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Research in Moratuwa

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Moratuwa.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.4k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
50k
7.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Moratuwa

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 Moratuwa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MoratuwaUniversity 6,257 #2,507
2Lanka Hydraulic Institute (Sri Lanka)Company 64 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.

Which fields of science does Moratuwa work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Moratuwa is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Computer Science (16%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,524 fractional works · 62.7% of its workEngineering: 723 fractional works · 29.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 161 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 102 fractional works · 4.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 102 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 69 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 384 fractional works · 15.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 156 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 68 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 56 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 239 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 55 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 76 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 626 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 191 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 62 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 187 fractional works · 7.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 69 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 98 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 80 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 64 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMuseology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 173 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 119 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 108 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMoratuwa2,431fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences26%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering72329.7%
    2. Computer Science38415.8%
    3. Environmental Science2399.8%
    4. Materials Science763.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences341.4%
    6. Energy311.3%
    7. Chemistry120.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy110.4%
    9. Mathematics90.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Social Sciences1917.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1877.7%
    3. Decision Sciences984.0%
    4. Psychology642.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance512.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities351.5%
    1. Medicine1194.9%
    2. Health Professions492.0%
    3. Nursing50.2%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences542.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology301.2%
    3. Neuroscience200.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Moratuwa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Moratuwa is most concentrated in Building and Construction, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems (10.7× the world share in Building and Construction).

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 145.5 works11×
  2. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 70.0 works6.5×
  3. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 37.4 works4.2×
  4. Decision SciencesField · 86.3 works4.1×
  5. TransportationSubfield · 29.6 works4.1×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.88× its world share, 320 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.34× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 658 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.07× its world share, 225 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 73 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.38× its world share, 168 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.08× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 49 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 172 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.08×86 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.38×168 works
  3. Environmental Science2.07×225 works
  4. Engineering2.00×658 works
  5. Computer Science1.88×320 works
  6. Energy1.34×27 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×49 works
  8. Materials Science0.96×73 works
  9. Psychology0.87×58 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.85×29 works
  11. Health Professions0.78×45 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.63×5 works
  13. Social Sciences0.62×172 works
  14. Neuroscience0.49×18 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.49×31 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×47 works
  17. Nursing0.40×4 works
  18. Chemistry0.35×12 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×2 works
  20. Mathematics0.33×8 works
  21. Medicine0.27×112 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×25 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.20×10 works
  24. Dentistry0.07×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Moratuwa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Sustainability, Risk Management, Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Neural Networks, Facilities Management and Construction Projects.

▲ 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. Deep Learning207▲ 2.5×75 topics
  2. Machine Learning184▲ 2.3×80 topics
  3. Sustainability183▲ 3.1×67 topics
  4. Neural Networks117▲ 3.1×32 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management116▲ 5.3×19 topics
  6. Risk Management111▲ 9.6×14 topics
  7. Climate Change103▲ 1.56×66 topics
  8. Environmental Impact83▲ 1.99×42 topics
  9. Remote Sensing79▲ 2.7×27 topics
  10. Renewable Energy75▲ 2.1×37 topics
  11. Convolutional Neural Networks60▲ 3.4×14 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence59▲ 1.72×31 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency58▲ 2.6×24 topics
  14. Facilities Management53▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Construction Projects50▲ 46×2 topics
  16. Leadership Style48▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Project Success48▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Stakeholder Analysis48▲ 30×1 topic
  19. Artificial Neural Networks44▲ 4.0×9 topics
  20. RFID Technology42▲ 10.0×4 topics
  21. Construction41▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Environmental Management39▲ 3.9×12 topics
  23. Urbanization38▲ 3.9×8 topics
  24. Risk Perception38▲ 5.8×7 topics
  25. BIM37▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Prefabrication37▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Sustainable Construction36▲ 19×5 topics
  28. Thermal Comfort35▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem Services35▲ 3.8×8 topics
  30. Circular Economy35▲ 5.3×8 topics
  31. Hydrological Modeling34▲ 5.8×5 topics
  32. Model Predictive Control33▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Climate Change Impact30▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Social Sustainability29▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Disaster Management27▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Satellite Imagery27▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Product Design27▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Environmental Assessment Tools26▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Green Building26▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Building Energy Consumption25▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Moratuwa?

Construction Project Management and Performance: 43 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 31 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…24Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 24 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…23Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 23 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 19 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 19 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…17Urban Green Space and Health: 17 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 17 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 15 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…15Online Learning and Analytics: 15 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchBuilding and ConstructionGlobal and Planetary ChangeStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 43 works
  2. 2 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 31 works
  3. 3 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 24 works
  4. 4 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 23 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 19 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 19 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 17 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 15 works
  10. 10 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 15 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%Moratuwa10.1% 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 19.0% in 2016.

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