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Research in Kandy

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Peradeniya, National Institute of Fundamental Studies and Teaching Hospital Kandy.

Research institutions
6
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.6%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Kandy?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of PeradeniyaUniversity 8,636 #2,588
2National Institute of Fundamental StudiesResearch facility 892 #17,000
3Teaching Hospital KandyHospital / health system 790 #20,820
4Veterinary Research InstituteResearch facility 82 not ranked
5South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research CollaborationNonprofit 75 not ranked
6Foundation for Environment Climate and TechnologyInstitution 4 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 Peradeniya: 82.4%National Institute of Fundamental Studies: 8.5%Teaching Hospital Kandy: 7.5%Veterinary Research Institute: 0.8%2 others listed: 0.8%82%largest
University of Peradeniya8,636 · 82.4%National Institute of Fundamental Studies892 · 8.5%Teaching Hospital Kandy790 · 7.5%Veterinary Research Institute82 · 0.8%2 others listed79 · 0.8%

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

What is Kandy strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kandy is most concentrated in Water Science and Technology (4.7× the world share in Water Science and Technology).

  1. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 53.7 works4.7×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Kandy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Genetic Diversity, Pathogenesis, Ecosystem Services and Vaccine Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology178▲ 2.0×114 topics
  2. Climate Change111▲ 1.85×70 topics
  3. Sustainability90▲ 1.65×53 topics
  4. Environmental Impact73▲ 1.92×40 topics
  5. Machine Learning71◆ 0.97×58 topics
  6. Deep Learning65▼ 0.85×60 topics
  7. Public Health53▲ 1.63×41 topics
  8. COVID-1946▲ 1.50×24 topics
  9. Pathogenesis45▲ 4.0×21 topics
  10. Remote Sensing44▲ 1.60×22 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity44▲ 4.4×22 topics
  12. Antioxidant41▲ 2.7×41 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress41◆ 1.13×46 topics
  14. Diagnosis41▲ 1.96×36 topics
  15. Nanomaterials41▲ 1.72×18 topics
  16. Risk Factors40▲ 1.62×31 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services36▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Pandemic35▲ 1.48×11 topics
  19. Biodiversity35▲ 2.1×24 topics
  20. Food Security34▲ 2.7×14 topics
  21. Social Capital32▲ 2.7×13 topics
  22. Antioxidant Activity32▲ 2.2×27 topics
  23. Toxicity32▲ 3.3×16 topics
  24. Vaccine Development32▲ 5.6×10 topics
  25. Health Effects29▲ 2.2×20 topics
  26. Wastewater Treatment27▲ 5.1×9 topics
  27. Health Benefits26▲ 3.5×14 topics
  28. Antimicrobial25▲ 3.9×10 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants24▲ 2.6×16 topics
  30. Heavy Metals22▲ 4.1×6 topics
  31. Phylogenetic Analysis22▲ 3.2×14 topics
  32. Adsorption21▲ 4.5×6 topics
  33. Vulnerability19▲ 3.8×6 topics
  34. Principal Component Analysis19▲ 5.9×3 topics
  35. Vector Control17▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Social Entrepreneurship16▲ 6.7×2 topics
  37. Climate Change Impacts16▲ 6.1×6 topics
  38. Toxins16▲ 7.3×5 topics
  39. Entrepreneurial Orientation15▲ 8.1×1 topic
  40. Opportunity Recognition15▲ 8.1×1 topic

What research is done in Kandy?

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 15 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 12 works
  4. 4 Agriculture, Water, and Health Water Science and Technology 11 works
  5. 5 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  6. 6 Coconut Research and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 10 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 9 works
  8. 8 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 9 works
  9. 9 Oral Health Pathology and Treatment Periodontics 9 works
  10. 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 9 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.