Research in Polokwane
Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Polokwane, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Limpopo.
- Research institutions
- 3 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 7.3k ▲ 11% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 16.1% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Polokwane?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LimpopoUniversity | 7,337 | #3,327 | |
| 2 | Mabula Ground Hornbill ProjectNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 3 | Nkuzi Development AssociationNonprofit | 2 | not ranked |
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.
What is Polokwane strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Polokwane is most concentrated in Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Law (7.0× the world share in Animal Science and Zoology).
- Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 33.9 works7.0×
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 30.7 works5.9×
- LawSubfield · 68.8 works5.4×
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 Polokwane?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Genetic Diversity, Environmental Governance, Public Participation, Judicial Review, Legal Research, Equality and Constitutionalism.
- Poverty Alleviation
- protests
- Race
- Inequality
- Soil Food Web
- Gender-based Violence
- Genome Sequence
- Rural Development
- Nematodes
- Biodiversity
- South Africa
- Socio-Economic Rights
- Consumer Protection
- Equality
- Sustainable Development
- Judicial Review
- Environmental Governance
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Human Rights
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Genetic Diversity
- Public Participation
- Higher Education
- Legal Research
- Constitutionalism
- Developmental Local Government
- Economic Growth
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Biological Control
- Phylogenetic Relationships
- Colonialism
- Molecular Pathology
- Plant-Parasitic
- Cathode Materials
- Gender Equality
- economic empowerment
- Poverty Reduction
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
- Human Rights94▲ 4.2×35 topics
- Globalization83▲ 1.92×58 topics
- Epidemiology78◆ 0.89×84 topics
- Mental Health68▲ 2.1×33 topics
- Climate Change67◆ 1.14×61 topics
- Sustainability64▲ 1.20×48 topics
- Genetic Diversity63▲ 6.5×20 topics
- Environmental Governance56▲ 39×4 topics
- Public Participation54▲ 110×2 topics
- Judicial Review54▲ 27×4 topics
- Higher Education54▲ 4.5×21 topics
- Sustainable Development54▲ 1.54×35 topics
- Legal Research54▲ 19×3 topics
- Equality54▲ 40×4 topics
- Constitutionalism53▲ 25×2 topics
- Consumer Protection53▲ 54×2 topics
- Developmental Local Government52▲ 216×1 topic
- Socio-Economic Rights52▲ 216×1 topic
- Economic Growth51▲ 2.7×19 topics
- South Africa50▲ 84×4 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture42▲ 6.0×13 topics
- Biodiversity40▲ 2.5×24 topics
- Biological Control39▲ 12×6 topics
- Nematodes37▲ 35×3 topics
- Phylogenetic Relationships36▲ 23×3 topics
- Rural Development35▲ 4.5×11 topics
- Colonialism34▲ 3.3×11 topics
- Genome Sequence33▲ 18×4 topics
- Molecular Pathology33▲ 14×4 topics
- Gender-based Violence32▲ 26×3 topics
- Plant-Parasitic32▲ 61×1 topic
- Soil Food Web32▲ 61×1 topic
- Cathode Materials32▲ 3.7×3 topics
- Inequality31▲ 6.1×5 topics
- Gender Equality28▲ 4.6×12 topics
- Race26▲ 11×7 topics
- economic empowerment24▲ 70×1 topic
- protests24▲ 141×1 topic
- Poverty Reduction24▲ 8.3×4 topics
- Poverty Alleviation22▲ 10×2 topics
What research is done in Polokwane?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 52 works
- 2 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 32 works
- 3 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 24 works
- 4 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 17 works
- 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 works
- 6 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 works
- 7 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 16 works
- 8 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 16 works
- 9 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 14 works
- 10 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 14 works
Research output over time
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