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Research in Gaborone

Science Explorer records 24 research institutions in Gaborone, Botswana. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Botswana, Botho University and Ministry of Agriculture.

Research institutions
24
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
130k
12.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Gaborone

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 Gaborone?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BotswanaUniversity 7,888 #3,292
2Ministry of AgricultureGovernment institution 455 #11,433
3Botho UniversityUniversity 432 #10,805
4Botswana Accountancy CollegeUniversity 322 #19,659
5Botswana Open UniversityUniversity 242 #17,157
6Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity 227 #20,020
7Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 182 #26,906 all time
8Southern African Development CommunityInstitution 169 #25,849 all time
9Botswana Institute for Technology Research and InnovationResearch facility 72 not ranked
10Botswana Vaccine Institute (Botswana)Company 65 not ranked
11Botswana Institute for Development Policy AnalysisNonprofit 55 not ranked
12Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of ExcellenceHospital / health system 48 not ranked
13PremiereInstitution 35 not ranked
14Gaborone University College Of Law and Professional StudiesUniversity 34 not ranked
15Community Information, Empowerment and TransparencyNonprofit 15 not ranked
16Kalahari Conservation SocietyArchive 15 not ranked
17ABM University CollegeUniversity 11 not ranked
18Ministry of Finance and Development PlanningGovernment institution 10 not ranked
19African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS PartnershipsNonprofit 6 not ranked
20Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern AfricaResearch facility 4 not ranked
21Ministry of Education and Skills DevelopmentGovernment institution 4 not ranked
22Veld Products Research & DevelopmentNonprofit 1 not ranked
23Associated Fund Administrators (Botswana)Company 1 not ranked
24MAKGABANENGInstitution 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 Botswana: 76.6%Ministry of Agriculture: 4.4%Botho University: 4.2%Botswana Accountancy College: 3.1%19 others listed: 11.6%77%largest
University of Botswana7,888 · 76.6%Ministry of Agriculture455 · 4.4%Botho University432 · 4.2%Botswana Accountancy College322 · 3.1%19 others listed1,196 · 11.6%

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

Which fields of science does Gaborone work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Gaborone is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 880 fractional works · 35.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 498 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 151 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 107 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 112 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 99 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 67 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 74 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 56 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 716 fractional works · 28.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 213 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 46 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 200 fractional works · 8.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 149 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 456 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMedicine: 339 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 51 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 87 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 437 fractional works · 17.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 295 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPlant Science: 96 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFood Science: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 85 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGaborone2,489fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences35%

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 Sciences49820.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1124.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance994.0%
    4. Psychology743.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities562.3%
    6. Decision Sciences411.7%
    1. Environmental Science2138.6%
    2. Engineering2008.0%
    3. Computer Science1496.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences331.3%
    5. Materials Science291.2%
    6. Chemistry281.1%
    7. Mathematics271.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy180.7%
    9. Energy160.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine33913.6%
    2. Health Professions873.5%
    3. Nursing241.0%
    4. Veterinary40.2%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences29511.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology853.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology381.5%
    4. Neuroscience140.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Gaborone strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gaborone is most concentrated in Anthropology, Safety Research and Soil Science (4.0× the world share in Anthropology).

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 24.2 works4.0×
  2. Safety ResearchSubfield · 23.8 works4.0×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 25.4 works3.9×
← 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: 2.48× its world share, 255 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 133 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 176 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.72× its world share, 185 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 290 worksMedicineNursing: 1.90× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 99 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.91× its world share, 89 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 436 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.48×255 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.91×89 works
  3. Nursing1.90×20 works
  4. Environmental Science1.72×185 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.71×36 works
  6. Social Sciences1.59×436 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.46×32 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.42×99 works
  9. Health Professions1.34×76 works
  10. Veterinary1.26×4 works
  11. Psychology1.00×66 works
  12. Mathematics0.99×25 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×29 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.80×50 works
  15. Computer Science0.79×133 works
  16. Medicine0.70×290 works
  17. Chemistry0.68×23 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×73 works
  19. Energy0.55×11 works
  20. Engineering0.54×176 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×4 works
  22. Neuroscience0.35×12 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.34×16 works
  24. Materials Science0.33×25 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.25×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.20×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Gaborone?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Colonialism, Antiretroviral Therapy, Globalization, Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction and Development.

▲ 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. Climate Change147▲ 2.2×83 topics
  2. Sustainability126▲ 2.1×73 topics
  3. Machine Learning89◆ 1.07×73 topics
  4. Epidemiology87◆ 0.88×110 topics
  5. Globalization82▲ 1.68×67 topics
  6. Colonialism62▲ 5.3×14 topics
  7. Environmental Impact60▲ 1.42×46 topics
  8. Economic Growth59▲ 2.9×27 topics
  9. Sustainable Development54▲ 1.40×45 topics
  10. Human Rights48▲ 1.90×31 topics
  11. Social Justice46▲ 3.1×25 topics
  12. Antiretroviral Therapy45▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Development42▲ 4.8×17 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation41▲ 4.4×13 topics
  15. Sustainable Agriculture40▲ 5.2×12 topics
  16. Higher Education39▲ 2.9×17 topics
  17. Nationalism37▲ 3.3×7 topics
  18. Political Economy37▲ 5.8×10 topics
  19. Adaptation35▲ 4.7×9 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction35▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity34▲ 3.2×19 topics
  22. Risk Management34▲ 2.8×13 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers33▲ 6.3×5 topics
  24. Maternal Mortality30▲ 5.5×5 topics
  25. Community Health Workers29▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Land Use Change29▲ 3.9×7 topics
  27. Health Inequalities28▲ 9.2×3 topics
  28. Gender Inequality26▲ 7.6×6 topics
  29. Mortality Rates26▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Land Reform26▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Child Mortality24▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Health Systems24▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Nutritional Value23▲ 8.3×4 topics
  34. Livelihoods23▲ 27×2 topics
  35. HIV Infection22▲ 8.3×4 topics
  36. HIV Transmission22▲ 11×2 topics
  37. South Africa20▲ 30×4 topics
  38. Phytochemicals20▲ 7.6×7 topics
  39. Ecological Knowledge20▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Viral Load20▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Gaborone?

Global Maternal and Chil…19Global Maternal and Child Health: 19 fractional worksRangeland Management and…18Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 18 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 16 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …16Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 16 fractional worksAfrican studies and soci…16African studies and sociopolitical issues: 16 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 14 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 13 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…13Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 13 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 12 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 11 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawInfectious DiseasesSafety Research5 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 19 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 16 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 16 works
  5. 5 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  6. 6 African history and culture studies Anthropology 14 works
  7. 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 13 works
  8. 8 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  9. 9 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 12 works
  10. 10 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 11 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 counting20%40%Gaborone18.9% 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 31.1% in 1996.

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