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Research in Lubumbashi

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Lubumbashi and Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale.

Research institutions
7
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.1k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
4.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Lubumbashi

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 Lubumbashi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LubumbashiUniversity 1,362 #6,097
2Institut Supérieur de Technique MédicaleUniversity 489 #10,023
3Institut Supérieur d'Etudes SocialesUniversity 147 #30,957 all time
4Institut Supérieur de Statistique de LubumbashiUniversity 102 not ranked
5Université Protestante de LubumbashiUniversity 13 not ranked
6Institut Universitaire du CongoUniversity 6 not ranked
7Katanga Methodist UniversityUniversity 3 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.

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 Lubumbashi: 64.2%Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale: 23.0%Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Sociales: 6.9%Institut Supérieur de Statistique de Lubumbashi: 4.8%3 others listed: 1.0%64%largest
University of Lubumbashi1,362 · 64.2%Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale489 · 23.0%Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Sociales147 · 6.9%Institut Supérieur de Statistique de Lubumbashi102 · 4.8%3 others listed22 · 1.0%

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

Which fields of science does Lubumbashi work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Lubumbashi is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 369 fractional works · 40.8% of its workMedicine: 258 fractional works · 28.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 44 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 86 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 65 fractional works · 7.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 210 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 131 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 166 fractional works · 18.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 64 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 159 fractional works · 17.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 107 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPlant Science: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workForestry: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLubumbashi904fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences23%

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. Medicine25828.6%
    2. Health Professions869.5%
    3. Nursing222.5%
    4. Veterinary20.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Social Sciences13114.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance333.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities161.7%
    4. Psychology141.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting141.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Environmental Science647.1%
    2. Engineering485.3%
    3. Computer Science212.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences101.1%
    5. Mathematics70.8%
    6. Materials Science60.6%
    7. Chemistry50.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10711.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology283.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology161.8%
    4. Neuroscience40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lubumbashi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lubumbashi is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (8.6× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 28.3 works8.6×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 31.7 works6.1×
← 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: 2.74× its world share, 91 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 47 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.78× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 197 worksMedicineNursing: 5.35× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.35×18 works
  2. Health Professions3.78×70 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.74×91 works
  4. Veterinary1.84×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.82×27 works
  6. Medicine1.47×197 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×10 works
  8. Environmental Science1.36×47 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.12×3 works
  10. Social Sciences1.10×97 works
  11. Mathematics0.85×7 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.69×8 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.63×13 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×22 works
  15. Psychology0.45×10 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×10 works
  17. Engineering0.34×35 works
  18. Neuroscience0.32×4 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.32×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.28×3 works
  21. Energy0.27×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.26×14 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.17×4 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.15×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.13×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Lubumbashi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Smallholder Farmers, Health Inequalities, Primary Care and Child Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology71▲ 1.98×95 topics
  2. Public Health67▲ 5.1×41 topics
  3. Climate Change48▲ 1.94×61 topics
  4. Sustainability42▲ 1.92×38 topics
  5. Social Determinants of Health36▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality35▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers35▲ 18×5 topics
  8. Health Inequalities31▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Globalization30▲ 1.71×33 topics
  10. Primary Care29▲ 8.8×11 topics
  11. Child Mortality28▲ 43×1 topic
  12. Health Systems28▲ 43×1 topic
  13. Biodiversity Conservation27▲ 8.1×12 topics
  14. Healthcare27▲ 2.6×17 topics
  15. Digital Health26▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Healthcare Policy26▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Healthcare Management25▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Healthcare Quality Indicators25▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Inequalities25▲ 85×1 topic
  20. Universal Health Coverage25▲ 85×1 topic
  21. Adaptation22▲ 8.2×8 topics
  22. Child Development20▲ 5.5×5 topics
  23. Agroecology20▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease19▲ 8.5×4 topics
  25. Diversity19▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Ethnicity18▲ 5.5×4 topics
  27. Livestock Farming18▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Sustainable Agriculture18▲ 6.5×7 topics
  29. Vaccine18▲ 5.0×11 topics
  30. Agricultural Development18▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Work Organization18▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition18▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene18▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Agroforestry16▲ 27×4 topics
  35. Cultural Diversity16▲ 7.9×7 topics
  36. Drug Resistance16▲ 6.0×8 topics
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy15▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Climate Resilience15▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Nutritional Value14▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Sociolinguistics13▲ 8.0×6 topics

What research is done in Lubumbashi?

Healthcare Systems and Practices: 23 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 20 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…16Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 16 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…15Child Nutrition and Water Access: 15 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 10 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…8HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 8 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 7 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 23 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 20 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 15 works
  5. 5 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 10 works
  6. 6 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  8. 8 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 8 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  10. 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 7 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 2025Lubumbashi9.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2012.

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