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Research in Lae

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Lae, Papua New Guinea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Papua New Guinea University of Technology and National Agricultural Research Institute.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
▲ 109% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Lae

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 Lae?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Papua New Guinea University of TechnologyUniversity 927 #8,097
2National Agricultural Research InstituteResearch facility 486 #17,607

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 Lae work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Lae is in Life Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Engineering (14%), Computer Science (9%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 226 fractional works · 41.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 193 fractional works · 35.1% of its workPlant Science: 94 fractional works · 17.2% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 214 fractional works · 39.0% of its workEngineering: 78 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 47 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 13.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 29 fractional works · 5.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLae550fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences14%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences19335.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology295.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Engineering7814.1%
    2. Computer Science478.5%
    3. Environmental Science458.3%
    4. Materials Science142.5%
    5. Chemistry91.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences91.6%
    7. Mathematics40.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy40.7%
    9. Energy30.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting295.3%
    2. Social Sciences264.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.1%
    4. Decision Sciences50.8%
    5. Psychology30.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    1. Medicine213.9%
    2. Health Professions61.2%
    3. Nursing50.9%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lae strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lae is most concentrated in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9.8× the world share in Plant Science).

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 77.9 works9.8×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 159.0 works7.3×
← 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: 7.32× its world share, 159 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.18× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.85× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.32×159 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting1.85×27 works
  3. Nursing1.84×4 works
  4. Environmental Science1.47×34 works
  5. Veterinary1.45×1 works
  6. Computer Science1.18×42 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×8 works
  8. Engineering0.97×67 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×23 works
  10. Chemistry0.93×7 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×9 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.80×4 works
  13. Energy0.78×3 works
  14. Materials Science0.76×12 works
  15. Mathematics0.64×3 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.59×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.49×6 works
  18. Social Sciences0.40×23 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.34×4 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  22. Psychology0.23×3 works
  23. Medicine0.18×16 works
  24. Neuroscience0.13×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Lae?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Genetic Diversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Breeding, Drought Tolerance, Sustainable Agriculture and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Sustainability45▲ 3.4×45 topics
  2. Climate Change40▲ 2.7×54 topics
  3. Machine Learning34▲ 1.87×57 topics
  4. Environmental Impact33▲ 3.5×39 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity27▲ 11×18 topics
  6. Deep Learning26▲ 1.35×42 topics
  7. Breeding18▲ 44×5 topics
  8. Internet of Things18▲ 3.8×17 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management18▲ 3.7×12 topics
  10. Drought Tolerance18▲ 23×8 topics
  11. Genetics17▲ 4.4×8 topics
  12. Sustainable Agriculture17▲ 10×12 topics
  13. Big Data17▲ 3.2×15 topics
  14. Nutritional Quality16▲ 40×4 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity14▲ 4.1×24 topics
  16. Antioxidant14▲ 3.6×31 topics
  17. Food Security13▲ 4.3×19 topics
  18. Antioxidants12▲ 5.1×12 topics
  19. Marker Development12▲ 47×3 topics
  20. Health Benefits12▲ 6.3×12 topics
  21. Smallholder Farmers11▲ 9.7×5 topics
  22. Climate Resilience11▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Agricultural Sustainability11▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Essential Oils10▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Pest Management10▲ 21×5 topics
  26. Soil Fertility10▲ 8.0×7 topics
  27. Biological Control10▲ 12×8 topics
  28. Plant Growth9▲ 16×6 topics
  29. Adaptation9▲ 5.6×7 topics
  30. Cowpea9▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Legume Crop9▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Biopesticides8▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Genetic Improvement8▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Genome Sequencing8▲ 9.3×8 topics
  35. Plant Breeding8▲ 16×4 topics
  36. Phytochemicals8▲ 13×7 topics
  37. Firm Performance8▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Nutrient Uptake7▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Dairy Cattle7▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Predictive Analytics7▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Lae?

Agricultural pest management studies: 8 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 7 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…6Insect Pest Control Strategies: 6 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…6Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 6 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 5 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 4 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…4Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 4 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 4 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…4Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 4 fractional works
Plant ScienceManagement Information SystemsGeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 8 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 7 works
  3. 3 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 6 works
  4. 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 6 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 4 works
  10. 10 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 4 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%Lae12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.0% in 2017.

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