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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of New CaledoniaUniversity | 1,079 | #16,183 | |
| 2 | Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementUniversity | 318 | #22,164 all time | |
| 3 | Pacific CommunityGovernment institution | 297 | #31,424 all time | |
| 4 | Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-CalédonieGovernment institution | 222 | #37,764 all time | |
| 5 | Centre Hospitalier Territorial de Nouvelle-CalédonieHospital / health system | 172 | #41,208 all time | |
| 6 | Institut 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.
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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).
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 20.7 works36×
- DemographySubfield · 26.9 works7.9×
- EcologySubfield · 30.2 works7.7×
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.
- Vaccine Development
- Coral Reefs
- Territorial Governance
- Healthcare Access
- Nationalism
- Ecosystem Services
- Marine Ecosystems
- Ocean Acidification
- Cultural Defense
- Ethnicity
- Multilingualism
- Cultural Diversity
- Social Justice
- Small States
- Pacific
- Sociolinguistics
- Governance
- Economic Development
- Decolonization
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Identity
- Vulnerability
- Colonialism
- Resilience
- Islands
- Migration
- Public Health
- Multiculturalism
- Environmental Impact
- Indigenous Peoples
- Postcolonial Theory
- Population Dynamics
- Conservation
- Community Engagement
- Language Policy
- Social Inequality
- Bleaching
- Local Development
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
- Globalization68▲ 6.9×44 topics
- Climate Change67▲ 5.0×68 topics
- Sustainability44▲ 3.6×28 topics
- Decolonization44▲ 108×5 topics
- Identity31▲ 8.5×20 topics
- Economic Development30▲ 7.4×9 topics
- Vulnerability29▲ 26×7 topics
- Governance29▲ 18×7 topics
- Colonialism29▲ 12×16 topics
- Sociolinguistics28▲ 30×7 topics
- Resilience27▲ 11×6 topics
- Pacific25▲ 266×2 topics
- Islands25▲ 423×1 topic
- Small States25▲ 423×1 topic
- Migration24▲ 14×10 topics
- Social Justice23▲ 7.9×17 topics
- Public Health22▲ 3.1×28 topics
- Cultural Diversity21▲ 19×7 topics
- Multiculturalism20▲ 21×4 topics
- Multilingualism20▲ 24×4 topics
- Environmental Impact20▲ 2.3×28 topics
- Ethnicity19▲ 10×8 topics
- Indigenous Peoples18▲ 168×3 topics
- Cultural Defense17▲ 1945×1 topic
- Postcolonial Theory17▲ 125×1 topic
- Ocean Acidification16▲ 44×3 topics
- Population Dynamics16▲ 13×11 topics
- Marine Ecosystems15▲ 58×2 topics
- Conservation15▲ 7.0×16 topics
- Ecosystem Services14▲ 7.3×7 topics
- Community Engagement14▲ 8.4×8 topics
- Nationalism14▲ 5.9×10 topics
- Language Policy13▲ 18×3 topics
- Healthcare Access12▲ 8.3×5 topics
- Social Inequality12▲ 8.7×6 topics
- Territorial Governance11▲ 18×3 topics
- Bleaching11▲ 66×1 topic
- Coral Reefs11▲ 66×1 topic
- Local Development11▲ 19×2 topics
- Vaccine Development11▲ 8.6×8 topics
What research is done in Noumea?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 25 works
- 2 New Caledonia Indigenous Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
- 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 11 works
- 4 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 10 works
- 5 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 9 works
- 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 8 works
- 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 8 works
- 8 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 7 works
- 9 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 7 works
Research output over time
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