Research in Durban
Science Explorer records 31 research institutions in Durban, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban University of Technology and Mangosuthu University of Technology.
- Research institutions
- 31 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 57k ▲ 8% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 990k 17.4 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 21.2% 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 Durban?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Durban work in?
In 2022-now, 34% of research in Durban is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences4,48033.5%
- Social Sciences2,25816.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting8986.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance4753.6%
- Psychology4303.2%
- Arts and Humanities2191.6%
- Decision Sciences2001.5%
- Physical Sciences4,25231.8%
- Engineering1,3139.8%
- Environmental Science9657.2%
- Computer Science6264.7%
- Physics and Astronomy3082.3%
- Materials Science2962.2%
- Chemistry2852.1%
- Energy1721.3%
- Mathematics1381.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences890.7%
- Chemical Engineering600.4%
- Health Sciences2,98122.3%
- Medicine2,23116.7%
- Health Professions5994.5%
- Nursing1120.8%
- Dentistry260.2%
- Veterinary130.1%
- Life Sciences1,65312.4%
What is Durban strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Durban is most concentrated in Business and International Management, Virology and Public Administration (5.7× the world share in Business and International Management).
- Business and International ManagementSubfield · 70.3 works5.7×
- VirologySubfield · 38.4 works5.6×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 23.5 works3.7×
- Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 120.3 works3.4×
- Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 262.7 works3.3×
- Safety ResearchSubfield · 96.3 works3.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Business, Management and Accounting2.09×792 works
- Nursing1.76×101 works
- Health Professions1.74×539 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.72×433 works
- Decision Sciences1.54×174 works
- Environmental Science1.44×843 works
- Chemistry1.43×263 works
- Energy1.40×151 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.34×747 works
- Social Sciences1.32×1,959 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.31×155 works
- Chemical Engineering1.29×53 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.21×50 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.05×274 works
- Psychology1.04×374 works
- Mathematics0.91×125 works
- Medicine0.85×1,928 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×450 works
- Veterinary0.69×11 works
- Engineering0.66×1,160 works
- Materials Science0.63×256 works
- Computer Science0.61×556 works
- Arts and Humanities0.56×190 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×76 works
- Dentistry0.41×23 works
- Neuroscience0.36×68 works
Which keywords describe research in Durban?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Antiretroviral Therapy, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Higher Education, Social Capital, Renewable Energy and South Africa.
- Adolescent Health
- Entrepreneurial Orientation
- Stigma and Discrimination
- Poverty Reduction
- Developmental Local Government
- Consumer Protection
- Judicial Review
- Public Participation
- Mortality Rates
- Maternal Mortality
- Poverty Alleviation
- Risk Management
- Vaccine
- Economic Growth
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Higher Education
- Mental Health
- Environmental Impact
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- Globalization
- Human Rights
- Social Capital
- Supply Chain Management
- Social Justice
- Leadership
- South Africa
- HIV Transmission
- Environmental Governance
- Viral Load
- Equality
- Legal Research
- Constitutionalism
- Socio-Economic Rights
- Preexposure Prophylaxis
- Community Health Workers
- Opportunity Recognition
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
- Epidemiology593◆ 1.11×133 topics
- Sustainability529▲ 1.62×97 topics
- Climate Change475▲ 1.31×104 topics
- Machine Learning371▼ 0.83×88 topics
- Renewable Energy338▲ 1.75×49 topics
- Environmental Impact330▲ 1.45×59 topics
- Globalization319▲ 1.21×108 topics
- Mental Health298▲ 1.56×42 topics
- Human Rights250▲ 1.83×48 topics
- Higher Education245▲ 3.4×26 topics
- Social Capital240▲ 3.5×18 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy228▲ 10×6 topics
- Supply Chain Management228▲ 1.90×23 topics
- Economic Growth206▲ 1.90×31 topics
- Social Justice174▲ 2.2×37 topics
- Vaccine172▲ 3.2×11 topics
- Leadership163▲ 2.5×28 topics
- Risk Management160▲ 2.5×15 topics
- South Africa140▲ 38×4 topics
- Poverty Alleviation136▲ 11×2 topics
- HIV Transmission133▲ 13×2 topics
- Maternal Mortality127▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Environmental Governance126▲ 14×4 topics
- Mortality Rates126▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Viral Load117▲ 11×2 topics
- Public Participation117▲ 40×2 topics
- Equality114▲ 15×5 topics
- Judicial Review112▲ 9.9×4 topics
- Legal Research111▲ 6.9×2 topics
- Consumer Protection111▲ 19×2 topics
- Constitutionalism110▲ 9.4×2 topics
- Developmental Local Government110▲ 79×1 topic
- Socio-Economic Rights110▲ 79×1 topic
- Poverty Reduction109▲ 6.3×7 topics
- Preexposure Prophylaxis107▲ 16×1 topic
- Stigma and Discrimination107▲ 16×1 topic
- Community Health Workers97▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Entrepreneurial Orientation92▲ 8.5×1 topic
- Opportunity Recognition92▲ 8.5×1 topic
- Adolescent Health91▲ 8.2×3 topics
What research is done in Durban?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 102 works
- 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 93 works
- 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 85 works
- 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 77 works
- 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 70 works
- 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 69 works
- 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 58 works
- 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 53 works
- 9 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 51 works
- 10 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 51 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.9% in 2016.
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