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Research in Sorong

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Sorong, Indonesia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitas Muhamadiyah Sorong, Universitas Kristen Papua and Universitas Victory Sorong.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.5k
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
1.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1979-2026
48 years on the record
Sorong

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 Sorong?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitas Muhamadiyah SorongUniversity 2,797 #2,320
2Universitas Victory SorongUniversity 395 #9,404
3Universitas Kristen PapuaUniversity 302 #9,069

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 Sorong work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research in Sorong is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Computer Science (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,275 fractional works · 58.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 894 fractional works · 40.9% of its workEducation: 423 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 137 fractional works · 6.3% of its workDemography: 100 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLaw: 69 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 36 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 205 fractional works · 9.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 57 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 50 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 82 fractional works · 3.7% of its workReligious studies: 42 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 536 fractional works · 24.5% of its workComputer Science: 290 fractional works · 13.3% of its workInformation Systems: 227 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 122 fractional works · 5.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 77 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 239 fractional works · 10.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 226 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 88 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 138 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHealth Professions: 80 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSorong2,188fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences58%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,27558.3%
    1. Social Sciences89440.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2059.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities823.7%
    4. Psychology452.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance411.9%
    6. Decision Sciences80.4%
    1. Computer Science29013.3%
    2. Environmental Science1225.6%
    3. Engineering773.5%
    4. Mathematics341.5%
    5. Materials Science40.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.2%
    7. Chemistry40.2%
    8. Energy10.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22610.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Neuroscience20.1%
    1. Health Professions803.7%
    2. Medicine552.5%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sorong strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sorong is most concentrated in Religious studies, Human Factors and Ergonomics and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12.7× the world share in Religious studies).

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 41.0 works13×
  2. Human Factors and ErgonomicsSubfield · 24.1 works11×
  3. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 79.2 works9.3×
  4. DemographySubfield · 97.4 works7.4×
  5. EducationSubfield · 373.8 works6.3×
  6. Information SystemsSubfield · 212.7 works6.2×
  7. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 22.5 works5.7×
← 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: 2.21× its world share, 203 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 268 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 111 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 75 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.85× its world share, 178 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 788 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.21×788 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.85×178 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.21×203 works
  4. Computer Science1.78×268 works
  5. Health Professions1.34×68 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.34×75 works
  7. Mathematics1.32×30 works
  8. Environmental Science1.15×111 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×38 works
  10. Psychology0.55×32 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.35×6 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×2 works
  13. Engineering0.23×67 works
  14. Nursing0.16×2 works
  15. Medicine0.13×47 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×4 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×3 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.07×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×6 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×4 works
  22. Neuroscience0.04×1 works
  23. Energy0.03×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Sorong?

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

▲ 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. E-Learning197▲ 9.3×14 topics
  2. Character Education176▲ 17×6 topics
  3. Community Empowerment175▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Local Wisdom170▲ 17×9 topics
  5. Media Literacy165▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Educational Technology159▲ 6.2×25 topics
  7. Curriculum Development150▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Sustainable Development141▲ 4.1×28 topics
  9. Qualitative Research139▲ 7.5×12 topics
  10. Digital Learning135▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Digital Literacy135▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Online Learning130▲ 7.2×16 topics
  13. Social Media126▲ 4.2×15 topics
  14. Indonesia124▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Education119▲ 3.2×32 topics
  16. E-commerce115▲ 9.3×6 topics
  17. Mobile Learning98▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Information Literacy98▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Reading Interest97▲ 22×1 topic
  20. School Literacy Movement97▲ 22×1 topic
  21. COVID-1997▲ 3.4×10 topics
  22. Pandemic96▲ 4.4×7 topics
  23. Economic Impact95▲ 8.2×4 topics
  24. Financial Performance95▲ 7.7×7 topics
  25. STEM Education93▲ 9.4×10 topics
  26. Supply Chain Management91▲ 4.6×18 topics
  27. SMEs84▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Digital Marketing83▲ 9.8×2 topics
  29. UMKM83▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Teaching Strategies80▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Islamic Education79▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Information Technology78▲ 7.6×5 topics
  33. Organizational Culture71▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Motivation71▲ 7.8×7 topics
  35. Community Participation70▲ 9.1×4 topics
  36. Learning Outcomes68▲ 7.5×7 topics
  37. Islamic Banking65▲ 8.0×3 topics
  38. Pandemic Response59▲ 12×2 topics
  39. 21st Century Skills59▲ 9.4×5 topics
  40. Parental Involvement58▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Sorong?

Educational Methods and Media Use: 91 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 82 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 52 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 45 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 41 fractional worksSTEM Education: 38 fractional worksContemporary Christian L…36Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education: 36 fractional worksEducational Methods and Impacts: 36 fractional worksAgriculture and Agroindustry Studies: 35 fractional worksEducational Research and…34Educational Research and Methods: 34 fractional works
Information SystemsDemographyEducationStrategy and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 91 works
  2. 2 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 82 works
  3. 3 Education and Character Development Education 52 works
  4. 4 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 45 works
  5. 5 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 41 works
  6. 6 STEM Education Education 38 works
  7. 7 Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education Religious studies 36 works
  8. 8 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 36 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 works
  10. 10 Educational Research and Methods Education 34 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sorong5.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2017.

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