Research in Lubumbashi
Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Lubumbashi and Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale.
- Research institutions
- 7 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 2.1k ▲ 99% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 8.1% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Lubumbashi?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LubumbashiUniversity | 1,362 | #10,804 | |
| 2 | Institut Supérieur de Technique MédicaleUniversity | 489 | #21,588 | |
| 3 | Institut Supérieur d'Etudes SocialesUniversity | 147 | #40,982 all time | |
| 4 | Institut Supérieur de Statistique de LubumbashiUniversity | 102 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Université Protestante de LubumbashiUniversity | 13 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Institut Universitaire du CongoUniversity | 6 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Katanga Methodist UniversityUniversity | 3 | 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.
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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).
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 28.3 works8.6×
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 31.7 works6.1×
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 Lubumbashi?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Maternal Mortality, Digital Health and Healthcare Policy.
- Nutritional Value
- Phylogeny
- Agroforestry
- Development
- Vaccine
- Water Sanitation Hygiene
- Global Burden of Disease
- Child Development
- Livestock Farming
- Agroecology
- Health Systems
- Adaptation
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Universal Health Coverage
- Healthcare Quality Indicators
- Healthcare Policy
- Maternal Mortality
- Smallholder Farmers
- Social Determinants of Health
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Primary Care
- Digital Health
- Healthcare Management
- Inequalities
- Health Inequalities
- Healthcare
- Child Mortality
- Biodiversity
- Diversity
- Agricultural Development
- Work Organization
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Risk Perception
- Drug Resistance
- Climate Resilience
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
- Epidemiology56▲ 2.0×84 topics
- Public Health54▲ 5.3×35 topics
- Climate Change40▲ 2.1×53 topics
- Social Determinants of Health33▲ 21×4 topics
- Sustainability32▲ 1.88×30 topics
- Smallholder Farmers30▲ 19×4 topics
- Primary Care25▲ 9.7×11 topics
- Maternal Mortality25▲ 16×5 topics
- Digital Health24▲ 31×2 topics
- Healthcare Policy24▲ 36×2 topics
- Healthcare Management23▲ 42×2 topics
- Healthcare Quality Indicators23▲ 56×2 topics
- Inequalities23▲ 95×1 topic
- Universal Health Coverage23▲ 95×1 topic
- Health Inequalities21▲ 25×3 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation21▲ 8.1×10 topics
- Healthcare21▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Adaptation20▲ 10×8 topics
- Child Mortality20▲ 41×1 topic
- Health Systems20▲ 41×1 topic
- Biodiversity18▲ 3.4×20 topics
- Agroecology18▲ 17×3 topics
- Diversity17▲ 14×2 topics
- Livestock Farming17▲ 38×2 topics
- Agricultural Development16▲ 14×1 topic
- Child Development16▲ 5.5×4 topics
- Work Organization16▲ 54×1 topic
- Global Burden of Disease16▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition15▲ 26×1 topic
- Water Sanitation Hygiene15▲ 26×1 topic
- Sustainable Agriculture15▲ 6.6×7 topics
- Vaccine15▲ 5.2×11 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 12×6 topics
- Development14▲ 5.6×7 topics
- Risk Perception13▲ 6.7×4 topics
- Agroforestry12▲ 27×3 topics
- Drug Resistance12▲ 6.3×8 topics
- Phylogeny12▲ 12×12 topics
- Climate Resilience12▲ 28×2 topics
- Nutritional Value11▲ 14×3 topics
What research is done in Lubumbashi?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 23 works
- 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 20 works
- 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 16 works
- 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 15 works
- 5 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 10 works
- 6 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 8 works
- 7 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 8 works
- 8 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 8 works
- 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
- 10 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 7 works
Research output over time
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