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Research in Gaborone

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Gaborone, Botswana. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Botswana, Ministry of Agriculture and Botho University.

Research institutions
25
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.7%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Gaborone?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BotswanaUniversity 7,888 #4,054
2Ministry of AgricultureGovernment institution 455 #8,138
3Botho UniversityUniversity 432 #15,762
4Botswana Accountancy CollegeUniversity 322 #26,729
5Botswana Open UniversityUniversity 242 #25,716
6Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute PartnershipInstitution 237 #17,304 all time
7Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity 227 #19,398
8Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 182 #26,406 all time
9Southern African Development CommunityInstitution 169 #34,437 all time
10Botswana Institute for Technology Research and InnovationResearch facility 72 not ranked
11Botswana Vaccine Institute (Botswana)Company 65 not ranked
12Botswana Institute for Development Policy AnalysisNonprofit 55 not ranked
13Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of ExcellenceHospital / health system 48 not ranked
14PremiereInstitution 35 not ranked
15Gaborone University College Of Law and Professional StudiesUniversity 34 not ranked
16Community Information, Empowerment and TransparencyNonprofit 15 not ranked
17Kalahari Conservation SocietyArchive 15 not ranked
18ABM University CollegeUniversity 11 not ranked
19Ministry of Finance and Development PlanningGovernment institution 10 not ranked
20African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS PartnershipsNonprofit 6 not ranked
21Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern AfricaResearch facility 4 not ranked
22Ministry of Education and Skills DevelopmentGovernment institution 4 not ranked
23Veld Products Research & DevelopmentNonprofit 1 not ranked
24Associated Fund Administrators (Botswana)Company 1 not ranked
25MAKGABANENGInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 74.9%Ministry of Agriculture: 4.3%Botho University: 4.1%Botswana Accountancy College: 3.1%20 others listed: 13.6%75%largest
University of Botswana7,888 · 74.9%Ministry of Agriculture455 · 4.3%Botho University432 · 4.1%Botswana Accountancy College322 · 3.1%20 others listed1,433 · 13.6%

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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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Gaborone?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Colonialism, Antiretroviral Therapy, Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction, Development and Globalization.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Change129▲ 2.2×82 topics
  2. Sustainability110▲ 2.1×67 topics
  3. Epidemiology77◆ 0.90×108 topics
  4. Machine Learning76◆ 1.08×71 topics
  5. Globalization69▲ 1.62×64 topics
  6. Economic Growth54▲ 3.0×26 topics
  7. Colonialism53▲ 5.1×14 topics
  8. Environmental Impact50▲ 1.36×42 topics
  9. Sustainable Development49▲ 1.43×43 topics
  10. Human Rights42▲ 1.87×29 topics
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy40▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Development39▲ 5.2×17 topics
  13. Social Justice39▲ 3.0×24 topics
  14. Biodiversity Conservation36▲ 4.5×12 topics
  15. Sustainable Agriculture34▲ 5.0×11 topics
  16. Higher Education34▲ 2.9×16 topics
  17. Poverty Reduction34▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Nationalism32▲ 3.2×7 topics
  19. Risk Management32▲ 3.1×13 topics
  20. Adaptation31▲ 5.0×9 topics
  21. Political Economy31▲ 5.5×9 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity29▲ 3.0×19 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers28▲ 5.8×5 topics
  24. Land Use Change27▲ 4.0×7 topics
  25. Gender Inequality25▲ 8.4×6 topics
  26. Maternal Mortality24▲ 5.1×5 topics
  27. Community Health Workers24▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Mortality Rates23▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Land Reform22▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Health Inequalities22▲ 8.3×3 topics
  31. Livelihoods22▲ 28×2 topics
  32. HIV Infection19▲ 8.7×4 topics
  33. Child Mortality19▲ 13×1 topic
  34. HIV Transmission19▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Health Systems19▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Nutritional Value19▲ 7.9×4 topics
  37. Ecological Knowledge19▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Pastoralists18▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Rangeland Degradation18▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Viral Load18▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Gaborone?

  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

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