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Research in Grahamstown

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Grahamstown, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Rhodes University and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
234k
17.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Grahamstown

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 Grahamstown?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Rhodes UniversityUniversity 12,576 #3,236
2South African Institute for Aquatic BiodiversityResearch facility 641 #17,555
3Settlers HospitalHospital / health system 9 not ranked
4Fort England Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system 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.

Rhodes University: 95.1%South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity: 4.8%Settlers Hospital: 0.1%Fort England Psychiatric Hospital: 0.0%95%largest
Rhodes University13k · 95.1%South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity641 · 4.8%Settlers Hospital9 · 0.1%Fort England Psychiatric Hospital3 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Grahamstown work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Grahamstown is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 828 fractional works · 39.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 378 fractional works · 17.9% of its workEcology: 112 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 78 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 77 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 103 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 69 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 52 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 64 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOceanography: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 50 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 788 fractional works · 37.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 511 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 165 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEducation: 126 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 50 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 100 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 72 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 329 fractional works · 15.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 205 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPlant Science: 46 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAquatic Science: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 93 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 169 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 120 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGrahamstown2,114fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences37%

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. Environmental Science37817.9%
    2. Engineering1034.9%
    3. Computer Science874.1%
    4. Materials Science693.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences643.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy502.4%
    7. Chemistry391.8%
    8. Energy180.8%
    9. Mathematics160.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Social Sciences51124.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1004.7%
    3. Psychology723.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting442.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance391.8%
    6. Decision Sciences221.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2059.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology934.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology140.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.4%
    5. Neuroscience80.4%
    1. Medicine1205.7%
    2. Health Professions411.9%
    3. Nursing60.3%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Grahamstown strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Grahamstown is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ecology (15.2× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 68.9 works15×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 28.7 works8.3×
  3. EcologySubfield · 102.2 works6.9×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 33.2 works6.2×
← 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: 2.05× its world share, 185 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 80 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 59 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 92 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.62× its world share, 342 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.01× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 92 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 465 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.62×342 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.05×185 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.98×59 works
  4. Social Sciences1.94×465 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.68×92 works
  6. Chemistry1.23×36 works
  7. Psychology1.06×61 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×7 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.05×19 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.01×42 works
  11. Materials Science0.93×62 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×37 works
  13. Energy0.86×15 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×84 works
  15. Veterinary0.75×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.74×37 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×41 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×12 works
  19. Mathematics0.59×13 works
  20. Computer Science0.54×80 works
  21. Nursing0.47×4 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.44×3 works
  23. Engineering0.32×92 works
  24. Medicine0.28×103 works
  25. Neuroscience0.15×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Grahamstown?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Conservation, Biodiversity, Colonialism, Higher Education, Habitat Fragmentation and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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 Change214▲ 3.7×81 topics
  2. Invasive Species114▲ 13×20 topics
  3. Conservation96▲ 11×21 topics
  4. Biodiversity94▲ 5.9×26 topics
  5. Globalization88▲ 2.1×62 topics
  6. Sustainability76▲ 1.46×52 topics
  7. Higher Education69▲ 6.1×17 topics
  8. Colonialism68▲ 6.7×21 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation57▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Population Dynamics56▲ 10×12 topics
  11. Biogeography53▲ 9.0×18 topics
  12. Fisheries Sustainability53▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Social Justice52▲ 4.1×28 topics
  14. Human Rights49▲ 2.3×28 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services45▲ 5.5×10 topics
  16. Nationalism42▲ 4.5×21 topics
  17. Neoliberalism40▲ 5.2×18 topics
  18. Global Change39▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Photodynamic Therapy39▲ 8.1×4 topics
  20. Phylogeny38▲ 11×16 topics
  21. Self-Assembly36▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis36▲ 5.4×13 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity35▲ 3.8×12 topics
  24. Freshwater Biodiversity35▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Morphology35▲ 9.3×9 topics
  26. Biodiversity Conservation35▲ 4.4×13 topics
  27. Marine Ecosystems33▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades33▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Postcolonialism30▲ 9.9×12 topics
  30. Biological Control30▲ 9.2×9 topics
  31. South Africa29▲ 51×4 topics
  32. Race28▲ 11×12 topics
  33. Conservation Challenges28▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Flow Regulation28▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Freshwater26▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem25▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Ecosystem Management25▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Marine Fisheries25▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Biodiversity Loss25▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Ocean Acidification25▲ 16×3 topics

What research is done in Grahamstown?

Fish Ecology and Managem…26Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 26 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…22Marine and fisheries research: 22 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 22 fractional worksPorphyrin and Phthalocya…20Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry: 20 fractional worksSouth African History an…20South African History and Culture: 20 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 16 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 16 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…15African cultural and philosophical studies: 15 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 14 fractional worksBiological Control of Invasive Species: 14 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeAquatic ScienceMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 26 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 22 works
  3. 3 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 22 works
  4. 4 Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry Materials Chemistry 20 works
  5. 5 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  7. 7 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  8. 8 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 15 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 14 works
  10. 10 Biological Control of Invasive Species Insect Science 14 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%Grahamstown16.1% 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 2002.

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