200 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,901 fractional works · 23.9% of its workMedicine: 2,361 fractional works · 19.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 276 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 258 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 170 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 130 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 118 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 109 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 98 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 171 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 395 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 194 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 99 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,518 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 738 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 337 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 122 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 466 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 225 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 107 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 135 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 112 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKColombo12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences33%

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 Sciences4,01733.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,72414.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities6935.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting5874.8%
    4. Psychology5044.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3402.8%
    6. Decision Sciences1691.4%
    1. Computer Science1,0688.8%
    2. Engineering9197.6%
    3. Environmental Science8266.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3773.1%
    5. Materials Science2001.6%
    6. Chemistry1020.8%
    7. Energy690.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy670.6%
    9. Mathematics480.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering140.1%
  3. Health Sciences2,90123.9%
    1. Medicine2,36119.5%
    2. Health Professions3953.3%
    3. Nursing990.8%
    4. Dentistry320.3%
    5. Veterinary140.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,51812.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7386.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4663.8%
    3. Neuroscience1351.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1120.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics670.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Colombo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Colombo is most concentrated in Archeology, Space and Planetary Science and Paleontology (20.4× the world share in Archeology).

  1. ArcheologySubfield · 32.2 works20×
  2. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 37.6 works18×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 171.0 works14×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 247.5 works8.5×
  5. ArcheologySubfield · 225.5 works7.2×
  6. HistorySubfield · 142.4 works4.3×
← 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: 1.28× its world share, 626 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 401 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 96 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 58 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 89 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 906 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 315 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 791 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 653 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 170 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 47 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 27 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 340 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 2,136 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 88 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.95× its world share, 582 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.60× its world share, 532 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 147 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 302 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 410 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1,394 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.95×315 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.95×582 works
  3. Nursing1.75×88 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.60×58 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.60×532 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.47×147 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×302 works
  8. Psychology1.30×410 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.28×626 works
  10. Environmental Science1.27×653 works
  11. Health Professions1.25×340 works
  12. Computer Science1.13×906 works
  13. Medicine1.08×2,136 works
  14. Social Sciences1.07×1,394 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×96 works
  16. Veterinary0.92×13 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×401 works
  18. Neuroscience0.61×102 works
  19. Chemistry0.55×89 works
  20. Dentistry0.54×27 works
  21. Engineering0.51×791 works
  22. Energy0.50×48 works
  23. Materials Science0.47×170 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.36×13 works
  25. Mathematics0.35×42 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.21×47 works

Which keywords describe research in Colombo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Intersectionality, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, African Diaspora and Archaeology of Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology610▲ 1.26×135 topics
  2. Machine Learning601▲ 1.49×92 topics
  3. Deep Learning589▲ 1.41×83 topics
  4. Climate Change440▲ 1.34×111 topics
  5. Sustainability411▲ 1.39×99 topics
  6. Environmental Impact300▲ 1.45×62 topics
  7. Globalization286▲ 1.20×108 topics
  8. Inflammation224◆ 0.87×83 topics
  9. Cultural Identity212▲ 3.5×24 topics
  10. Education211◆ 1.01×82 topics
  11. Public Health209▲ 1.19×58 topics
  12. COVID-19209▲ 1.32×27 topics
  13. Neural Networks201◆ 1.07×37 topics
  14. Mental Health197◆ 1.14×40 topics
  15. Remote Sensing196▲ 1.32×32 topics
  16. Intersectionality195▲ 8.5×12 topics
  17. Social Inequality194▲ 6.0×11 topics
  18. Agricultural Origins187▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Radiocarbon Dating187▲ 47×1 topic
  20. Antioxidant181▲ 2.2×51 topics
  21. Treatment178▲ 1.21×51 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease177▲ 1.28×38 topics
  23. African Diaspora176▲ 37×3 topics
  24. Archaeology of Resistance174▲ 159×1 topic
  25. Black Feminist Theory174▲ 159×1 topic
  26. Cultural Heritage159▲ 2.5×35 topics
  27. Consumer Behavior143▲ 1.89×17 topics
  28. Antioxidant Activity141▲ 1.87×31 topics
  29. Environmental Monitoring133▲ 2.9×14 topics
  30. Archaeology122▲ 7.8×11 topics
  31. Vaccine Development112▲ 3.6×11 topics
  32. Cultural History97▲ 6.7×11 topics
  33. Urban Sustainability81▲ 32×3 topics
  34. Social History80▲ 8.2×6 topics
  35. Art and Architecture80▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Mediterranean80▲ 7.4×6 topics
  37. Philosophy of Education80▲ 37×3 topics
  38. 19th century78▲ 79×2 topics
  39. British architecture78▲ 207×1 topic
  40. Gothic revival78▲ 207×1 topic

What research is done in Colombo?

Archaeology and ancient …164Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 164 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …160Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 160 fractional worksHistorical Architecture and Urbanism: 73 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 59 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 51 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts44COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 44 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 43 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 38 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 38 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 35 fractional works
PaleontologyAnthropologyHistoryPlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 164 works
  2. 2 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 160 works
  3. 3 Historical Architecture and Urbanism History 73 works
  4. 4 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 59 works
  5. 5 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 51 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 44 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 43 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 38 works
  9. 9 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 38 works
  10. 10 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 35 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 counting10%20%30%Colombo12.6% 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 22.3% in 2004.

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