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Research in Windhoek

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Windhoek, Namibia. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Namibia, Namibia University of Science and Technology and International University of Management.

Research institutions
15
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.4k
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
55k
8.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Windhoek

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 Windhoek?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of NamibiaUniversity 3,603 #2,600
2Namibia University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 1,808 #3,577
3International University of ManagementUniversity 185 #13,205
4Namibia Institute of PathologyUniversity 139 #28,005 all time
5Ministry of Health and Social ServicesGovernment institution 129 #31,084 all time
6Etosha Ecological InstituteResearch facility 115 not ranked
7Geological Survey of NamibiaGovernment institution 107 not ranked
8Ministry of Environment and TourismGovernment institution 72 not ranked
9Desert Research Foundation of NamibiaNonprofit 70 not ranked
10National Art Gallery of NamibiaArchive 66 not ranked
11Potentia (Namibia)Company 47 not ranked
12National Library of NamibiaArchive 28 not ranked
13Blood Transfusion Service of NamibiaInstitution 19 not ranked
14Ministry of Education, Arts and CultureGovernment institution 1 not ranked
15Development Aid from People to PeopleNonprofit 0 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 Namibia: 56.4%Namibia University of Science and Technology: 28.3%International University of Management: 2.9%Namibia Institute of Pathology: 2.2%10 others listed: 10.2%56%largest
University of Namibia3,603 · 56.4%Namibia University of Science and Technology1,808 · 28.3%International University of Management185 · 2.9%Namibia Institute of Pathology139 · 2.2%10 others listed654 · 10.2%

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

Which fields of science does Windhoek work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Windhoek is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (10%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,078 fractional works · 42.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 549 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEducation: 195 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 116 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 192 fractional works · 7.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 116 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 91 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 91 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 69 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 798 fractional works · 31.2% of its workComputer Science: 227 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems: 90 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 51 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 226 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEcology: 51 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 216 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 412 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMedicine: 264 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 53 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 107 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 64 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 265 fractional works · 10.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 189 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPlant Science: 62 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWindhoek2,553fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences1,07842.2%
    1. Social Sciences54921.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1927.5%
    3. Psychology1164.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities913.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance913.6%
    6. Decision Sciences401.6%
    1. Computer Science2278.9%
    2. Environmental Science2268.9%
    3. Engineering2168.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences351.4%
    5. Materials Science291.1%
    6. Energy241.0%
    7. Mathematics210.8%
    8. Chemistry100.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy60.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Medicine26410.3%
    2. Health Professions1074.2%
    3. Nursing351.4%
    4. Veterinary40.1%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1897.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology471.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology200.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    5. Neuroscience30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Windhoek strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Windhoek is most concentrated in Media Technology (3.7× the world share in Media Technology).

  1. Media TechnologySubfield · 26.2 works3.7×
← 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: 1.58× its world share, 168 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 210 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.97× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 190 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 179 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 96 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 234 worksMedicineNursing: 2.70× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 77 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.43× its world share, 175 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 107 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 478 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.70×30 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.43×175 works
  3. Social Sciences1.69×478 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×80 works
  5. Health Professions1.64×96 works
  6. Environmental Science1.61×179 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.58×168 works
  8. Psychology1.57×107 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.47×32 works
  10. Computer Science1.21×210 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.20×77 works
  12. Veterinary0.99×3 works
  13. Energy0.97×20 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×29 works
  15. Mathematics0.78×20 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×16 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×5 works
  18. Engineering0.57×190 works
  19. Medicine0.54×234 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×40 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.28×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.28×22 works
  23. Chemistry0.27×10 works
  24. Dentistry0.15×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.12×6 works
  26. Neuroscience0.08×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Windhoek?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Higher Education, Globalization, Technology Integration, Machine Learning, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning.

▲ 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. Sustainability133▲ 2.1×76 topics
  2. Climate Change127▲ 1.83×85 topics
  3. Machine Learning109▲ 1.28×64 topics
  4. Globalization100▲ 1.98×83 topics
  5. Deep Learning88◆ 1.00×63 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence71▲ 1.95×38 topics
  7. Education66▲ 1.50×57 topics
  8. Higher Education64▲ 4.7×23 topics
  9. Sustainable Development64▲ 1.60×59 topics
  10. Renewable Energy61▲ 1.65×36 topics
  11. Mental Health60▲ 1.65×35 topics
  12. Healthcare59▲ 2.0×21 topics
  13. Internet of Things59▲ 2.7×22 topics
  14. Big Data58▲ 2.4×22 topics
  15. Educational Technology56▲ 1.86×29 topics
  16. Social Capital54▲ 4.1×16 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management54▲ 2.4×17 topics
  18. Economic Development50▲ 2.4×23 topics
  19. Innovation50▲ 1.88×44 topics
  20. Technology Integration48▲ 6.0×12 topics
  21. Economic Growth47▲ 2.2×26 topics
  22. Leadership41▲ 3.3×19 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction39▲ 3.5×14 topics
  24. Colonialism39▲ 3.2×16 topics
  25. Lifelong Learning38▲ 7.3×9 topics
  26. Rural Development37▲ 4.2×13 topics
  27. Child Development34▲ 3.2×8 topics
  28. Community Health Workers33▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Student Engagement33▲ 3.2×15 topics
  30. Cloud Computing32▲ 4.4×12 topics
  31. Poverty Reduction31▲ 9.3×6 topics
  32. Multilingualism31▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. Student Perceptions28▲ 6.1×7 topics
  34. Bilingual Education27▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Language Policy27▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Professional Development26▲ 4.9×10 topics
  37. Gender Inequality23▲ 6.6×6 topics
  38. Health Inequalities23▲ 7.4×4 topics
  39. ICT23▲ 6.7×4 topics
  40. Habitat Selection21▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Windhoek?

Global Maternal and Chil…17Global Maternal and Child Health: 17 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies15ICT Impact and Policies: 15 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 15 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…14Child Nutrition and Water Access: 14 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…14Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 12 fractional worksICT in Developing Communities: 11 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…11Education Systems and Policy: 11 fractional worksEducational Technology and Pedagogy: 11 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 11 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthMedia TechnologyClinical PsychologyNutrition and Dietetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 17 works
  2. 2 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 15 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 15 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 14 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 14 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  7. 7 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 11 works
  8. 8 Education Systems and Policy Education 11 works
  9. 9 Educational Technology and Pedagogy Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  10. 10 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 11 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 counting10%20%30%Windhoek12.3% 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 27.0% in 2011.

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