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Research in Kimberley

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Kimberley, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sol Plaatje University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
827
▲ 120% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
7.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Kimberley

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 Kimberley?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sol Plaatje UniversityUniversity 606 #4,446
2Kimberley HospitalHospital / health system 218 #22,719 all time
3South African San InstituteNonprofit 2 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 Kimberley work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Kimberley is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (11%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 257 fractional works · 54.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 161 fractional works · 33.9% of its workEducation: 58 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 42 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 24 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 148 fractional works · 31.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 44 fractional works · 9.3% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKimberley476fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences54%

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 Sciences16133.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance275.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting245.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities204.2%
    5. Psychology153.1%
    6. Decision Sciences112.2%
    1. Environmental Science5110.7%
    2. Computer Science449.3%
    3. Engineering255.2%
    4. Mathematics61.3%
    5. Materials Science61.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy40.9%
    8. Chemistry30.6%
    9. Energy30.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences296.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine214.4%
    2. Health Professions112.2%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Kimberley?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Justice, Colonialism, Higher Education, Nationalism, Machine Learning, Economic Growth 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. Machine Learning32▲ 2.0×46 topics
  2. Globalization31▲ 3.3×36 topics
  3. Education21▲ 2.6×24 topics
  4. Social Justice21▲ 7.3×17 topics
  5. Colonialism20▲ 8.8×9 topics
  6. Deep Learning19◆ 1.15×37 topics
  7. Climate Change18▲ 1.42×47 topics
  8. Economic Growth18▲ 4.7×18 topics
  9. Higher Education18▲ 7.2×16 topics
  10. Nationalism17▲ 7.9×7 topics
  11. Sustainability17▲ 1.45×32 topics
  12. Technology Integration12▲ 8.2×7 topics
  13. Educational Technology12▲ 2.1×17 topics
  14. History12▲ 3.5×5 topics
  15. Political Economy12▲ 9.6×7 topics
  16. Online Learning11▲ 2.8×7 topics
  17. Land Reform10▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Reflective Practice10▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Teacher Professional Development9▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Agrarian Relations9▲ 202×1 topic
  21. Student Engagement9▲ 4.7×9 topics
  22. Zimbabwe9▲ 202×1 topic
  23. Experiential Learning9▲ 35×5 topics
  24. Student Perceptions8▲ 9.5×6 topics
  25. Professional Development8▲ 8.1×10 topics
  26. Inequality7▲ 6.8×5 topics
  27. Teacher Preparation7▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Multilingualism7▲ 9.4×4 topics
  29. Professional Learning Communities7▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Lifelong Learning7▲ 7.1×6 topics
  31. Fiscal Policy7▲ 7.0×5 topics
  32. Language Policy7▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Educational Leadership7▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Postcolonialism7▲ 9.7×7 topics
  35. School Improvement7▲ 17×2 topics
  36. South Africa6▲ 50×4 topics
  37. Bilingual Education6▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Gender Inequality6▲ 9.7×5 topics
  39. Qualitative Research Methods6▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Teacher Identity6▲ 31×1 topic

What research is done in Kimberley?

African studies and soci…8African studies and sociopolitical issues: 8 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…5Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 5 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…5Online Learning and Analytics: 5 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…4African history and culture studies: 4 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 4 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 4 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…4Education and Critical Thinking Development: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationEconomics and EconometricsComputer Science Applications3 others

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

  1. 1 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  3. 3 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 5 works
  5. 5 African history and culture studies Anthropology 4 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 4 works
  7. 7 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 4 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 3 works
  10. 10 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 3 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%Kimberley28.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.5% in 2025.

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