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Science in Cambodia

Cambodia ranks #116 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#123 all time), with 5.4k research works and 11.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#116
of 192 · #123 all time
Works, 2022–2025
5.4k
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
68%
world 63%

What is Cambodia strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Cambodia ranks highest in Social Sciences (#100 of 151), Medicine (#106 of 155) and Sociology and Political Science (#86 of 122). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Leadership and Management, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Health Informatics.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #100 of 151 19.2%972 Institutions
MedicineField #106 of 155 8.5%1,532 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #86 of 122 21.2%365 Institutions
EducationSubfield #92 of 115 21.2%273 Institutions
EngineeringField #113 of 134 5.7%395 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #117 of 131 11.3%331 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #114 of 126 12.2%312 Institutions
PsychologyField #100 of 109 10.5%206 Institutions
Business, Management and AccountingField #104 of 113 13.1%241 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #119 of 125 7.8%319 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Leadership and ManagementSubfield · 3.4 works4.1×
  2. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 9.4 works3.5×
  3. Health InformaticsSubfield · 18.6 works2.9×
  4. Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 2.6 works2.8×
  5. Chemical Health and SafetySubfield · 1.0 works2.8×
  6. Research and TheorySubfield · 3.8 works2.7×
  7. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 32.5 works2.5×
  8. Complementary and Manual TherapySubfield · 5.5 works2.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 312 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 184 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 68 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 331 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 395 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 318 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.77× its world share, 47 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 178 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 1,532 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 51 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 129 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 241 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 58 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 146 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 206 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 972 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Cambodia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Political Transition, Memory, Civil Society, Education Reform, Human Rights, Genocide, Epidemiology and Demography.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology381▲ 1.77×137 topics
  2. Human Rights236▲ 4.2×60 topics
  3. Sustainability195▲ 1.48×98 topics
  4. Climate Change194▲ 1.33×105 topics
  5. Political Transition189▲ 66×4 topics
  6. Memory182▲ 14×12 topics
  7. Civil Society180▲ 30×6 topics
  8. Education Reform178▲ 207×3 topics
  9. Genocide177▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Machine Learning175◆ 0.99×84 topics
  11. Demography173▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Cambodia172▲ 468×1 topic
  13. Land Rights172▲ 201×1 topic
  14. Globalization171▲ 1.61×112 topics
  15. Inflammation140▲ 1.25×83 topics
  16. COVID-19112▲ 1.52×32 topics
  17. Quality of Life108▲ 1.38×59 topics
  18. Sustainable Development108▲ 1.25×86 topics
  19. Education107◆ 1.15×89 topics
  20. Treatment107▲ 1.63×52 topics
  21. Educational Technology98▲ 1.53×41 topics
  22. Public Health96▲ 1.22×64 topics
  23. Mental Health96▲ 1.21×45 topics
  24. Pandemic93▲ 1.60×14 topics
  25. Economic Development89▲ 2.0×38 topics
  26. Diagnosis87▲ 1.72×41 topics
  27. Innovation86▲ 1.50×56 topics
  28. Pedagogy77▲ 2.9×20 topics
  29. Biodiversity73▲ 1.81×33 topics
  30. Meta-Analysis70▲ 2.2×20 topics
  31. Global Burden69▲ 2.4×12 topics
  32. Immune Response68▲ 2.2×23 topics
  33. Language Teaching63▲ 4.6×6 topics
  34. Vaccine Development56▲ 4.1×11 topics
  35. Tourism Development42▲ 6.4×2 topics
  36. Digital Education41▲ 5.8×6 topics
  37. Formative Assessment37▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Critical Thinking37▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. Educational Technologies37▲ 8.7×2 topics
  40. Artistic Education34▲ 12×1 topic

Which universities in Cambodia lead research?

University of Health Science, Angkor Hospital for Children and International University rank highest in Cambodia on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 15.3%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Health Science: 1,565, 7.7%Angkor Hospital for Children: 104, 31.9%International University: 1,118, 9.5%University of Puthisastra: 110, 26.3%Institute of Technology of Cambodia: 537, 9.2%University of Battambang: 122, 21.5%Royal University of Phnom Penh: 203, 20.2%Ministry of Health: 86, 22.1%Documentation Center of Cambodia: 127, 10.0%Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia: 115, 18.4%University of Cambodia: 181, 19.1%Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries: 87, 10.8%Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia: 215, 4.5%Vanda Institute: 66, 5.1%Phnom Penh International University: 60, 13.2%Angkor Hospital for …University of Puthis…International Univer…University of Health…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1University of Health ScienceUniversity · Phnom Penh · #6,341 worldwide7.7% top 10% · 1.6k works
  2. 2Angkor Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system · Siem Reap · #8,621 worldwide31.9% top 10% · 104 works
  3. 3International UniversityUniversity · Phnom Penh · #8,652 worldwide9.5% top 10% · 1.1k works
  4. 4University of PuthisastraUniversity · Phnom Penh · #10,632 worldwide26.3% top 10% · 110 works
  5. 5Institute of Technology of CambodiaUniversity · Phnom Penh · #12,480 worldwide9.2% top 10% · 537 works
  6. 6University of BattambangUniversity · Battambang · #17,483 worldwide21.5% top 10% · 122 works
  7. 7Royal University of Phnom PenhUniversity · Phnom Penh · #17,978 worldwide20.2% top 10% · 203 works
  8. 8Ministry of HealthGovernment institution · Phnom Penh · #18,510 worldwide22.1% top 10% · 86 works
  9. 9Documentation Center of CambodiaNonprofit · Phnom Penh · #22,100 worldwide10.0% top 10% · 127 works
  10. 10Paññāsāstra University of CambodiaUniversity · Phnom Penh · #22,191 worldwide18.4% top 10% · 115 works
  11. 11University of CambodiaUniversity · Phnom Penh · #22,567 worldwide19.1% top 10% · 181 works
  12. 12Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and FisheriesGovernment institution · Phnom Penh · #24,163 worldwide10.8% top 10% · 87 works
  13. 13Royal University of Agriculture, CambodiaUniversity · Phnom Penh · #24,525 worldwide4.5% top 10% · 215 works
  14. 14Vanda InstituteUniversity · Phnom Penh · #26,110 worldwide5.1% top 10% · 66 works
  15. 15Phnom Penh International UniversityUniversity · Phnom Penh · #27,084 worldwide13.2% top 10% · 60 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Cambodia

Who are the top researchers in Cambodia?

Philippe Buchy, Juan Beneyto Pérez and Philippe Dussart rank highest among researchers based in Cambodia.

  1. 1 Philippe Buchy · #89,135 worldwide 316 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Juan Beneyto Pérez · #271,468 worldwide 6 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Philippe Dussart · #406,261 worldwide 78 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Rany Sam · #421,060 worldwide 32 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Manuel R. Reyes · #484,613 worldwide 52 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Patrice Piola · #528,998 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 吉田一成 · #630,416 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 W. Edel · #645,162 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Takasuke Ishitani · #681,740 worldwide 27 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Wang Guan · #702,493 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
Top researchers in Cambodia

How open and international is Cambodia's research?

68% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 62% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available67.7%not open32.3%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.3%domestic only37.7%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Cambodia's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% higher than in 2013–2017.

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

Research fields in Cambodia