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Research in Kelaniya

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Kelaniya.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.6k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
7.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Kelaniya

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 Kelaniya?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KelaniyaUniversity 4,569 #5,054
2TulanaInstitution 5 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.

Which fields of science does Kelaniya work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Kelaniya is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 706 fractional works · 41.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 242 fractional works · 14.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 61 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 52 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 46 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 194 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 79 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 86 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 63 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 72 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 64 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 454 fractional works · 26.5% of its workComputer Science: 183 fractional works · 10.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 64 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 61 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 108 fractional works · 6.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 104 fractional works · 6.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 372 fractional works · 21.8% of its workMedicine: 313 fractional works · 18.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 48 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 179 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 98 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKelaniya1,711fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences41%

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. Business, Management and Accounting24214.2%
    2. Social Sciences19411.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance865.1%
    4. Psychology724.2%
    5. Decision Sciences643.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities472.8%
    1. Computer Science18310.7%
    2. Engineering1086.3%
    3. Environmental Science1046.1%
    4. Materials Science160.9%
    5. Chemistry130.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences130.7%
    7. Mathematics70.4%
    8. Energy50.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine31318.3%
    2. Health Professions482.8%
    3. Nursing80.5%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences985.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology502.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology130.8%
    4. Neuroscience120.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kelaniya strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kelaniya is most concentrated in Management Information Systems, Information Systems and Management and Accounting (7.0× the world share in Management Information Systems).

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 42.6 works7.0×
  2. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 28.9 works6.8×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 40.2 works4.5×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 211.9 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: 1.21× its world share, 85 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 153 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 88 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 272 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.45× its world share, 212 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.97× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.52× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 169 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.45×212 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.97×57 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.52×80 works
  4. Computer Science1.33×153 works
  5. Psychology1.33×60 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.21×85 works
  7. Environmental Science1.20×88 works
  8. Health Professions1.10×43 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×5 works
  10. Medicine0.96×272 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.94×40 works
  12. Veterinary0.93×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.91×169 works
  14. Nursing0.90×6 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.72×11 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×43 works
  17. Chemistry0.49×11 works
  18. Neuroscience0.46×11 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×10 works
  20. Engineering0.40×89 works
  21. Energy0.32×4 works
  22. Materials Science0.29×15 works
  23. Mathematics0.25×4 works
  24. Dentistry0.18×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.11×1 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.11×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Kelaniya?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Risk Management, Sustainability, Financial Performance, Social Capital and Information Systems.

▲ 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. Epidemiology104▲ 1.52×105 topics
  2. Machine Learning98▲ 1.72×64 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management89▲ 5.8×20 topics
  4. Sustainability80▲ 1.91×59 topics
  5. Deep Learning69▲ 1.17×52 topics
  6. Risk Management48▲ 5.9×12 topics
  7. Big Data45▲ 2.7×20 topics
  8. Corporate Governance44▲ 3.5×16 topics
  9. Social Media44▲ 1.84×22 topics
  10. Financial Performance42▲ 4.4×11 topics
  11. Neural Networks41▲ 1.54×25 topics
  12. Social Capital40▲ 4.5×11 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior39▲ 3.7×15 topics
  14. Economic Growth37▲ 2.7×17 topics
  15. Internet of Things37▲ 2.5×14 topics
  16. Mental Health37▲ 1.51×28 topics
  17. Healthcare36▲ 1.84×16 topics
  18. COVID-1935▲ 1.59×21 topics
  19. E-commerce34▲ 3.5×7 topics
  20. Digital Transformation34▲ 3.6×12 topics
  21. Information Systems31▲ 11×5 topics
  22. User Satisfaction29▲ 9.0×4 topics
  23. Technology Acceptance Model29▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Structural Equation Modeling29▲ 8.7×5 topics
  25. Online Shopping28▲ 9.3×2 topics
  26. Consumer Trust28▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Partial Least Squares28▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Vaccine Development28▲ 6.3×8 topics
  29. Environmental Management25▲ 3.6×8 topics
  30. Organizational Performance23▲ 5.1×9 topics
  31. Vector Control22▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Stock Market21▲ 5.5×3 topics
  33. Knowledge Sharing19▲ 7.2×6 topics
  34. Food Supply Chain18▲ 9.5×2 topics
  35. Human Capital17▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. User-Generated Content16▲ 7.2×2 topics
  37. Digital Twin16▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Insurance15▲ 12×2 topics
  39. business impact15▲ 9.8×1 topic
  40. economic effects15▲ 9.8×1 topic

What research is done in Kelaniya?

Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 25 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 15 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…14Digital Marketing and Social Media: 14 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…13Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 12 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 12 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…10Big Data and Business Intelligence: 10 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 10 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience …9Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 9 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceManagement of Technology and Innovation4 others

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

  1. 1 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 25 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  5. 5 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  7. 7 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 10 works
  8. 8 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 10 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 10 works
  10. 10 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 9 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Kelaniya14.8% 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 21.6% in 2003.

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