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Research in Noumea

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Noumea, New Caledonia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of New Caledonia.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.2k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
10.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Noumea?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of New CaledoniaUniversity 1,079 #16,183
2Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementUniversity 318 #22,164 all time
3Pacific CommunityGovernment institution 297 #31,424 all time
4Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-CalédonieGovernment institution 222 #37,764 all time
5Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-CalédonieHospital / health system 172 #41,208 all time
6Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle CalédonieResearch facility 161 #29,520 all time

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.

University of New Caledonia: 48.0%Institut de Recherche pour le Développement: 14.1%Pacific Community: 13.2%Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: 9.9%2 others listed: 14.8%48%largest
University of New Caledonia1,079 · 48.0%Institut de Recherche pour le Développement318 · 14.1%Pacific Community297 · 13.2%Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie222 · 9.9%2 others listed333 · 14.8%

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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×
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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 Noumea?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Decolonization, Identity, Sustainability, Vulnerability, Economic Development and Governance.

▲ 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. Globalization68▲ 6.9×44 topics
  2. Climate Change67▲ 5.0×68 topics
  3. Sustainability44▲ 3.6×28 topics
  4. Decolonization44▲ 108×5 topics
  5. Identity31▲ 8.5×20 topics
  6. Economic Development30▲ 7.4×9 topics
  7. Vulnerability29▲ 26×7 topics
  8. Governance29▲ 18×7 topics
  9. Colonialism29▲ 12×16 topics
  10. Sociolinguistics28▲ 30×7 topics
  11. Resilience27▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Pacific25▲ 266×2 topics
  13. Islands25▲ 423×1 topic
  14. Small States25▲ 423×1 topic
  15. Migration24▲ 14×10 topics
  16. Social Justice23▲ 7.9×17 topics
  17. Public Health22▲ 3.1×28 topics
  18. Cultural Diversity21▲ 19×7 topics
  19. Multiculturalism20▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Multilingualism20▲ 24×4 topics
  21. Environmental Impact20▲ 2.3×28 topics
  22. Ethnicity19▲ 10×8 topics
  23. Indigenous Peoples18▲ 168×3 topics
  24. Cultural Defense17▲ 1945×1 topic
  25. Postcolonial Theory17▲ 125×1 topic
  26. Ocean Acidification16▲ 44×3 topics
  27. Population Dynamics16▲ 13×11 topics
  28. Marine Ecosystems15▲ 58×2 topics
  29. Conservation15▲ 7.0×16 topics
  30. Ecosystem Services14▲ 7.3×7 topics
  31. Community Engagement14▲ 8.4×8 topics
  32. Nationalism14▲ 5.9×10 topics
  33. Language Policy13▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Healthcare Access12▲ 8.3×5 topics
  35. Social Inequality12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  36. Territorial Governance11▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Bleaching11▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Coral Reefs11▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Local Development11▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Vaccine Development11▲ 8.6×8 topics

What research is done in Noumea?

  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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