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The Bahamas ranks #169 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#151 all time), with 274 research works and 6.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022-now
#169
of 189 · #151 all time
Works, 2022-now
274
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
9.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Bahamas

Which fields of science does Bahamas work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Bahamas is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Environmental Science (13%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 144 fractional works · 47.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 93 fractional works · 30.4% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 32.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 40 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBahamas306fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences47%

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 country does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9330.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance154.8%
    3. Psychology124.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities123.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting93.0%
    6. Decision Sciences30.9%
    1. Environmental Science4013.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences154.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy144.5%
    4. Engineering113.7%
    5. Computer Science93.1%
    6. Mathematics41.2%
    7. Materials Science31.0%
    8. Energy20.5%
    9. Chemistry10.4%
    1. Medicine279.0%
    2. Health Professions113.6%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences134.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.4%
    3. Neuroscience31.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Bahamas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Identity, Gender, Culture, Postcolonialism, Nationalism and Race.

▲ 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 country'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 Change28▲ 3.4×47 topics
  2. Globalization25▲ 4.1×30 topics
  3. Identity17▲ 7.5×12 topics
  4. Gender16▲ 9.9×13 topics
  5. Culture15▲ 9.4×7 topics
  6. Postcolonialism14▲ 32×6 topics
  7. Nationalism14▲ 9.8×5 topics
  8. Race14▲ 37×5 topics
  9. Caribbean13▲ 229×3 topics
  10. Politics12▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Dancehall12▲ 521×1 topic
  12. Sustainability10▲ 1.41×26 topics
  13. Conservation9▲ 6.8×9 topics
  14. Population Dynamics8▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Vulnerability8▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Migration7▲ 6.9×5 topics
  17. Marine Ecosystems6▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Adaptation6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  19. Global Warming6▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 18×2 topics
  21. COVID-19 Impact4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  22. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Cultural Competence4▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Academic Dishonesty4▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Plagiarism4▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Quantum Gravity4▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Vocational Education4▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Decolonization4▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Pacific4▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Ecology4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Fisheries4▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Dark Energy4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Phylogeny4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  35. Rays4▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Sharks4▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Contamination4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. General Relativity4▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Islands4▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Small States4▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does Bahamas publish the most in?

Its largest topics in 2022-now are Caribbean history, culture, and politics, Academic integrity and plagiarism, Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Caribbean history, cultu…12Caribbean history, culture, and politics: 12 fractional worksAcademic integrity and plagiarism: 4 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 4 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacif…3Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 3 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 3 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 3 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSafety ResearchNature and Landscape ConservationDemography6 others

Area is fractional works in 2022-now; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to. Every tile is a topic page.

  1. 1 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 12 works
  2. 2 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 4 works
  3. 3 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 3 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 3 works
  6. 6 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  11. 11 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  12. 12 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works

Which universities in Bahamas lead research?

College of The Bahamas and University of the West Indies rank highest in Bahamas on research quality in 2022-now.

  1. 1College of The BahamasUniversity · Nassau · #12,387 worldwide8.4% top 10% · 129 works
  2. 2University of the West IndiesUniversity · Nassau · #14,627 worldwide4.2% top 10% · 114 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Bahamas

Who are the top researchers in Bahamas?

Adelle Thomas, Tristan L. Guttridge and Williamson Gustave rank highest among researchers based in Bahamas.

  1. 1 Adelle Thomas #127,384 worldwide 9.4k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Tristan L. Guttridge #349,432 worldwide 3.1k citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Williamson Gustave #445,451 worldwide 2.1k citations · 108 works
  4. 4 Annabelle Brooks #573,232 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Edward J. Brooks #695,546 worldwide 1.9k citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Lucy A. Howey #727,105 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Zhaofeng Yuan #791,927 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Nicholas D. Higgs #927,785 worldwide 1.4k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Owen R. O’Shea #1,304,848 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 John Lunn #1,432,024 worldwide 2k citations · 61 works
Top researchers in Bahamas

How open and international is Bahamas's research?

50% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 36% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available49.7%not open50.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.2%domestic only63.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bahamas's research grown?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bahamas as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Bahamas0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bahamas over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Over the whole record, 7.0% of its 1.4k works since 1951 reached the world top 10% for their field and year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bahamas4.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2019.

Which countries have research most like the Bahamas'?

Iceland is the Bahamas' closest research twin: of all countries, its research is spread across the fields most like the Bahamas', with both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences.

  1. 1 IcelandBoth strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, Arts and Humanities 0.72 Compare
  2. 2 ChileBoth strong in Social Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Health Professions 0.69 Compare
  3. 3 MongoliaBoth strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science 0.69 Compare
  4. 4 Cape VerdeBoth strong in Environmental Science, Social Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.67 Compare
  5. 5 SurinameBoth strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences, Environmental Science 0.65 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

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