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Research in Noumea

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Noumea, New Caledonia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of New Caledonia.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.2k
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
48k
21.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Noumea

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 Noumea?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of New CaledoniaUniversity 1,079 #6,157
2Pacific CommunityGovernment institution 297 #18,633 all time
3Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-CalédonieGovernment institution 222 #21,697 all time
4Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-CalédonieHospital / health system 172 #28,849 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.

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 New Caledonia: 61.0%Pacific Community: 16.8%Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: 12.5%Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-Calédonie: 9.7%61%largest
University of New Caledonia1,079 · 61.0%Pacific Community297 · 16.8%Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie222 · 12.5%Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-Calédonie172 · 9.7%

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

Which fields of science does Noumea work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Noumea is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Environmental Science (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 246 fractional works · 44.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 189 fractional works · 34.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 75 fractional works · 13.8% of its workDemography: 29 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 22 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 148 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 85 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEcology: 32 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 37 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 94 fractional works · 17.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workParasitology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 60 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNoumea547fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences45%

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 Sciences18934.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities336.0%
    3. Psychology91.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting81.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Environmental Science8515.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences376.7%
    3. Engineering111.9%
    4. Computer Science81.5%
    5. Materials Science20.4%
    6. Mathematics20.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences478.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology254.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology163.0%
    4. Neuroscience30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine386.9%
    2. Health Professions203.6%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Noumea strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Noumea is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, Demography and Ecology (36.2× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 20.7 works36×
  2. DemographySubfield · 26.9 works7.9×
  3. EcologySubfield · 30.2 works7.7×
← 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: 1.85× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.82× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.20× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.19× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.82× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 176 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.20×33 works
  2. Environmental Science3.19×79 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.82×14 works
  4. Social Sciences2.78×176 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.85×44 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.82×26 works
  7. Health Professions1.49×20 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×23 works
  9. Nursing0.58×1 works
  10. Psychology0.55×8 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×5 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×8 works
  14. Neuroscience0.33×3 works
  15. Medicine0.32×31 works
  16. Dentistry0.31×1 works
  17. Energy0.28×1 works
  18. Veterinary0.28×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.25×2 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.23×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.21×8 works
  22. Chemistry0.14×1 works
  23. Engineering0.13×10 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.13×2 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.11×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Noumea?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Decolonization, Identity, Colonialism, Vulnerability, Sustainability and Economic Development.

▲ 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. Globalization74▲ 6.9×46 topics
  2. Climate Change71▲ 4.8×69 topics
  3. Decolonization48▲ 108×5 topics
  4. Sustainability47▲ 3.5×29 topics
  5. Identity35▲ 8.9×21 topics
  6. Colonialism33▲ 13×17 topics
  7. Economic Development32▲ 7.4×9 topics
  8. Vulnerability32▲ 25×7 topics
  9. Governance32▲ 18×8 topics
  10. Sociolinguistics30▲ 30×7 topics
  11. Resilience30▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Pacific27▲ 263×2 topics
  13. Islands27▲ 438×1 topic
  14. Migration27▲ 14×10 topics
  15. Small States27▲ 438×1 topic
  16. Public Health26▲ 3.2×31 topics
  17. Social Justice24▲ 7.4×17 topics
  18. Cultural Diversity24▲ 20×7 topics
  19. Multiculturalism22▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Environmental Impact21▲ 2.3×28 topics
  21. Ethnicity21▲ 10×8 topics
  22. Indigenous Peoples21▲ 151×3 topics
  23. Multilingualism21▲ 24×4 topics
  24. Cultural Defense19▲ 1623×1 topic
  25. Postcolonial Theory19▲ 131×1 topic
  26. Ocean Acidification17▲ 42×3 topics
  27. Population Dynamics17▲ 12×11 topics
  28. Conservation16▲ 6.8×16 topics
  29. Marine Ecosystems16▲ 53×2 topics
  30. Ecosystem Services15▲ 6.9×8 topics
  31. Community Engagement14▲ 7.8×8 topics
  32. Healthcare Access14▲ 9.2×5 topics
  33. Social Inequality14▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Nationalism14▲ 5.5×10 topics
  35. Language Policy14▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Vaccine Development13▲ 9.3×8 topics
  37. Discrimination13▲ 11×4 topics
  38. French Territories12▲ 234×1 topic
  39. Migrant Workers12▲ 234×1 topic
  40. Bleaching12▲ 64×1 topic

What research is done in Noumea?

Island Studies and Pacif…25Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 25 fractional worksNew Caledonia Indigenous Studies: 17 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 11 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 10 fractional worksLeptospirosis research and findings: 9 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 8 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…8Education, sociology, and vocational training: 8 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 7 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 7 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 7 fractional works
DemographySociology and Political ScienceEcologyParasitology3 others

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

  1. 1 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 25 works
  2. 2 New Caledonia Indigenous Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 11 works
  4. 4 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  5. 5 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 9 works
  6. 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  8. 8 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 7 works
  9. 9 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 7 works

Research output over time

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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%Noumea12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 39.9% in 1997.

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