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Research in Mbombela

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Mbombela, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Mpumalanga.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
10.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Mbombela

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 Mbombela?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MpumalangaUniversity 886 #3,645
2Citrus Research InternationalResearch facility 394 #24,165 all time

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 Mbombela work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Mbombela is in Social Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (27%), Social Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 241 fractional works · 41.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 130 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 42 fractional works · 7.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 37 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 4.6% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 184 fractional works · 31.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 160 fractional works · 27.3% of its workPlant Science: 69 fractional works · 11.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 130 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 71 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMbombela588fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences41%

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 Sciences13022.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting427.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance376.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities142.4%
    5. Psychology122.1%
    6. Decision Sciences61.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16027.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology203.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
    1. Environmental Science7112.1%
    2. Computer Science244.1%
    3. Engineering203.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.9%
    5. Materials Science40.7%
    6. Energy30.4%
    7. Chemistry20.3%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Medicine172.9%
    2. Health Professions91.6%
    3. Nursing40.7%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Mbombela?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Smallholder Farmers, Rural Development, Invasive Species, Sustainability, Economic Growth and Social Networks.

▲ 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. Climate Change44▲ 2.7×59 topics
  2. Sustainability36▲ 2.5×40 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture27▲ 15×11 topics
  4. Environmental Impact26▲ 2.5×27 topics
  5. Economic Growth24▲ 5.0×19 topics
  6. Globalization24▲ 2.0×31 topics
  7. Smallholder Farmers23▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Rural Development21▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Invasive Species21▲ 8.4×19 topics
  10. Higher Education17▲ 5.5×12 topics
  11. Sustainable Development17▲ 1.89×23 topics
  12. Social Networks17▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Biodiversity17▲ 3.7×22 topics
  14. Social Capital16▲ 5.2×10 topics
  15. Biological Control15▲ 17×9 topics
  16. Population Dynamics15▲ 9.6×10 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship14▲ 6.3×8 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity14▲ 5.5×14 topics
  19. Technology Adoption14▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Colonialism13▲ 4.7×10 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation13▲ 5.8×11 topics
  22. Food Security13▲ 4.0×14 topics
  23. Agricultural Innovation12▲ 46×2 topics
  24. Livelihood Diversification12▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Market Participation12▲ 67×1 topic
  26. Social Impact12▲ 5.2×7 topics
  27. Inequality12▲ 8.8×6 topics
  28. Medicinal Plants11▲ 5.0×13 topics
  29. Urbanization11▲ 4.7×5 topics
  30. Nutritional Value10▲ 15×4 topics
  31. South Africa10▲ 63×4 topics
  32. ICT10▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Poverty Alleviation10▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Phytochemicals10▲ 15×6 topics
  35. Pest Management9▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Postcolonialism9▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Climate Resilience9▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Emerging Markets8▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Frugal Innovation8▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Agroforestry8▲ 21×3 topics

What research is done in Mbombela?

Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 11 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 8 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…7African cultural and philosophical studies: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…6Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 5 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 5 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 4 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 4 fractional worksGender Diversity and Ine…4Gender Diversity and Inequality: 4 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesBusiness and International ManagementEducationManagement of Technology and Innovation6 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 works
  2. 2 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 8 works
  3. 3 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 7 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  5. 5 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 5 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 5 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  8. 8 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 4 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 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 counting20%40%Mbombela26.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.1% in 2019.

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