Question 1

How strong is science in Guyana?

Accepted Answer

Guyana ranks #170 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#200 all time), with 866 research works and 4.0% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

Which universities in Guyana lead research?

Accepted Answer

University of Guyana and Texila American University rank highest in Guyana on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers in Guyana?

Accepted Answer

Raquel Thomas, Horace Cox and Raquel Thomas‐Caesar rank highest among researchers based in Guyana.

Question 4

How much of Guyana's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

69% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 26% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 5

Is Guyana's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 104% higher than in 2018-2021.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research in Guyana?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Epidemiology, Economic Development, COVID-19, Postcolonialism, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and Caribbean.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Guyana work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Guyana is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Which countries have research most like Guyana's?

Accepted Answer

Jamaica has the research profile closest to Guyana's (similarity 0.89 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, followed by Fiji and Ghana.