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Research in Juba

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Juba, South Sudan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Juba and Bridge University.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
368k
24.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Juba

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 Juba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Bridge UniversityUniversity 14,409 #9,349
2University of JubaUniversity 740 #8,974
3Catholic University of South SudanUniversity 147 #33,026 all time
4John Garang Memorial University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 30 not ranked
5The SUDD InstituteResearch facility 7 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.

Bridge University: 94.0%University of Juba: 4.8%Catholic University of South Sudan: 1.0%John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology: 0.2%1 other listed: 0.0%94%largest
Bridge University14k · 94.0%University of Juba740 · 4.8%Catholic University of South Sudan147 · 1.0%John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology30 · 0.2%1 other listed7 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Juba work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Juba is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (11%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,468 fractional works · 45.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 799 fractional works · 24.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 264 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 149 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 119 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 59 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 236 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 46 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 136 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 132 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 98 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 124 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 956 fractional works · 29.5% of its workEngineering: 325 fractional works · 10.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 65 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 270 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 110 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 120 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 70 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 66 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 40 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 463 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 349 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 83 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 352 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 174 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 107 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 103 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 45 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKJuba3,238fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences45%

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 Sciences1,46845.3%
    1. Social Sciences79924.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2367.3%
    3. Psychology1364.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1324.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1243.8%
    6. Decision Sciences411.3%
    1. Engineering32510.0%
    2. Computer Science2708.3%
    3. Environmental Science1203.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy702.2%
    5. Materials Science662.0%
    6. Mathematics331.0%
    7. Chemistry280.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences250.8%
    9. Energy140.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.1%
    1. Medicine34910.8%
    2. Health Professions832.6%
    3. Dentistry180.6%
    4. Nursing80.3%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1745.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1033.2%
    3. Neuroscience451.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology240.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Juba strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Juba is most concentrated in Gender Studies (4.2× the world share in Gender Studies).

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 40.7 works4.2×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 78 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 153 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 216 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 285 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 52 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 302 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 217 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 115 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.92× its world share, 111 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 125 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 609 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.78×217 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.92×111 works
  3. Social Sciences1.78×609 works
  4. Psychology1.52×125 works
  5. Dentistry1.35×18 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.34×35 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.32×115 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×153 works
  9. Health Professions1.05×75 works
  10. Computer Science1.03×216 works
  11. Veterinary0.99×4 works
  12. Mathematics0.84×27 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.84×50 works
  14. Neuroscience0.81×35 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×21 works
  16. Environmental Science0.75×101 works
  17. Engineering0.70×285 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×78 works
  19. Medicine0.58×302 works
  20. Chemistry0.57×24 works
  21. Materials Science0.56×52 works
  22. Nursing0.56×8 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×5 works
  24. Energy0.47×12 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×18 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.40×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Juba?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Global Governance, Human Rights, Peacebuilding, Democracy, Ethnic Conflict, Neoliberalism and Education.

▲ 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. Globalization156▲ 2.4×115 topics
  2. Human Rights114▲ 3.4×54 topics
  3. Machine Learning108◆ 1.01×87 topics
  4. Education107▲ 1.91×93 topics
  5. Deep Learning98◆ 0.88×74 topics
  6. Global Governance81▲ 10×19 topics
  7. Sustainable Development74▲ 1.45×64 topics
  8. Democracy71▲ 6.3×18 topics
  9. Peacebuilding67▲ 30×6 topics
  10. History65▲ 2.9×47 topics
  11. Innovation63▲ 1.89×56 topics
  12. Neoliberalism63▲ 5.4×24 topics
  13. Economic Growth56▲ 2.1×27 topics
  14. Ethnic Conflict55▲ 37×4 topics
  15. Economic Development54▲ 2.1×40 topics
  16. Identity54▲ 2.3×56 topics
  17. Colonialism51▲ 3.3×38 topics
  18. Social Justice51▲ 2.6×40 topics
  19. Authoritarianism50▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Transitional Justice47▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Culture47▲ 2.8×27 topics
  22. Civil War46▲ 46×2 topics
  23. Protest46▲ 37×3 topics
  24. Political Institutions46▲ 69×1 topic
  25. State Capacity46▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Gender45▲ 2.6×43 topics
  27. Religion45▲ 3.0×33 topics
  28. Nationalism44▲ 3.0×29 topics
  29. International Law42▲ 4.1×24 topics
  30. Gender Inequality40▲ 8.9×6 topics
  31. War Crimes34▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Local Turn32▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Resilience Governance32▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Gender-based Violence31▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Poverty Reduction31▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Conflict30▲ 5.8×10 topics
  37. Feminist Perspectives30▲ 33×3 topics
  38. Sexual Violence29▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Military Masculinity28▲ 62×1 topic
  40. UN Resolution 132528▲ 62×1 topic

What research is done in Juba?

Political Conflict and G…16Political Conflict and Governance: 16 fractional worksGender, Security, and Co…15Gender, Security, and Conflict: 15 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 12 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 12 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 11 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 10 fractional worksTopic Modeling9Topic Modeling: 9 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 9 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesArtificial IntelligencePhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  2. 2 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 15 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  4. 4 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 12 works
  5. 5 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  6. 6 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 10 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  9. 9 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 9 works
  10. 10 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 8 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%Juba13.0% 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 28.1% in 1991.

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