Research in Havana
Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Havana, Cuba. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Havana, Instituto de Información Científica y Tecnológica and Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana.
- Research institutions
- 40 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 65k ▼ 61% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 326k 5.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 5.7% 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 Havana?
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 Havana work in?
In 2022-now, 33% of research in Havana is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 1.3× 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 Sciences1,77233.1%
- Social Sciences1,07020.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting2043.8%
- Arts and Humanities1933.6%
- Psychology1512.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1162.2%
- Decision Sciences380.7%
- Health Sciences1,46027.3%
- Medicine1,06619.9%
- Health Professions3206.0%
- Dentistry430.8%
- Nursing260.5%
- Veterinary60.1%
- Physical Sciences1,30324.4%
- Computer Science3326.2%
- Environmental Science3165.9%
- Engineering3005.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1011.9%
- Physics and Astronomy881.7%
- Materials Science691.3%
- Chemistry400.8%
- Energy300.6%
- Mathematics220.4%
- Chemical Engineering50.1%
- Life Sciences81315.2%
What is Havana strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Havana is most concentrated in General Social Sciences, Computer Science Applications and Development (7.0× the world share in General Social Sciences).
- General Social SciencesSubfield · 36.0 works7.0×
- Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 53.5 works4.6×
- DevelopmentSubfield · 21.4 works4.5×
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: Health Professions, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Professions2.35×292 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.71×383 works
- Dentistry1.70×39 works
- Social Sciences1.61×957 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.43×68 works
- Arts and Humanities1.30×177 works
- Environmental Science1.18×276 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.13×172 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×81 works
- Medicine1.06×964 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×107 works
- Nursing0.93×21 works
- Psychology0.93×134 works
- Neuroscience0.89×68 works
- Veterinary0.86×6 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×13 works
- Computer Science0.79×288 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×189 works
- Decision Sciences0.73×33 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.59×61 works
- Energy0.54×23 works
- Chemistry0.47×35 works
- Mathematics0.36×20 works
- Engineering0.34×243 works
- Materials Science0.34×56 works
- Chemical Engineering0.29×5 works
Which keywords describe research in Havana?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Education, Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Health Policy, Competitiveness, Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare Access.
- Healthcare Systems
- Healthcare Quality
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Economy
- Politics
- Distance Learning
- Chronic Diseases
- Medical Education
- Aging Population
- Culture
- Latin America
- Identity
- Healthcare Access
- Competitiveness
- Educational Technology
- Healthcare
- Innovation
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Education
- Climate Change
- Quality of Life
- Sustainable Development
- Health Promotion
- Health Policy
- Social Determinants of Health
- Gender
- Knowledge Management
- Teacher Training
- Pedagogy
- Nutrition
- Communication
- Digital Marketing
- Global Health
- Community Health
- Race
- Innovation Ecosystems
- Revolution
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
- Epidemiology363▲ 1.71×133 topics
- Public Health343▲ 4.4×71 topics
- Education318▲ 3.5×80 topics
- Sustainability234▲ 1.79×90 topics
- Climate Change227▲ 1.56×94 topics
- Globalization211▲ 2.0×92 topics
- Quality of Life196▲ 2.5×58 topics
- Innovation185▲ 3.4×46 topics
- Sustainable Development174▲ 2.1×58 topics
- Healthcare160▲ 2.6×29 topics
- Health Promotion157▲ 9.3×17 topics
- Educational Technology148▲ 2.4×38 topics
- Health Policy144▲ 17×7 topics
- Competitiveness143▲ 34×6 topics
- Social Determinants of Health142▲ 12×6 topics
- Healthcare Access142▲ 9.7×11 topics
- Gender136▲ 4.7×28 topics
- Identity134▲ 3.5×46 topics
- Knowledge Management131▲ 4.4×25 topics
- Latin America126▲ 12×22 topics
- Teacher Training120▲ 3.7×22 topics
- Culture111▲ 4.0×25 topics
- Pedagogy104▲ 3.9×19 topics
- Aging Population104▲ 22×5 topics
- Nutrition102▲ 4.3×17 topics
- Medical Education101▲ 7.0×14 topics
- Communication100▲ 6.0×17 topics
- Chronic Diseases100▲ 7.4×8 topics
- Digital Marketing98▲ 4.7×4 topics
- Distance Learning92▲ 5.0×11 topics
- Global Health89▲ 11×8 topics
- Politics88▲ 6.2×14 topics
- Community Health86▲ 9.8×7 topics
- Economy83▲ 21×5 topics
- Race82▲ 13×10 topics
- Small and Medium Enterprises78▲ 8.3×7 topics
- Innovation Ecosystems78▲ 14×3 topics
- Healthcare Quality78▲ 14×4 topics
- Revolution77▲ 71×2 topics
- Healthcare Systems75▲ 31×2 topics
What research is done in Havana?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cuban History and Society Sociology and Political Science 65 works
- 2 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 64 works
- 3 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 63 works
- 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 58 works
- 5 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 56 works
- 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 48 works
- 7 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 41 works
- 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 33 works
- 9 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 33 works
- 10 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 29 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 7.6% in 2025.
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