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Research in Palu

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Palu, Indonesia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tadulako University, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu and Universitas Islam Negeri Datokarama Palu.

Research institutions
4
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
1.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Palu

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 Palu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tadulako UniversityUniversity 13,431 #2,478
2Universitas Muhammadiyah PaluUniversity 1,619 #5,721
3Universitas AlkhairaatUniversity 705 #7,718
4Universitas Islam Negeri Datokarama PaluUniversity 686 #6,151

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.

Tadulako University: 81.7%Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu: 9.8%Universitas Alkhairaat: 4.3%Universitas Islam Negeri Datokarama Palu: 4.2%82%largest
Tadulako University13k · 81.7%Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu1,619 · 9.8%Universitas Alkhairaat705 · 4.3%Universitas Islam Negeri Datokarama Palu686 · 4.2%

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

Which fields of science does Palu work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Palu is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4,621 fractional works · 55.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,326 fractional works · 39.7% of its workEducation: 1,714 fractional works · 20.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 483 fractional works · 5.8% of its workDemography: 339 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 213 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 202 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 111 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 100 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 659 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAccounting: 184 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 183 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 96 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 85 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 216 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 202 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 203 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 145 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 164 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,647 fractional works · 19.7% of its workComputer Science: 728 fractional works · 8.7% of its workInformation Systems: 559 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 358 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 121 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 87 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 287 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 125 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 120 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,355 fractional works · 16.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,246 fractional works · 14.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 448 fractional works · 5.4% of its workFood Science: 232 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 209 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSoil Science: 122 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 745 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMedicine: 374 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 188 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 331 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 133 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPalu8,367fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences55%

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 Sciences4,62155.2%
    1. Social Sciences3,32639.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6597.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2162.6%
    4. Psychology2032.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities1642.0%
    6. Decision Sciences530.6%
    1. Computer Science7288.7%
    2. Environmental Science3584.3%
    3. Engineering2873.4%
    4. Mathematics1201.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences700.8%
    6. Materials Science360.4%
    7. Chemistry290.3%
    8. Energy140.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.0%
    10. Physics and Astronomy20.0%
  3. Life Sciences1,35516.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,24614.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology710.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology120.1%
    5. Neuroscience70.1%
    1. Medicine3744.5%
    2. Health Professions3314.0%
    3. Nursing360.4%
    4. Dentistry20.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Palu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Palu is most concentrated in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Human Factors and Ergonomics and Education (12.8× the world share in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences).

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 421.4 works13×
  2. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 59.9 works7.2×
  3. EducationSubfield · 1,497.5 works6.6×
  4. DemographySubfield · 324.0 works6.4×
  5. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 95.4 works6.2×
  6. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 74.0 works5.5×
  7. Soil ScienceSubfield · 119.8 works5.3×
← 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: 3.31× its world share, 1,175 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 680 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 260 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 308 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 107 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 285 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 343 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 137 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.35× its world share, 566 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 200 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 160 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.11× its world share, 2,937 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.31×1,175 works
  2. Social Sciences3.11×2,937 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.35×566 works
  4. Health Professions1.45×285 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×200 works
  6. Mathematics1.22×107 works
  7. Computer Science1.17×680 works
  8. Environmental Science0.83×308 works
  9. Nursing0.80×29 works
  10. Psychology0.71×160 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.63×137 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.62×16 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.62×44 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×66 works
  15. Medicine0.24×343 works
  16. Engineering0.23×260 works
  17. Chemistry0.20×23 works
  18. Energy0.20×14 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×59 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×10 works
  21. Materials Science0.12×32 works
  22. Veterinary0.08×1 works
  23. Neuroscience0.05×6 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.04×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.04×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Palu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, Character Education, Local Wisdom, Digital Learning, Mobile Learning, E-Learning, Curriculum Development and STEM Education.

▲ 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. Community Empowerment707▲ 12×12 topics
  2. Character Education621▲ 16×6 topics
  3. Local Wisdom605▲ 16×9 topics
  4. E-Learning552▲ 6.8×18 topics
  5. Digital Learning546▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Educational Technology544▲ 5.5×33 topics
  7. Mobile Learning528▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Curriculum Development494▲ 8.7×15 topics
  9. Online Learning489▲ 7.0×21 topics
  10. STEM Education469▲ 12×14 topics
  11. Social Media448▲ 3.9×25 topics
  12. Media Literacy425▲ 9.6×5 topics
  13. Indonesia424▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Sustainable Development404▲ 3.1×52 topics
  15. Qualitative Research393▲ 5.5×19 topics
  16. COVID-19376▲ 3.5×20 topics
  17. E-commerce365▲ 7.7×9 topics
  18. Pandemic365▲ 4.4×11 topics
  19. Digital Literacy364▲ 7.6×12 topics
  20. Financial Performance341▲ 7.2×12 topics
  21. Economic Impact337▲ 7.5×4 topics
  22. Supply Chain Management319▲ 4.2×19 topics
  23. Health Education288▲ 7.9×7 topics
  24. Teaching Strategies286▲ 12×5 topics
  25. 21st Century Skills284▲ 12×5 topics
  26. SMEs281▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Digital Marketing277▲ 8.5×3 topics
  28. Motivation277▲ 8.0×8 topics
  29. UMKM273▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Islamic Education271▲ 9.8×4 topics
  31. Learning Outcomes263▲ 7.6×8 topics
  32. Critical Thinking Skills257▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Character Development255▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Information Literacy235▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Reading Interest233▲ 14×1 topic
  36. School Literacy Movement233▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Rural Development232▲ 8.1×10 topics
  38. Teacher Performance232▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Agriculture228▲ 7.2×11 topics
  40. Educational Policy226▲ 11×4 topics

What research is done in Palu?

SMEs Development and Dig…265SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 265 fractional worksEducational Methods and …222Educational Methods and Media Use: 222 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 188 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 178 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 173 fractional worksSTEM Education171STEM Education: 171 fractional worksAgriculture and Agroindustry Studies: 159 fractional worksEducational Methods and …156Educational Methods and Outcomes: 156 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sciences: 150 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Fiscal Policies: 111 fractional works
DemographyInformation SystemsEducationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 265 works
  2. 2 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 222 works
  3. 3 Education and Character Development Education 188 works
  4. 4 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 178 works
  5. 5 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 173 works
  6. 6 STEM Education Education 171 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 159 works
  8. 8 Educational Methods and Outcomes Education 156 works
  9. 9 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 150 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 111 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Palu7.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.1% in 2023.

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