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Research in Suva

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Suva, Fiji. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of the South Pacific, Fiji National University and Ministry of Agriculture.

Research institutions
9
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.9k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.7%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 #6,016
2Fiji National UniversityUniversity 1,188 #7,311
3Ministry Of HealthGovernment institution 702 #20,285
4Ministry of AgricultureGovernment institution 654 #13,162
5Colonial War Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 69 not ranked
6Wildlife Conservation Society FijiNonprofit 47 not ranked
7Fiji MuseumArchive 28 not ranked
8Development Alternatives with Women for a New EraInstitution 9 not ranked
9iTaukei Trust Fund BoardGovernment institution 1 not ranked

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.

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: 54.4%Fiji National University: 20.1%Ministry Of Health: 11.9%Ministry of Agriculture: 11.0%5 others listed: 2.6%54%largest
University of the South Pacific3,225 · 54.4%Fiji National University1,188 · 20.1%Ministry Of Health702 · 11.9%Ministry of Agriculture654 · 11.0%5 others listed154 · 2.6%

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

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 predictsmore →

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 Suva?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vulnerability, Climate Change, Sustainability, 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 2022–2025 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. Climate Change98▲ 2.5×78 topics
  2. Sustainability94▲ 2.6×56 topics
  3. Vulnerability73▲ 22×7 topics
  4. Globalization67▲ 2.3×43 topics
  5. Epidemiology65◆ 1.10×104 topics
  6. Environmental Impact55▲ 2.2×43 topics
  7. Resilience52▲ 7.2×14 topics
  8. Machine Learning49◆ 1.01×58 topics
  9. Economic Development49▲ 4.0×20 topics
  10. Governance42▲ 8.6×10 topics
  11. Public Health41▲ 1.90×41 topics
  12. Decolonization39▲ 32×5 topics
  13. Pacific36▲ 128×2 topics
  14. Islands36▲ 204×1 topic
  15. Small States36▲ 204×1 topic
  16. Renewable Energy35▲ 1.63×31 topics
  17. Community Empowerment28▲ 2.5×11 topics
  18. Child Development28▲ 4.5×7 topics
  19. Economic Growth28▲ 2.2×19 topics
  20. Depression27▲ 2.0×17 topics
  21. Non-Communicable Diseases26▲ 6.0×4 topics
  22. Health Education24▲ 3.7×7 topics
  23. Adaptation24▲ 5.7×9 topics
  24. Food Security23▲ 2.8×17 topics
  25. Sea-Level Rise22▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Migration21▲ 4.2×5 topics
  27. Maternal Health20▲ 4.8×4 topics
  28. Breastfeeding20▲ 5.3×2 topics
  29. Agriculture19▲ 3.2×9 topics
  30. COVID-19 Impact18▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Resettlement18▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Environmental Refugees18▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Natural Disasters18▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Child Nutrition16▲ 5.3×1 topic
  35. Path Planning16▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Stunting16▲ 5.3×1 topic
  37. Multi-Agent Systems16▲ 5.7×3 topics
  38. Nursing15▲ 5.5×4 topics
  39. Acupuncture12▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Pain Relief12▲ 21×2 topics

What research is done in Suva?

  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.