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Research in Samarinda

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Samarinda, Indonesia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mulawarman University, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Samarinda and Widya Gama Mahakam University.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
24k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
54k
2.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1966-2026
61 years on the record
Samarinda

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 Samarinda?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mulawarman UniversityUniversity 18,769 #1,798
2Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SamarindaUniversity 3,909 #2,586
3Widya Gama Mahakam UniversityUniversity 1,468 #2,646

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 Samarinda work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Samarinda is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6,510 fractional works · 53.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,254 fractional works · 34.9% of its workEducation: 1,727 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 709 fractional works · 5.8% of its workDemography: 531 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLaw: 366 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 329 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 181 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 128 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 127 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1,194 fractional works · 9.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 350 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAccounting: 269 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 198 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 156 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 125 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 357 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 332 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 350 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 119 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 265 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 135 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,701 fractional works · 22.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,100 fractional works · 9.0% of its workInformation Systems: 792 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 227 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 760 fractional works · 6.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 228 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 202 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 559 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 193 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,824 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,646 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 532 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFood Science: 335 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 267 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 170 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 110 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,146 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 587 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 303 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 203 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 495 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 166 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 147 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSamarinda12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences53%

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 Sciences6,51053.4%
    1. Social Sciences4,25434.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1,1949.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3572.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities3502.9%
    5. Psychology2652.2%
    6. Decision Sciences900.7%
    1. Computer Science1,1009.0%
    2. Environmental Science7606.2%
    3. Engineering5594.6%
    4. Mathematics850.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences700.6%
    6. Materials Science540.4%
    7. Chemistry430.4%
    8. Energy180.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy80.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.0%
  3. Life Sciences1,82415.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,64613.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1100.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics400.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology180.2%
    5. Neuroscience100.1%
    1. Medicine5874.8%
    2. Health Professions4954.1%
    3. Nursing410.3%
    4. Dentistry210.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Samarinda strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Samarinda is most concentrated in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Human Factors and Ergonomics and Demography (10.3× the world share in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences).

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 494.5 works10×
  2. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 106.5 works8.8×
  3. DemographySubfield · 505.6 works6.8×
  4. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 126.9 works6.4×
  5. ForestrySubfield · 61.6 works5.4×
  6. Occupational TherapySubfield · 97.8 works5.3×
  7. ConservationSubfield · 53.2 works5.2×
← 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: 2.93× its world share, 1,520 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 33 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 1,042 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 501 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 671 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 75 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 427 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 530 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 321 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.01× its world share, 1,058 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 74 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 330 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 218 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 3,764 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.01×1,058 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.93×1,520 works
  3. Social Sciences2.72×3,764 works
  4. Health Professions1.48×427 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.41×330 works
  6. Environmental Science1.24×671 works
  7. Computer Science1.23×1,042 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.02×321 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×33 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.70×74 works
  11. Nursing0.66×35 works
  12. Psychology0.66×218 works
  13. Mathematics0.58×75 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×67 works
  15. Dentistry0.32×17 works
  16. Engineering0.31×501 works
  17. Medicine0.25×530 works
  18. Chemistry0.22×38 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×102 works
  20. Energy0.17×17 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×14 works
  22. Materials Science0.12×46 works
  23. Veterinary0.07×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.06×2 works
  25. Neuroscience0.05×8 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.03×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Samarinda?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Empowerment, Local Wisdom, Character Education, E-commerce, Indonesia, Media Literacy, E-Learning and Educational Technology.

▲ 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. Community Empowerment1,012▲ 12×13 topics
  2. Local Wisdom739▲ 13×9 topics
  3. Sustainable Development723▲ 3.8×58 topics
  4. Educational Technology686▲ 4.8×33 topics
  5. Character Education678▲ 12×6 topics
  6. Social Media669▲ 4.0×30 topics
  7. E-Learning652▲ 5.5×19 topics
  8. E-commerce590▲ 8.5×11 topics
  9. Indonesia586▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Media Literacy583▲ 9.1×5 topics
  11. Environmental Impact562▲ 2.7×52 topics
  12. COVID-19554▲ 3.5×25 topics
  13. Pandemic537▲ 4.5×12 topics
  14. Education530▲ 2.5×55 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management510▲ 4.7×21 topics
  16. Financial Performance509▲ 7.4×11 topics
  17. Curriculum Development506▲ 6.1×11 topics
  18. Economic Impact498▲ 7.7×7 topics
  19. Digital Literacy480▲ 6.9×10 topics
  20. Qualitative Research478▲ 4.6×24 topics
  21. Online Learning477▲ 4.7×19 topics
  22. Health Education439▲ 8.3×10 topics
  23. Digital Learning433▲ 7.0×10 topics
  24. Economic Development416▲ 4.3×27 topics
  25. Corporate Governance414▲ 4.6×18 topics
  26. SMEs409▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Mobile Learning408▲ 9.8×6 topics
  28. Community Participation408▲ 9.5×7 topics
  29. Antioxidant Activity403▲ 5.3×28 topics
  30. Digital Marketing402▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. UMKM398▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Islamic Banking384▲ 8.4×3 topics
  33. STEM Education377▲ 6.8×14 topics
  34. Information Technology360▲ 6.2×12 topics
  35. Non-Communicable Diseases296▲ 8.9×5 topics
  36. Public Health Policy294▲ 9.3×4 topics
  37. Breastfeeding293▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Maternal Health293▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. Child Nutrition290▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Stunting290▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Samarinda?

SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 384 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 274 fractional worksEducational Methods and …252Educational Methods and Media Use: 252 fractional worksManagement and Optimizat…223Management and Optimization Techniques: 223 fractional worksAgriculture and Agroindustry Studies: 204 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sciences: 193 fractional worksEducation and Character …182Education and Character Development: 182 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 174 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Fiscal Policies: 167 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Comm…156Islamic Finance and Communication: 156 fractional works
DemographyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInformation SystemsStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 384 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 274 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 252 works
  4. 4 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 223 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 204 works
  6. 6 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 193 works
  7. 7 Education and Character Development Education 182 works
  8. 8 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 174 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 167 works
  10. 10 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 156 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Samarinda6.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2016.

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