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Research in Malé

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Malé, Maldives. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Ministry of Education, Maldives National University and Marine Research Centre.

Research institutions
10
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.2k
▲ 139% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.1%
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 Malé?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Maldives National UniversityUniversity 667 #9,674
2Ministry of EducationGovernment institution 492 #6,051
3Marine Research CentreGovernment institution 419 #21,150
4Health Protection AgencyGovernment institution 393 #13,257 all time
5Indira Gandhi Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 77 not ranked
6MI CollegeUniversity 66 not ranked
7ADK HospitalHospital / health system 50 not ranked
8Faafu Atoll HospitalHospital / health system 2 not ranked
9Ministry of Foreign AffairsGovernment institution 1 not ranked
10International Pole and Line FoundationNonprofit 0 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.

Maldives National University: 30.8%Ministry of Education: 22.7%Marine Research Centre: 19.3%Health Protection Agency: 18.1%5 others listed: 9.0%31%largest
Maldives National University667 · 30.8%Ministry of Education492 · 22.7%Marine Research Centre419 · 19.3%Health Protection Agency393 · 18.1%5 others listed196 · 9.0%

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

What is Malé strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Malé is most concentrated in Ecology (4.4× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 27.5 works4.4×
← 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 Malé?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Marine Ecosystems, Ocean Acidification, Environmental Impact, Conservation, Bleaching and Coral Reefs.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 1.62×100 topics
  2. Climate Change46▲ 2.1×60 topics
  3. Environmental Impact25▲ 1.87×44 topics
  4. Machine Learning22▼ 0.85×48 topics
  5. Sustainability20◆ 1.04×46 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications18▲ 1.97×29 topics
  7. Nanoparticles18▲ 1.81×30 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress16▲ 1.27×36 topics
  9. Globalization15◆ 0.99×23 topics
  10. Conservation15▲ 4.4×14 topics
  11. Marine Ecosystems15▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Ocean Acidification15▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Public Health15▲ 1.27×36 topics
  14. Nanocomposites13▲ 2.0×16 topics
  15. Pandemic13▲ 1.48×10 topics
  16. Vaccine12▲ 3.8×11 topics
  17. Gene Expression12▲ 2.5×17 topics
  18. Depression12▲ 1.66×17 topics
  19. Bleaching11▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Coral Reefs11▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Pathogenesis11▲ 2.8×21 topics
  22. Immune Response11▲ 2.4×19 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity11▲ 3.1×17 topics
  24. Leadership10▲ 2.7×10 topics
  25. Population Dynamics10▲ 5.0×8 topics
  26. Vulnerability9▲ 5.0×6 topics
  27. Aquaculture8▲ 3.9×8 topics
  28. Organizational Performance7▲ 3.8×8 topics
  29. Vaccine Development7▲ 3.5×9 topics
  30. Sea-Level Rise6▲ 6.7×5 topics
  31. Biodegradable6▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Transcription Factors6▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Composites6▲ 9.5×2 topics
  34. Coastal Protection5▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Natural Fibers5▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Reinforced Polymers5▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Fisheries5▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Benthic Communities5▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Marine Biodiversity5▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Malé?

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 11 works
  2. 2 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 5 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  6. 6 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 4 works
  7. 7 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  8. 8 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 3 works
  10. 10 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works

Research output over time

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