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Science in Fiji

Fiji ranks #130 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#130 all time), with 1.6k research works and 19.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#130
of 192 · #130 all time
Works, 2022–2025
1.6k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
48%
world 63%

What is Fiji strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Fiji ranks highest in Social Sciences (#123 of 151) and Medicine (#144 of 155). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management and Demography.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #123 of 151 28.8%327 Institutions
MedicineField #144 of 155 8.6%238 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. Public AdministrationSubfield · 6.1 works6.9×
  2. Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementSubfield · 1.8 works4.9×
  3. DemographySubfield · 49.7 works4.5×
  4. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 3.4 works4.2×
  5. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 11.3 works3.8×
  6. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 6.5 works3.5×
  7. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 14.3 works3.4×
  8. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 11.1 works3.3×
← 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: 1.77× its world share, 137 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 126 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 171 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 129 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.62× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 80 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 2.94× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 79 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 327 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Fiji?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vulnerability, Sustainability, Climate Change, Resilience, Governance, Decolonization, Globalization and Economic Development.

▲ 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. Sustainability108▲ 2.7×58 topics
  2. Climate Change107▲ 2.4×79 topics
  3. Vulnerability81▲ 22×7 topics
  4. Globalization78▲ 2.5×45 topics
  5. Epidemiology67◆ 1.04×105 topics
  6. Machine Learning62▲ 1.17×60 topics
  7. Environmental Impact62▲ 2.2×43 topics
  8. Resilience59▲ 7.6×14 topics
  9. Economic Development58▲ 4.3×21 topics
  10. Governance49▲ 9.2×10 topics
  11. Deep Learning48▼ 0.85×54 topics
  12. Decolonization45▲ 34×5 topics
  13. Public Health44▲ 1.85×42 topics
  14. Pacific42▲ 137×2 topics
  15. Islands42▲ 219×1 topic
  16. Small States42▲ 219×1 topic
  17. Renewable Energy41▲ 1.74×31 topics
  18. COVID-1934▲ 1.51×22 topics
  19. Economic Growth31▲ 2.3×19 topics
  20. Community Empowerment29▲ 2.3×11 topics
  21. Child Development28▲ 4.2×7 topics
  22. Depression28▲ 1.93×17 topics
  23. Non-Communicable Diseases27▲ 5.6×4 topics
  24. Adaptation26▲ 5.5×9 topics
  25. Health Education25▲ 3.5×7 topics
  26. Food Security24▲ 2.7×17 topics
  27. Sea-Level Rise22▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Migration22▲ 4.0×6 topics
  29. Global Warming21▲ 3.2×11 topics
  30. Agriculture21▲ 3.2×9 topics
  31. COVID-19 Impact20▲ 7.5×5 topics
  32. Maternal Health20▲ 4.5×4 topics
  33. Breastfeeding20▲ 4.9×2 topics
  34. Resettlement19▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Environmental Refugees18▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Natural Disasters18▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Path Planning17▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Child Nutrition16▲ 4.9×1 topic
  39. Multi-Agent Systems16▲ 5.3×3 topics
  40. Stunting16▲ 4.9×1 topic

Which universities in Fiji lead research?

University of the South Pacific, Fiji National University and Ministry of Agriculture rank highest in Fiji on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%10%20%30%mean 18.04%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of the South Pacific: 623, 25.4%Fiji National University: 424, 22.5%Ministry of Agriculture: 111, 17.8%University of Fiji: 135, 19.9%Ministry Of Health: 313, 4.6%University of the So…Fiji National Univer…University of FijiMinistry of Agricult…
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One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1University of the South PacificUniversity · Suva · #6,016 worldwide25.4% top 10% · 623 works
  2. 2Fiji National UniversityUniversity · Suva · #7,311 worldwide22.5% top 10% · 424 works
  3. 3Ministry of AgricultureGovernment institution · Suva · #13,162 worldwide17.8% top 10% · 111 works
  4. 4University of FijiUniversity · Lautoka · #16,854 worldwide19.9% top 10% · 135 works
  5. 5Ministry Of HealthGovernment institution · Suva · #20,285 worldwide4.6% top 10% · 313 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 Fiji

Who are the top researchers in Fiji?

Andrew Pawley, Godfrey C. Onwubolu and Sangeeta Mangubhai rank highest among researchers based in Fiji.

  1. 1 Andrew Pawley · #157,743 worldwide 114 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Godfrey C. Onwubolu · #176,083 worldwide 117 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Sangeeta Mangubhai · #210,674 worldwide 171 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Mark Stephens · #246,410 worldwide 102 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Hugh Govan · #258,881 worldwide 81 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Maurizio Cirrincione · #335,536 worldwide 331 citations · 93 works
  7. 7 M. Rafiuddin Ahmed · #387,123 worldwide 125 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Ronald Ravinesh Kumar · #389,101 worldwide 86 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Stacy D. Jupiter · #396,264 worldwide 126 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Ramendra Prasad · #469,885 worldwide 193 citations · 16 works
Top researchers in Fiji

How open and international is Fiji's research?

48% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 42% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.2%domestic only57.8%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Fiji's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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 Fiji