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Research in Thohoyandou

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Thohoyandou, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Venda.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.3k
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
9.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1965-2026
62 years on the record
Thohoyandou

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 Thohoyandou?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of VendaUniversity 4,262 #4,536
2Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment ProgrammeNonprofit 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.

Which fields of science does Thohoyandou work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Thohoyandou is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 839 fractional works · 49.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 473 fractional works · 27.6% of its workEducation: 138 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 116 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 46 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLaw: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 109 fractional works · 6.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 92 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 82 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 65 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 46 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 364 fractional works · 21.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 141 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 57 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 43 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 266 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMedicine: 149 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 76 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 54 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 242 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 163 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPlant Science: 56 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 63 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKThohoyandou1,710fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences49%

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 Sciences47327.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1096.4%
    3. Psychology925.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities824.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance653.8%
    6. Decision Sciences191.1%
    1. Environmental Science1418.3%
    2. Engineering573.3%
    3. Computer Science432.5%
    4. Chemistry392.3%
    5. Materials Science241.4%
    6. Mathematics171.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.9%
    8. Energy120.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering80.4%
    10. Physics and Astronomy80.4%
    1. Medicine1498.7%
    2. Health Professions764.4%
    3. Nursing382.2%
    4. Veterinary30.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1639.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology633.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology90.5%
    4. Neuroscience40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Thohoyandou strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Thohoyandou is most concentrated in Safety Research (6.3× the world share in Safety Research).

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 24.1 works6.3×
← 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: 2.10× its world share, 138 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.57× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.72× its world share, 118 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 60 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 126 worksMedicineNursing: 4.86× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.51× its world share, 60 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.77× its world share, 79 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 72 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 365 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.86×33 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.10×138 works
  3. Social Sciences2.09×365 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.81×54 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.77×79 works
  6. Environmental Science1.72×118 works
  7. Psychology1.71×72 works
  8. Health Professions1.66×60 works
  9. Chemistry1.57×34 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.51×60 works
  11. Veterinary1.41×3 works
  12. Chemical Engineering1.35×6 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.99×13 works
  14. Mathematics0.98×16 works
  15. Energy0.92×12 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×56 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×8 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×12 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×2 works
  20. Medicine0.48×126 works
  21. Materials Science0.39×19 works
  22. Computer Science0.33×35 works
  23. Engineering0.24×49 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.22×7 works
  25. Neuroscience0.12×3 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Thohoyandou?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, South Africa, Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Globalization, Social Justice, Mental Health and Student Perceptions.

▲ 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. Globalization72▲ 2.1×58 topics
  2. Sustainability69▲ 1.64×61 topics
  3. Sustainable Development67▲ 2.5×42 topics
  4. Climate Change65▲ 1.39×77 topics
  5. Mental Health63▲ 2.6×30 topics
  6. Human Rights59▲ 3.4×26 topics
  7. Higher Education55▲ 6.0×19 topics
  8. Environmental Impact52▲ 1.78×41 topics
  9. Social Justice46▲ 4.5×24 topics
  10. South Africa44▲ 93×4 topics
  11. Economic Growth41▲ 3.0×21 topics
  12. Colonialism35▲ 4.3×11 topics
  13. Social Capital34▲ 3.8×13 topics
  14. Student Perceptions31▲ 10.0×6 topics
  15. Development30▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Environmental Governance29▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Policy28▲ 7.7×10 topics
  18. Equality28▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Public Participation27▲ 73×2 topics
  20. Legal Research26▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Constitutionalism26▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Developmental Local Government26▲ 144×1 topic
  23. Poverty Reduction25▲ 11×5 topics
  24. DNA Barcoding24▲ 8.2×9 topics
  25. Employment22▲ 39×3 topics
  26. Urban22▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Poverty22▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Multilingualism21▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Bilingual Education21▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Language Policy21▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. Social Entrepreneurship21▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Entrepreneurial Orientation20▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Opportunity Recognition20▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Community Health Workers20▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Gender Inequality20▲ 8.6×6 topics
  36. Gender-based Violence19▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Health Inequalities19▲ 9.3×2 topics
  38. local economic development19▲ 177×1 topic
  39. regional19▲ 177×1 topic
  40. Poverty Alleviation19▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Thohoyandou?

Legal Issues in South Af…22Legal Issues in South Africa: 22 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…16Global Maternal and Child Health: 16 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 15 fractional worksLocal Economic Development and Planning: 14 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 13 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 13 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 12 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Beha…11Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 11 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 10 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 10 fractional works
LawPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthManagement of Technology and InnovationPolitical Science and International Relations6 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 22 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  3. 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 15 works
  4. 4 Local Economic Development and Planning Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 13 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 13 works
  7. 7 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 12 works
  8. 8 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 11 works
  9. 9 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 10 works
  10. 10 Higher Education and Employability Education 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Thohoyandou15.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.6% in 2020.

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