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Research in Port Moresby

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Papua New Guinea.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.4k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
13.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Port Moresby

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Which research institutions are in Port Moresby?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Papua New GuineaUniversity 1,751 #12,490
2Port Moresby General HospitalHospital / health system 396 #19,337 all time
3National Department of HealthGovernment institution 230 #20,935 all time
4Pacific Adventist UniversityUniversity 66 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.

University of Papua New Guinea: 71.7%Port Moresby General Hospital: 16.2%National Department of Health: 9.4%Pacific Adventist University: 2.7%72%largest
University of Papua New Guinea1,751 · 71.7%Port Moresby General Hospital396 · 16.2%National Department of Health230 · 9.4%Pacific Adventist University66 · 2.7%

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

Which fields of science does Port Moresby work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Port Moresby is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 85 fractional works · 37.6% of its workMedicine: 65 fractional works · 28.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 32.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 21.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPort Moresby227fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences32%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6528.8%
    2. Health Professions156.7%
    3. Nursing41.6%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences4921.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting62.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities62.5%
    5. Psychology52.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Environmental Science198.5%
    2. Engineering104.6%
    3. Computer Science83.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Materials Science10.4%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Energy10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences104.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Port Moresby?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Genetic Diversity, Vulnerability, Globalization, Ethical Considerations, Decolonization, Climate Change, Archaeology and Agriculture.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 1.76×55 topics
  2. Globalization15▲ 3.3×24 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 2.3×39 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity12▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Sustainability12▲ 2.1×17 topics
  6. Environmental Impact11▲ 2.9×17 topics
  7. Vulnerability10▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations9▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Public Health9▲ 2.6×26 topics
  10. Decolonization8▲ 45×5 topics
  11. Economic Development8▲ 4.6×7 topics
  12. Agriculture8▲ 8.7×4 topics
  13. Archaeology8▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality7▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Health Inequalities7▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Community Health Workers7▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Resilience7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  18. Socio-economic Factors7▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Cultural History7▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Pacific Islands7▲ 247×1 topic
  21. settlement7▲ 247×1 topic
  22. Child Mortality7▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Health Systems7▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Governance6▲ 8.7×4 topics
  25. Global Health6▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Islands6▲ 236×1 topic
  27. Small States6▲ 236×1 topic
  28. Vaccine6▲ 6.3×10 topics
  29. Colonialism6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  30. Medical Education5▲ 8.9×8 topics
  31. Biodiversity5▲ 3.0×18 topics
  32. Infectious Diseases5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  33. Mortality5▲ 3.7×7 topics
  34. Surgical Care5▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Child Development4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  36. Global Surgery4▲ 91×1 topic
  37. Health Development4▲ 91×1 topic
  38. Population Dynamics4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  39. Quality Improvement4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 24×2 topics

What research is done in Port Moresby?

Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacific Affairs: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthDemographyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 6 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  3. 3 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 5 works
  4. 4 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works

Research output over time

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How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Port Moresby14.2% 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 38.8% in 2016.

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