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Research in Kingston

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Kingston, Jamaica. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of the West Indies System, University of the West Indies and International University of the Caribbean.

Research institutions
11
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.0%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Kingston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the West Indies SystemUniversity 5,905 #7,750
2University of the West IndiesUniversity 2,686 #13,070
3University of Technology, JamaicaUniversity 1,074 #20,021
4International University of the CaribbeanUniversity 381 #19,964
5Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 218 #33,294 all time
6University of the Commonwealth CaribbeanUniversity 163 #38,031 all time
7Coconut Industry BoardInstitution 48 not ranked
8Mico University CollegeUniversity 27 not ranked
9Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing ArtsUniversity 20 not ranked
10Jamaica Library ServiceArchive 5 not ranked
11Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and FisheriesGovernment institution 2 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 the West Indies System: 56.1%University of the West Indies: 25.5%University of Technology, Jamaica: 10.2%International University of the Caribbean: 3.6%7 others listed: 4.6%56%largest
University of the West Indies System5,905 · 56.1%University of the West Indies2,686 · 25.5%University of Technology, Jamaica1,074 · 10.2%International University of the Caribbean381 · 3.6%7 others listed483 · 4.6%

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

What is Kingston strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kingston is most concentrated in Cultural Studies (6.2× the world share in Cultural Studies).

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 30.1 works6.2×
← 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 Kingston?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Politics, Race, Gender, Postcolonialism, Culture, Identity and Caribbean.

▲ 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. Globalization78▲ 3.4×58 topics
  2. Epidemiology58▲ 1.23×100 topics
  3. Climate Change48▲ 1.48×71 topics
  4. Identity41▲ 4.7×22 topics
  5. Sustainability39▲ 1.34×46 topics
  6. Gender38▲ 5.9×17 topics
  7. Mental Health37▲ 2.1×27 topics
  8. Culture37▲ 5.8×10 topics
  9. Politics37▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Economic Growth34▲ 3.4×20 topics
  11. Race34▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Nationalism33▲ 6.1×8 topics
  13. Postcolonialism32▲ 22×9 topics
  14. Caribbean31▲ 163×3 topics
  15. Public Health30▲ 1.74×42 topics
  16. Dancehall28▲ 354×1 topic
  17. Sustainable Development27▲ 1.44×31 topics
  18. Social Capital24▲ 3.9×12 topics
  19. Human Rights21▲ 1.73×26 topics
  20. Vulnerability21▲ 7.7×8 topics
  21. Risk Factors20▲ 1.54×29 topics
  22. Economic Development20▲ 2.0×10 topics
  23. Global Trade18▲ 7.6×6 topics
  24. Health Equity14▲ 4.4×5 topics
  25. Child Development14▲ 2.8×8 topics
  26. Labor Market14▲ 3.9×7 topics
  27. Fiscal Policy14▲ 5.3×5 topics
  28. International Law13▲ 3.5×10 topics
  29. Cultural Diversity12▲ 4.3×8 topics
  30. COVID-19 Impact11▲ 5.5×3 topics
  31. Human Capital11▲ 5.6×2 topics
  32. Violence10▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction10▲ 6.5×5 topics
  34. Health Inequities10▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Poverty Alleviation9▲ 7.9×2 topics
  36. Public Health Governance9▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Corporate Political Activity9▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Health In All Policies9▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Employment Patterns9▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Student Retention9▲ 19×3 topics

What research is done in Kingston?

  1. 1 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 28 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 8 works
  4. 4 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 8 works
  5. 5 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 7 works
  7. 7 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  9. 9 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 6 works

Research output over time

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