Research in Port Elizabeth
Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Nelson Mandela University.
- Research institutions
- 8 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 9.7k ▲ 32% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 19.5% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Port Elizabeth?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Mandela UniversityUniversity | 8,256 | #2,458 | |
| 2 | Port Elizabeth Provincial HospitalHospital / health system | 1,304 | #15,237 all time | |
| 3 | Livingstone HospitalHospital / health system | 110 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Donkin HospitalHospital / health system | 39 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Dora Nginza HospitalHospital / health system | 24 | not ranked | |
| 6 | National Wool Growers Associations of South AfricaInstitution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Jose Pearson TB HospitalHospital / health system | 2 | not ranked | |
| 8 | e-WatchdogNonprofit | 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.
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 Port Elizabeth strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Port Elizabeth is most concentrated in Anthropology and Nature and Landscape Conservation (5.7× the world share in Anthropology).
- AnthropologySubfield · 35.7 works5.7×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 25.1 works4.7×
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 Port Elizabeth?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Medicinal Plants, Biogeography, Globalization, Human Rights, Anti-inflammatory, Sustainability and Antioxidant.
- Race
- Gender-based Violence
- Ethnobotanical Survey
- Biological Activities
- Socio-Economic Rights
- Constitutionalism
- Trophic Cascades
- Legal Research
- Herbal Medicine
- Consumer Protection
- Neoliberalism
- Inequality
- Population Dynamics
- Social Capital
- Conservation
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- Economic Growth
- Human Rights
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Medicinal Plants
- Antioxidant
- Invasive Species
- Higher Education
- Anti-inflammatory
- Colonialism
- Risk Management
- Equality
- Drug Discovery
- Environmental Governance
- Phytochemistry
- Public Participation
- Judicial Review
- Developmental Local Government
- South Africa
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Phytochemical Constituents
- 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
- Climate Change150▲ 2.5×84 topics
- Globalization94▲ 2.1×66 topics
- Sustainability93▲ 1.70×67 topics
- Human Rights72▲ 3.1×36 topics
- Medicinal Plants60▲ 6.7×13 topics
- Economic Growth59▲ 3.1×21 topics
- Antioxidant58▲ 3.8×31 topics
- Biogeography49▲ 8.4×17 topics
- Invasive Species49▲ 5.2×18 topics
- Biodiversity49▲ 2.9×27 topics
- Higher Education47▲ 3.9×18 topics
- Conservation47▲ 4.9×21 topics
- Anti-inflammatory47▲ 7.5×19 topics
- Social Capital42▲ 3.5×15 topics
- Colonialism41▲ 3.9×14 topics
- Population Dynamics40▲ 7.0×10 topics
- Risk Management38▲ 3.5×10 topics
- Inequality36▲ 7.1×8 topics
- Equality35▲ 26×4 topics
- Neoliberalism35▲ 4.3×17 topics
- Drug Discovery33▲ 6.7×8 topics
- Consumer Protection32▲ 32×2 topics
- Environmental Governance32▲ 22×4 topics
- Herbal Medicine32▲ 4.9×10 topics
- Phytochemistry32▲ 12×7 topics
- Legal Research31▲ 11×2 topics
- Public Participation31▲ 62×2 topics
- Trophic Cascades31▲ 15×2 topics
- Judicial Review31▲ 15×3 topics
- Constitutionalism31▲ 14×2 topics
- Developmental Local Government31▲ 125×1 topic
- Socio-Economic Rights31▲ 125×1 topic
- South Africa30▲ 50×3 topics
- Biological Activities28▲ 7.9×7 topics
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge27▲ 29×2 topics
- Ethnobotanical Survey27▲ 39×1 topic
- Phytochemical Constituents27▲ 40×1 topic
- Gender-based Violence26▲ 21×3 topics
- Poverty Reduction26▲ 8.8×5 topics
- Race25▲ 9.9×8 topics
What research is done in Port Elizabeth?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 31 works
- 2 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 27 works
- 3 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 22 works
- 4 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 21 works
- 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 19 works
- 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
- 7 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 14 works
- 8 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
- 9 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 13 works
- 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 12 works
Research output over time
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