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Research in Suva

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Suva, Fiji. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of the South Pacific, Fiji National University and Ministry Of Health.

Research institutions
8
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.9k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
87k
14.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Suva

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 Suva?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the South PacificUniversity 3,225 #3,176
2Fiji National UniversityUniversity 1,188 #4,537
3Ministry Of HealthGovernment institution 702 #8,288
4Ministry of AgricultureGovernment institution 654 #18,609
5Colonial War Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 69 not ranked
6Fiji MuseumArchive 28 not ranked
7Development Alternatives with Women for a New EraInstitution 9 not ranked
8iTaukei Trust Fund BoardGovernment institution 1 not ranked

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of the South Pacific: 54.9%Fiji National University: 20.2%Ministry Of Health: 11.9%Ministry of Agriculture: 11.1%4 others listed: 1.8%55%largest
University of the South Pacific3,225 · 54.9%Fiji National University1,188 · 20.2%Ministry Of Health702 · 11.9%Ministry of Agriculture654 · 11.1%4 others listed107 · 1.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Suva work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Suva is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 547 fractional works · 32.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 329 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 103 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 82 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDemography: 46 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 70 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 62 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 48 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 521 fractional works · 31.3% of its workEngineering: 184 fractional works · 11.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 136 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 112 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInformation Systems: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 376 fractional works · 22.5% of its workMedicine: 251 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 83 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 225 fractional works · 13.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 148 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPlant Science: 64 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 48 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSuva1,668fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences33%

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 Sciences32919.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting704.2%
    3. Psychology623.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance482.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities221.3%
    6. Decision Sciences171.0%
    1. Engineering18411.0%
    2. Environmental Science1368.2%
    3. Computer Science1126.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences261.6%
    5. Materials Science171.0%
    6. Energy161.0%
    7. Chemistry120.7%
    8. Mathematics90.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy70.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine25115.0%
    2. Health Professions835.0%
    3. Nursing261.5%
    4. Dentistry140.8%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1488.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology482.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology120.7%
    4. Neuroscience90.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Suva strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Suva is most concentrated in Demography (4.2× the world share in Demography).

  1. DemographySubfield · 42.7 works4.2×
← 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: 1.82× its world share, 129 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 101 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 164 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 119 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.95× its world share, 77 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 229 worksMedicineNursing: 3.18× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 66 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 56 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 296 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.18×23 works
  2. Health Professions1.95×77 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.82×129 works
  4. Dentistry1.72×12 works
  5. Environmental Science1.60×119 works
  6. Social Sciences1.57×296 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.38×66 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.38×44 works
  9. Psychology1.22×56 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.15×6 works
  11. Energy1.01×14 works
  12. Decision Sciences1.00×14 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×23 works
  14. Computer Science0.87×101 works
  15. Medicine0.80×229 works
  16. Veterinary0.74×2 works
  17. Engineering0.73×164 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×10 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×43 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.46×20 works
  21. Mathematics0.44×8 works
  22. Chemistry0.37×9 works
  23. Neuroscience0.32×8 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.26×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.26×14 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.21×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Suva?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vulnerability, Sustainability, Climate Change, Resilience, Governance, Decolonization, Globalization and Pacific.

▲ 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. Climate Change108▲ 2.4×82 topics
  2. Sustainability106▲ 2.6×60 topics
  3. Vulnerability81▲ 21×7 topics
  4. Globalization76▲ 2.3×48 topics
  5. Epidemiology72◆ 1.08×108 topics
  6. Environmental Impact64▲ 2.2×44 topics
  7. Resilience58▲ 7.1×14 topics
  8. Machine Learning56◆ 1.00×62 topics
  9. Economic Development54▲ 4.0×21 topics
  10. Governance47▲ 8.6×11 topics
  11. Public Health45▲ 1.87×46 topics
  12. Decolonization43▲ 32×5 topics
  13. Renewable Energy42▲ 1.74×31 topics
  14. Pacific39▲ 124×2 topics
  15. Islands39▲ 207×1 topic
  16. Small States39▲ 207×1 topic
  17. Child Development31▲ 4.5×7 topics
  18. Community Empowerment31▲ 2.5×11 topics
  19. Economic Growth29▲ 2.1×20 topics
  20. Depression28▲ 1.92×18 topics
  21. Adaptation28▲ 5.6×10 topics
  22. Non-Communicable Diseases28▲ 6.1×5 topics
  23. Health Education27▲ 3.7×7 topics
  24. Food Security26▲ 2.9×18 topics
  25. Sea-Level Rise24▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Agriculture24▲ 3.7×9 topics
  27. Migration23▲ 4.1×6 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity22▲ 3.1×19 topics
  29. Global Warming22▲ 3.0×11 topics
  30. Maternal Health21▲ 5.0×4 topics
  31. Breastfeeding21▲ 5.5×2 topics
  32. Resettlement20▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Environmental Refugees20▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Natural Disasters20▲ 57×1 topic
  35. COVID-19 Impact20▲ 7.0×6 topics
  36. Child Nutrition17▲ 5.6×1 topic
  37. Stunting17▲ 5.6×1 topic
  38. Path Planning17▲ 8.3×3 topics
  39. Nursing17▲ 5.4×5 topics
  40. Multi-Agent Systems17▲ 5.2×3 topics

What research is done in Suva?

Island Studies and Pacif…36Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 36 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 18 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 16 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 12 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 11 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 11 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…9Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 9 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 9 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 8 fractional works
DemographySociology and Political SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 36 works
  2. 2 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  3. 3 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 12 works
  5. 5 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 11 works
  6. 6 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  7. 7 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  8. 8 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 9 works
  9. 9 Education Systems and Policy Education 9 works
  10. 10 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 8 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 counting20%40%Suva18.2% 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 33.4% in 2009.

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