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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%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Port Elizabeth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nelson Mandela UniversityUniversity 8,256 #2,458
2Port Elizabeth Provincial HospitalHospital / health system 1,304 #15,237 all time
3Livingstone HospitalHospital / health system 110 not ranked
4Elizabeth Donkin HospitalHospital / health system 39 not ranked
5Dora Nginza HospitalHospital / health system 24 not ranked
6National Wool Growers Associations of South AfricaInstitution 4 not ranked
7Jose Pearson TB HospitalHospital / health system 2 not ranked
8e-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.

Nelson Mandela University: 84.8%Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital: 13.4%Livingstone Hospital: 1.1%Elizabeth Donkin Hospital: 0.4%4 others listed: 0.3%85%largest
Nelson Mandela University8,256 · 84.8%Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital1,304 · 13.4%Livingstone Hospital110 · 1.1%Elizabeth Donkin Hospital39 · 0.4%4 others listed32 · 0.3%

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

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).

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 35.7 works5.7×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 25.1 works4.7×
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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 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.

▲ 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. Climate Change150▲ 2.5×84 topics
  2. Globalization94▲ 2.1×66 topics
  3. Sustainability93▲ 1.70×67 topics
  4. Human Rights72▲ 3.1×36 topics
  5. Medicinal Plants60▲ 6.7×13 topics
  6. Economic Growth59▲ 3.1×21 topics
  7. Antioxidant58▲ 3.8×31 topics
  8. Biogeography49▲ 8.4×17 topics
  9. Invasive Species49▲ 5.2×18 topics
  10. Biodiversity49▲ 2.9×27 topics
  11. Higher Education47▲ 3.9×18 topics
  12. Conservation47▲ 4.9×21 topics
  13. Anti-inflammatory47▲ 7.5×19 topics
  14. Social Capital42▲ 3.5×15 topics
  15. Colonialism41▲ 3.9×14 topics
  16. Population Dynamics40▲ 7.0×10 topics
  17. Risk Management38▲ 3.5×10 topics
  18. Inequality36▲ 7.1×8 topics
  19. Equality35▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Neoliberalism35▲ 4.3×17 topics
  21. Drug Discovery33▲ 6.7×8 topics
  22. Consumer Protection32▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Environmental Governance32▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Herbal Medicine32▲ 4.9×10 topics
  25. Phytochemistry32▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Legal Research31▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Public Participation31▲ 62×2 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades31▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Judicial Review31▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Constitutionalism31▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Developmental Local Government31▲ 125×1 topic
  32. Socio-Economic Rights31▲ 125×1 topic
  33. South Africa30▲ 50×3 topics
  34. Biological Activities28▲ 7.9×7 topics
  35. Traditional Ecological Knowledge27▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Ethnobotanical Survey27▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Phytochemical Constituents27▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Gender-based Violence26▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Poverty Reduction26▲ 8.8×5 topics
  40. Race25▲ 9.9×8 topics

What research is done in Port Elizabeth?

  1. 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 31 works
  2. 2 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 27 works
  3. 3 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  4. 4 Phytochemistry and Biological Activities Plant Science 21 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 19 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  7. 7 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 14 works
  8. 8 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  9. 9 Archaeology and Rock Art Studies Archeology 13 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 12 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.