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Research in Kupang

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Kupang, Indonesia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira, University of Nusa Cendana and Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang.

Research institutions
4
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
18k
▲ 125% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
1.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1961-2026
66 years on the record

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 Kupang?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Nusa CendanaUniversity 10,301 #1,902
2Universitas Katolik Widya MandiraUniversity 4,527 #1,588
3Universitas Muhammadiyah KupangUniversity 2,734 #2,276
4Artha Wacana Christian UniversityUniversity 707 #4,300

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.

University of Nusa Cendana: 56.4%Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira: 24.8%Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang: 15.0%Artha Wacana Christian University: 3.9%56%largest
University of Nusa Cendana10k · 56.4%Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira4,527 · 24.8%Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang2,734 · 15.0%Artha Wacana Christian University707 · 3.9%

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

Which fields of science does Kupang work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Kupang is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Computer Science (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6,387 fractional works · 52.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,363 fractional works · 35.6% of its workEducation: 1,544 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 729 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLaw: 554 fractional works · 4.5% of its workDemography: 554 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 373 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCultural Studies: 194 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 193 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1,191 fractional works · 9.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 318 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 258 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 254 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 154 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 140 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 319 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 309 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 270 fractional works · 2.2% of its workReligious studies: 114 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 194 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 107 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,929 fractional works · 23.9% of its workComputer Science: 1,717 fractional works · 14.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1,196 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 396 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 519 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 230 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 439 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 151 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematics: 111 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 100 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,745 fractional works · 14.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,631 fractional works · 13.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 506 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFood Science: 449 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 189 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 137 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 125 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 118 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,190 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 580 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 356 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 184 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 546 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 208 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 173 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 84 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKupang12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences52%

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 Sciences6,38752.1%
    1. Social Sciences4,36335.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1,1919.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3192.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities2702.2%
    5. Psychology1941.6%
    6. Decision Sciences490.4%
    1. Computer Science1,71714.0%
    2. Environmental Science5194.2%
    3. Engineering4393.6%
    4. Mathematics1110.9%
    5. Chemistry410.3%
    6. Materials Science390.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences360.3%
    8. Energy140.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy110.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.0%
  2. Life Sciences1,74514.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,63113.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology700.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology240.2%
    4. Neuroscience110.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.1%
    1. Medicine5804.7%
    2. Health Professions5464.5%
    3. Nursing550.4%
    4. Dentistry50.0%
    5. Veterinary40.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kupang strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kupang is most concentrated in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development and Law (9.5× the world share in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences).

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 459.4 works9.5×
  2. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 170.3 works7.5×
  3. LawSubfield · 472.1 works7.4×
  4. DemographySubfield · 532.2 works7.1×
  5. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 131.0 works6.5×
  6. Information SystemsSubfield · 1,142.8 works5.9×
  7. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 69.9 works5.7×
  8. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 245.7 works5.4×
← 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: 2.89× its world share, 1,514 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 65 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 1,633 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 395 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 459 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 103 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 470 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 511 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 228 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.09× its world share, 1,099 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 297 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 150 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 3,837 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.09×1,099 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.89×1,514 works
  3. Social Sciences2.75×3,837 works
  4. Computer Science1.91×1,633 works
  5. Health Professions1.62×470 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×297 works
  7. Environmental Science0.84×459 works
  8. Nursing0.82×44 works
  9. Mathematics0.79×103 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.72×228 works
  11. Psychology0.45×150 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.37×40 works
  13. Engineering0.24×395 works
  14. Medicine0.24×511 works
  15. Veterinary0.23×3 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×8 works
  17. Chemistry0.21×36 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×35 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×20 works
  20. Energy0.13×13 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×65 works
  22. Materials Science0.09×36 works
  23. Dentistry0.09×5 works
  24. Neuroscience0.05×9 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.05×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.04×9 works

Which keywords describe research in Kupang?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, E-Learning, Local Wisdom, E-commerce, Character Education, Indonesia, Media Literacy and Educational Technology.

▲ 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. Community Empowerment1,174▲ 13×14 topics
  2. E-Learning941▲ 8.0×16 topics
  3. Local Wisdom766▲ 13×9 topics
  4. E-commerce753▲ 11×11 topics
  5. Social Media741▲ 4.4×28 topics
  6. Educational Technology717▲ 5.0×29 topics
  7. Education686▲ 3.3×62 topics
  8. Character Education672▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Sustainable Development662▲ 3.5×53 topics
  10. Indonesia660▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence627▲ 3.6×42 topics
  12. Media Literacy623▲ 9.6×5 topics
  13. COVID-19602▲ 3.8×18 topics
  14. Pandemic588▲ 4.8×11 topics
  15. Data Mining577▲ 6.4×14 topics
  16. Economic Impact566▲ 8.7×6 topics
  17. Digital Literacy546▲ 7.8×11 topics
  18. Financial Performance531▲ 7.7×11 topics
  19. Supply Chain Management512▲ 4.7×22 topics
  20. Health Education507▲ 9.5×8 topics
  21. Information Technology507▲ 8.8×17 topics
  22. Community Participation480▲ 11×8 topics
  23. Curriculum Development474▲ 5.7×13 topics
  24. Decision Support System472▲ 22×4 topics
  25. SMEs471▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Digital Marketing471▲ 9.9×5 topics
  27. UMKM467▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Fuzzy Logic465▲ 16×5 topics
  29. Islamic Banking461▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Mobile Learning432▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Digital Learning414▲ 6.6×9 topics
  32. STEM Education409▲ 7.4×15 topics
  33. Non-Communicable Diseases350▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Public Health Policy350▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Breastfeeding350▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Maternal Health350▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Child Nutrition348▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Stunting348▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Food Safety345▲ 9.9×10 topics
  40. Rural Development337▲ 8.0×12 topics

What research is done in Kupang?

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 454 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 334 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 308 works
  4. 4 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 276 works
  5. 5 Legal Studies and Policies Law 257 works
  6. 6 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 257 works
  7. 7 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 249 works
  8. 8 Multimedia Learning Systems Information Systems 231 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning Information Systems 215 works
  10. 10 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 207 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kupang4.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.5% in 2016.

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