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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of HavanaUniversity 13,244 #3,237
2Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la HabanaUniversity 6,908 #5,957
3Polytechnic José Antonio EcheverríaUniversity 4,559 #6,538
4Ministerio de Salud PúblicaGovernment institution 3,174 #10,837
5Centro Nacional de Investigaciones CientíficasResearch facility 2,594 #14,378
6Hermanos Ameijeiras HospitalHospital / health system 2,387 #21,472
7Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”Research facility 2,092 #21,151
8Centro de Ingeniería Genética y BiotecnologíaResearch facility 2,051 #17,903
9Instituto Nacional de Ciencias AgrícolasGovernment institution 1,958 #10,796 all time
10Instituto de Hematología e InmunologíaHospital / health system 1,604 #9,746 all time
11Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y MicrobiologíaUniversity 1,512 #9,636 all time
12University of Information ScienceUniversity 1,373 #12,212
13Agricultural University of HavanaUniversity 1,281 #16,979
14Cuban Neuroscience CenterResearch facility 1,227 #19,925
15Finlay InstituteResearch facility 1,178 #16,700 all time
16Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio AmbienteGovernment institution 1,156 #16,817
17Instituto de Investigaciones AvícolasResearch facility 1,134 #11,730 all time
18Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo NuclearResearch facility 1,120 #11,150 all time
19Instituto de Cardiología y Cirugía CardiovascularHospital / health system 1,107 #12,023 all time
20Instituto de Información Científica y TecnológicaResearch facility 1,062 #5,660
21Instituto de Oncología y RadiobiologíaHospital / health system 1,010 #14,746 all time
22Instituto de Neurologia Y NeurocirugiaResearch facility 988 #19,986
23Instituto de Geofísica y AstronomíaResearch facility 918 #17,871
24Instituto de Investigaciones en Fruticultura TropicalResearch facility 912 #16,591 all time
25Instituto de Nutricion e Higiene de los AlimentosResearch facility 880 #17,243
26Latin American School of MedicineUniversity 879 #8,597
27Instituto de GastroenterologíaHospital / health system 848 #18,363 all time
28Center of Molecular Immunology (Cuba)Company 763 #22,301
29Instituto Cubano de Investigaciones de los Derivados de la Caña de AzúcarResearch facility 688 #10,626 all time
30Instituto de Ecologia y SistemáticaResearch facility 650 #16,013 all time
31Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied SciencesUniversity 640 #17,568
32Instituto de Cibernética Matemática y FísicaResearch facility 623 #23,628 all time
33International Center of Neurologic RestorationResearch facility 507 #24,805 all time
34Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Enrique José VaronaUniversity 440 #20,927
35Universidad de las ArtesUniversity 439 #13,338
36Centro Nacional de Biopreparados (Cuba)Company 318 #21,496 all time
37Advanced Technologies Application CenterNonprofit 258 #28,679 all time
38Instituto de Geografía TropicalGovernment institution 71 not ranked
39University of Pedagogical SciencesUniversity 56 not ranked
40Agencia de Energía Nuclear y Tecnologías de AvanzadaInstitution 12 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 Havana: 20.5%Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana: 10.7%Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría: 7.1%Ministerio de Salud Pública: 4.9%36 others listed: 56.8%20%largest
University of Havana13k · 20.5%Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana6,908 · 10.7%Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría4,559 · 7.1%Ministerio de Salud Pública3,174 · 4.9%36 others listed37k · 56.8%

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.

Social Sciences: 1,772 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,070 fractional works · 20.0% of its workEducation: 286 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 240 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 102 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 67 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 61 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 204 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAccounting: 82 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 193 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 151 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 116 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 94 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,460 fractional works · 27.3% of its workMedicine: 1,066 fractional works · 19.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 148 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 125 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 79 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 72 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 59 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 122 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 320 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 226 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,303 fractional works · 24.4% of its workComputer Science: 332 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 136 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 316 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 64 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 300 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 101 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 88 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 69 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 813 fractional works · 15.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 420 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPlant Science: 120 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 80 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 75 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 216 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 118 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 88 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 75 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHavana5,348fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences33%

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 Sciences1,77233.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,07020.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2043.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities1933.6%
    4. Psychology1512.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1162.2%
    6. Decision Sciences380.7%
  2. Health Sciences1,46027.3%
    1. Medicine1,06619.9%
    2. Health Professions3206.0%
    3. Dentistry430.8%
    4. Nursing260.5%
    5. Veterinary60.1%
    1. Computer Science3326.2%
    2. Environmental Science3165.9%
    3. Engineering3005.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1011.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy881.7%
    6. Materials Science691.3%
    7. Chemistry400.8%
    8. Energy300.6%
    9. Mathematics220.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4207.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2164.0%
    3. Neuroscience881.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology751.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 36.0 works7.0×
  2. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 53.5 works4.6×
  3. DevelopmentSubfield · 21.4 works4.5×
← 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: 1.71× its world share, 383 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 189 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 68 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 68 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 288 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 81 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 243 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 276 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 56 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 61 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.70× its world share, 39 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.35× its world share, 292 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 964 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.30× its world share, 177 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 172 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 107 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 134 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 957 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Health Professions2.35×292 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.71×383 works
  3. Dentistry1.70×39 works
  4. Social Sciences1.61×957 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×68 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.30×177 works
  7. Environmental Science1.18×276 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×172 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×81 works
  10. Medicine1.06×964 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×107 works
  12. Nursing0.93×21 works
  13. Psychology0.93×134 works
  14. Neuroscience0.89×68 works
  15. Veterinary0.86×6 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×13 works
  17. Computer Science0.79×288 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×189 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.73×33 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.59×61 works
  21. Energy0.54×23 works
  22. Chemistry0.47×35 works
  23. Mathematics0.36×20 works
  24. Engineering0.34×243 works
  25. Materials Science0.34×56 works
  26. 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.

▲ 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. Epidemiology363▲ 1.71×133 topics
  2. Public Health343▲ 4.4×71 topics
  3. Education318▲ 3.5×80 topics
  4. Sustainability234▲ 1.79×90 topics
  5. Climate Change227▲ 1.56×94 topics
  6. Globalization211▲ 2.0×92 topics
  7. Quality of Life196▲ 2.5×58 topics
  8. Innovation185▲ 3.4×46 topics
  9. Sustainable Development174▲ 2.1×58 topics
  10. Healthcare160▲ 2.6×29 topics
  11. Health Promotion157▲ 9.3×17 topics
  12. Educational Technology148▲ 2.4×38 topics
  13. Health Policy144▲ 17×7 topics
  14. Competitiveness143▲ 34×6 topics
  15. Social Determinants of Health142▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Healthcare Access142▲ 9.7×11 topics
  17. Gender136▲ 4.7×28 topics
  18. Identity134▲ 3.5×46 topics
  19. Knowledge Management131▲ 4.4×25 topics
  20. Latin America126▲ 12×22 topics
  21. Teacher Training120▲ 3.7×22 topics
  22. Culture111▲ 4.0×25 topics
  23. Pedagogy104▲ 3.9×19 topics
  24. Aging Population104▲ 22×5 topics
  25. Nutrition102▲ 4.3×17 topics
  26. Medical Education101▲ 7.0×14 topics
  27. Communication100▲ 6.0×17 topics
  28. Chronic Diseases100▲ 7.4×8 topics
  29. Digital Marketing98▲ 4.7×4 topics
  30. Distance Learning92▲ 5.0×11 topics
  31. Global Health89▲ 11×8 topics
  32. Politics88▲ 6.2×14 topics
  33. Community Health86▲ 9.8×7 topics
  34. Economy83▲ 21×5 topics
  35. Race82▲ 13×10 topics
  36. Small and Medium Enterprises78▲ 8.3×7 topics
  37. Innovation Ecosystems78▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Healthcare Quality78▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Revolution77▲ 71×2 topics
  40. Healthcare Systems75▲ 31×2 topics

What research is done in Havana?

  1. 1 Cuban History and Society Sociology and Political Science 65 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 64 works
  3. 3 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 63 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 58 works
  5. 5 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 56 works
  6. 6 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 48 works
  7. 7 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 41 works
  8. 8 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 33 works
  9. 9 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 33 works
  10. 10 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 29 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Havana7.6% in 2025200020102020

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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