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Research in Walvis Bay

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The largest by output are Gobabeb Namib Research Institute.

Research institutions
1
Research works
102
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.5%
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 Walvis Bay?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Gobabeb Namib Research InstituteResearch facility 102 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.

Which keywords describe research in Walvis Bay?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Global Change, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation and Species Richness.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change26▲ 9.5×36 topics
  2. Biodiversity14▲ 19×11 topics
  3. Invasive Species14▲ 24×14 topics
  4. Population Dynamics13▲ 41×9 topics
  5. Global Change11▲ 34×5 topics
  6. Conservation10▲ 21×10 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 32×4 topics
  8. Species Richness7▲ 81×2 topics
  9. Biogeography6▲ 18×16 topics
  10. Habitat Selection6▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Conservation Biology5▲ 48×3 topics
  13. Ecosystem5▲ 36×3 topics
  14. Biological Invasions5▲ 45×2 topics
  15. Community Ecology5▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Functional Diversity5▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Animal Movement5▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Occupancy Rates5▲ 77×1 topic
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Sediment Transport4▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Evolution4▲ 14×7 topics
  22. Symbiosis4▲ 33×3 topics
  23. Microbiota4▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 19×9 topics
  25. Phylogeny4▲ 21×9 topics
  26. Cyanobacteria4▲ 68×2 topics
  27. DNA Barcoding4▲ 23×5 topics
  28. Desertification4▲ 100×2 topics
  29. Aeolian Processes4▲ 155×1 topic
  30. Wind Erosion4▲ 155×1 topic
  31. Adaptive Evolution4▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Biological Soil Crusts4▲ 193×1 topic
  33. UV Protection4▲ 193×1 topic
  34. Genomics3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  35. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Reproductive Strategies3▲ 51×2 topics
  37. Taxonomy3▲ 21×7 topics
  38. Evolutionary Dynamics3▲ 53×1 topic
  39. Natural Selection3▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Phenotypic Plasticity3▲ 65×1 topic

What research is done in Walvis Bay?

  1. 1 Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  2. 2 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.