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Research in Potchefstroom

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are North-West University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
25k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Potchefstroom?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1North-West UniversityUniversity 24,841 #579

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.

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.

Which keywords describe research in Potchefstroom?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Human Rights, Social Justice, Economic Growth, Development, Higher Education and Public Participation.

▲ 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. Globalization240▲ 2.1×107 topics
  2. Mental Health211▲ 2.5×43 topics
  3. Sustainability201▲ 1.42×82 topics
  4. Climate Change182▲ 1.17×97 topics
  5. Human Rights166▲ 2.8×48 topics
  6. Economic Growth146▲ 3.0×32 topics
  7. Social Justice135▲ 4.0×35 topics
  8. Higher Education117▲ 3.7×26 topics
  9. Development106▲ 5.2×14 topics
  10. Religion105▲ 3.8×27 topics
  11. Colonialism102▲ 3.7×20 topics
  12. Resilience93▲ 3.3×15 topics
  13. Leadership91▲ 3.3×29 topics
  14. Social Capital89▲ 2.9×18 topics
  15. Well-being87▲ 3.9×14 topics
  16. Public Participation83▲ 63×3 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction82▲ 3.3×15 topics
  18. South Africa78▲ 49×4 topics
  19. Environmental Governance76▲ 20×4 topics
  20. African Christianity74▲ 58×2 topics
  21. NGOs74▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Equality74▲ 21×5 topics
  23. Inequality73▲ 5.5×11 topics
  24. Judicial Review71▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Consumer Protection70▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Constitutionalism69▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Developmental Local Government69▲ 108×1 topic
  28. Legal Research69▲ 9.1×1 topic
  29. Community Development61▲ 5.6×5 topics
  30. Race61▲ 9.4×12 topics
  31. Gender-based Violence60▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Welfare59▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Poverty Reduction59▲ 7.7×5 topics
  34. Multilingualism58▲ 6.0×4 topics
  35. Language Policy57▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Bilingual Education56▲ 8.2×3 topics
  37. Humanitarianism55▲ 15×3 topics
  38. International Aid55▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Civil Society54▲ 8.3×7 topics
  40. Theology52▲ 9.2×5 topics

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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