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Research in Port Elizabeth

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Nelson Mandela University.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.7k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
115k
11.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Port Elizabeth

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 Port Elizabeth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nelson Mandela UniversityUniversity 9,694 #4,998
2Elizabeth Donkin HospitalHospital / health system 39 not ranked
3National Wool Growers Associations of South AfricaInstitution 4 not ranked
4Jose Pearson TB HospitalHospital / health system 2 not ranked
5e-WatchdogNonprofit 2 not ranked

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.

Nelson Mandela University: 99.5%Elizabeth Donkin Hospital: 0.4%National Wool Growers Associations of South Africa: 0.0%Jose Pearson TB Hospital: 0.0%1 other listed: 0.0%100%largest
Nelson Mandela University9,694 · 99.5%Elizabeth Donkin Hospital39 · 0.4%National Wool Growers Associations of South Africa4 · 0.0%Jose Pearson TB Hospital2 · 0.0%1 other listed2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Port Elizabeth work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Port Elizabeth is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (11%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,116 fractional works · 44.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 607 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 171 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEducation: 125 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 57 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 140 fractional works · 5.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 129 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 88 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 103 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 93 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 843 fractional works · 33.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 282 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEcology: 81 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 61 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 207 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 122 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems: 55 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 61 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 60 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOceanography: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 57 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 291 fractional works · 11.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 201 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 97 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 54 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 261 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 170 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 70 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPort Elizabeth2,510fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences1,11644.5%
    1. Social Sciences60724.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1405.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1295.1%
    4. Psychology1034.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities933.7%
    6. Decision Sciences441.8%
    1. Environmental Science28211.2%
    2. Engineering2078.2%
    3. Computer Science1224.9%
    4. Chemistry612.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences602.4%
    6. Materials Science572.3%
    7. Mathematics230.9%
    8. Energy180.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy90.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2018.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology542.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.4%
    5. Neuroscience100.4%
    1. Medicine1706.8%
    2. Health Professions702.8%
    3. Nursing150.6%
    4. Veterinary40.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 1.72× its world share, 184 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.90× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.67× its world share, 59 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 112 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 180 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.26× its world share, 252 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 52 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 146 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 80 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 131 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.49× its world share, 119 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 92 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 542 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.49×119 works
  2. Environmental Science2.26×252 works
  3. Social Sciences1.91×542 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.90×15 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.81×131 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.78×39 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.72×184 works
  8. Chemistry1.67×59 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.44×51 works
  10. Psychology1.34×92 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.24×80 works
  12. Veterinary1.20×4 works
  13. Nursing1.12×12 works
  14. Health Professions1.01×59 works
  15. Mathematics0.85×22 works
  16. Energy0.69×14 works
  17. Materials Science0.67×52 works
  18. Computer Science0.65×112 works
  19. Engineering0.54×180 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.43×3 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×47 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×8 works
  23. Medicine0.34×146 works
  24. Neuroscience0.24×9 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.13×7 works
  26. Dentistry0.12×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Port Elizabeth?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Medicinal Plants, Globalization, Biogeography, Human Rights, Sustainability, Anti-inflammatory and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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. Climate Change169▲ 2.5×88 topics
  2. Globalization110▲ 2.2×73 topics
  3. Sustainability104▲ 1.70×76 topics
  4. Human Rights82▲ 3.2×37 topics
  5. Medicinal Plants64▲ 6.6×13 topics
  6. Economic Growth63▲ 3.1×23 topics
  7. Antioxidant59▲ 3.5×32 topics
  8. Biodiversity54▲ 2.8×29 topics
  9. Biogeography54▲ 7.8×18 topics
  10. Higher Education54▲ 4.0×19 topics
  11. Conservation53▲ 4.9×21 topics
  12. Invasive Species53▲ 5.0×19 topics
  13. Colonialism51▲ 4.3×16 topics
  14. Anti-inflammatory49▲ 6.8×20 topics
  15. Social Justice47▲ 3.1×33 topics
  16. Population Dynamics46▲ 7.2×11 topics
  17. Social Capital45▲ 3.4×15 topics
  18. Risk Management42▲ 3.5×11 topics
  19. Inequality40▲ 7.0×10 topics
  20. Equality38▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Neoliberalism38▲ 4.2×18 topics
  22. Environmental Governance36▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Drug Discovery36▲ 6.4×8 topics
  24. Consumer Protection36▲ 33×2 topics
  25. South Africa35▲ 51×4 topics
  26. Herbal Medicine35▲ 4.9×11 topics
  27. Legal Research35▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Judicial Review34▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Public Participation34▲ 63×2 topics
  30. Constitutionalism34▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Developmental Local Government34▲ 130×1 topic
  32. Socio-Economic Rights34▲ 130×1 topic
  33. Trophic Cascades34▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Phytochemistry33▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Gender-based Violence30▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Race30▲ 9.9×11 topics
  37. Traditional Ecological Knowledge30▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Biological Activities29▲ 7.3×7 topics
  39. Ethnobotanical Survey29▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Phytochemical Constituents29▲ 37×1 topic

What research is done in Port Elizabeth?

Legal Issues in South Africa: 31 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 27 fractional worksSouth African History an…22South African History and Culture: 22 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biolo…21Phytochemistry and Biological Activities: 21 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 19 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 18 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…14Construction Project Management and Performance: 14 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 14 fractional worksArchaeology and Rock Art Studies: 13 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…12Marine and fisheries research: 12 fractional works
LawPlant ScienceSociology and Political ScienceEcology5 others

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

  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

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 counting10%20%30%Port Elizabeth18.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.6% in 2016.

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