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Research in Potchefstroom

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are North-West University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
25k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
322k
12.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Potchefstroom

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 Potchefstroom?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1North-West UniversityUniversity 24,841 #1,510

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.

Which fields of science does Potchefstroom work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Potchefstroom is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,211 fractional works · 49.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,565 fractional works · 24.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 524 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 343 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLaw: 112 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 104 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 74 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 429 fractional works · 6.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 105 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 86 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 407 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 146 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 128 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 68 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 398 fractional works · 6.1% of its workReligious studies: 156 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 301 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 198 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 112 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,668 fractional works · 25.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 415 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 93 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 404 fractional works · 6.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 75 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 279 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 105 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 77 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 170 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 110 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 81 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 822 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 516 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPlant Science: 234 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 191 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 98 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 795 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMedicine: 496 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 80 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 233 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 158 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPotchefstroom6,496fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences49%

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 Sciences3,21149.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,56524.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4296.6%
    3. Psychology4076.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities3986.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3014.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1121.7%
    1. Environmental Science4156.4%
    2. Engineering4046.2%
    3. Computer Science2794.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1702.6%
    5. Materials Science1101.7%
    6. Mathematics811.2%
    7. Chemistry701.1%
    8. Energy610.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences550.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering240.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5167.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1912.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology430.7%
    4. Neuroscience410.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics320.5%
    1. Medicine4967.6%
    2. Health Professions2333.6%
    3. Nursing520.8%
    4. Veterinary130.2%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Potchefstroom strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Potchefstroom is most concentrated in Religious studies, Linguistics and Language and Safety Research (14.3× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 138.5 works14×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 42.3 works6.4×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 66.4 works4.1×
  4. DevelopmentSubfield · 20.5 works3.5×
  5. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 21.0 works3.4×
← 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: 1.70× its world share, 467 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 173 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 29 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 236 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 48 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 54 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 364 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 370 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 151 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 208 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 433 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.13× its world share, 357 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.06× its world share, 386 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 100 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.15× its world share, 267 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 366 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 1,405 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.15×267 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.13×357 works
  3. Psychology2.07×366 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.06×386 works
  5. Social Sciences1.91×1,405 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.79×100 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.70×467 works
  8. Nursing1.53×44 works
  9. Veterinary1.48×12 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.43×29 works
  11. Health Professions1.36×208 works
  12. Environmental Science1.28×370 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy1.17×151 works
  14. Mathematics1.12×76 works
  15. Chemical Engineering1.07×22 works
  16. Energy1.02×54 works
  17. Chemistry0.69×62 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×38 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×173 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×48 works
  21. Computer Science0.52×236 works
  22. Materials Science0.48×98 works
  23. Engineering0.42×364 works
  24. Medicine0.39×433 works
  25. Neuroscience0.37×34 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Potchefstroom?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Social Justice, Human Rights, Economic Growth, Higher Education, Sustainability and Development.

▲ 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. Globalization269▲ 2.1×111 topics
  2. Mental Health227▲ 2.4×43 topics
  3. Sustainability226▲ 1.43×89 topics
  4. Climate Change206▲ 1.17×101 topics
  5. Human Rights181▲ 2.7×52 topics
  6. Economic Growth160▲ 3.0×32 topics
  7. Social Justice155▲ 4.0×38 topics
  8. Higher Education131▲ 3.8×26 topics
  9. Colonialism115▲ 3.7×20 topics
  10. Religion114▲ 3.8×27 topics
  11. Development113▲ 4.9×15 topics
  12. Resilience105▲ 3.3×15 topics
  13. Leadership102▲ 3.2×30 topics
  14. Social Capital102▲ 3.0×18 topics
  15. Job Satisfaction97▲ 3.4×15 topics
  16. Well-being96▲ 3.8×14 topics
  17. Public Participation88▲ 62×3 topics
  18. South Africa87▲ 49×4 topics
  19. African Christianity86▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Inequality85▲ 5.7×12 topics
  21. Environmental Governance80▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Equality79▲ 21×7 topics
  23. NGOs78▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Judicial Review75▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Consumer Protection74▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Constitutionalism73▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Legal Research73▲ 9.3×2 topics
  28. Developmental Local Government73▲ 108×1 topic
  29. Socio-Economic Rights73▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Race69▲ 8.9×12 topics
  31. Gender-based Violence66▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Poverty Reduction64▲ 7.6×5 topics
  33. Welfare64▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Bilingual Education59▲ 7.9×3 topics
  35. Humanitarianism59▲ 15×3 topics
  36. International Aid58▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Civil Society57▲ 8.0×7 topics
  38. Theology57▲ 9.6×5 topics
  39. economic empowerment57▲ 55×1 topic
  40. protests57▲ 112×1 topic

What research is done in Potchefstroom?

Legal Issues in South Af…69Legal Issues in South Africa: 69 fractional worksSouth African History an…51South African History and Culture: 51 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…51Religion, Society, and Development: 51 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…47Christian Theology and Mission: 47 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 45 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 34 fractional worksAfrican cultural and phi…31African cultural and philosophical studies: 31 fractional worksAfrican studies and sociopolitical issues: 30 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 29 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…28Resilience and Mental Health: 28 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesLinguistics and Language3 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 69 works
  2. 2 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 51 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 51 works
  4. 4 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 47 works
  5. 5 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 45 works
  6. 6 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 34 works
  7. 7 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 31 works
  8. 8 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 29 works
  10. 10 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 28 works

Research output over time

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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%Potchefstroom22.1% 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 27.4% in 2017.

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