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Research in Ratnapura

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
6.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1992-2026
35 years on the record
Ratnapura

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 Ratnapura?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sabaragamuwa University of Sri LankaUniversity 1,647 #5,351

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 Ratnapura work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Ratnapura is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Computer Science (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 281 fractional works · 38.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 114 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 73 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 30 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 269 fractional works · 36.7% of its workComputer Science: 102 fractional works · 13.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 35 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 65 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 113 fractional works · 15.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 87 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 70 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRatnapura733fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences38%

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 Sciences11415.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting7310.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance415.6%
    4. Psychology293.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities131.7%
    6. Decision Sciences121.7%
    1. Computer Science10213.9%
    2. Environmental Science658.9%
    3. Engineering618.3%
    4. Materials Science121.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.1%
    6. Energy81.1%
    7. Chemistry71.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    9. Mathematics20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8711.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology192.6%
    3. Neuroscience40.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine446.0%
    2. Health Professions202.8%
    3. Nursing40.6%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Ratnapura?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Sustainability, Deep Learning, Conflict, Consumer Behavior, Social Media, Environmental Impact and Ethnicity.

▲ 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. Machine Learning58▲ 2.4×45 topics
  2. Deep Learning50▲ 1.97×50 topics
  3. Sustainability46▲ 2.6×49 topics
  4. Climate Change34▲ 1.72×51 topics
  5. Environmental Impact29▲ 2.4×33 topics
  6. Social Media28▲ 2.8×19 topics
  7. Globalization27▲ 1.86×34 topics
  8. Consumer Behavior23▲ 5.0×10 topics
  9. Economic Growth22▲ 3.7×20 topics
  10. Conflict21▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Human Rights20▲ 2.7×11 topics
  12. Ethnicity17▲ 6.3×4 topics
  13. Food Security17▲ 4.3×11 topics
  14. Remote Sensing16▲ 1.84×19 topics
  15. Economic Development14▲ 2.4×14 topics
  16. Political Transition14▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Social Networks14▲ 7.0×6 topics
  18. Myanmar14▲ 134×1 topic
  19. state building14▲ 134×1 topic
  20. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 5.8×9 topics
  21. Social Capital13▲ 3.4×10 topics
  22. Waste Management13▲ 4.3×6 topics
  23. Agriculture12▲ 4.4×4 topics
  24. Environmental Management12▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Risk Management12▲ 3.3×9 topics
  26. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 7.4×4 topics
  27. Technology Adoption11▲ 8.4×3 topics
  28. Entrepreneurship11▲ 3.6×7 topics
  29. Emotion Recognition10▲ 6.7×2 topics
  30. Vulnerability10▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Consumer Perception9▲ 5.2×7 topics
  32. User-Generated Content9▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Consumer Engagement8▲ 9.4×1 topic
  34. Electronic Word-of-Mouth8▲ 9.4×1 topic
  35. Customer Experience8▲ 6.9×3 topics
  36. Sentiment Analysis8▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Market Participation8▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Text Mining8▲ 8.1×3 topics

What research is done in Ratnapura?

Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 14 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…7Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 7 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…7Online Learning and Analytics: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 6 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…6Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 6 fractional worksSentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining: 5 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 5 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI4Smart Agriculture and AI: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 7 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 6 works
  7. 7 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 6 works
  8. 8 Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  9. 9 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 5 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 4 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%Ratnapura19.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.2% in 2016.

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