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Flex (Mauritius)

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,825
of 22,385 · #21,967 all time
Rank in Mauritius
#5
of 5
Research works
218
▲ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Flex (Mauritius)

Which fields of science does Flex (Mauritius) work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Flex (Mauritius) is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Social Sciences (13%), Materials Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 61.3% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 32.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 26.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFlex (Mauritius)77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences26%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2532.1%
    2. Materials Science68.2%
    3. Computer Science68.1%
    4. Environmental Science44.7%
    5. Chemistry22.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy22.2%
    7. Energy22.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Social Sciences1013.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities34.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting33.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.0%
    5. Psychology22.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine56.0%
    2. Health Professions34.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    2. Neuroscience00.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.14× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.36× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science2.36×6 works
  2. Energy2.15×2 works
  3. Engineering2.14×25 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.95×0 works
  5. Chemistry1.82×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.69×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.40×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×2 works
  9. Computer Science1.05×6 works
  10. Social Sciences1.04×10 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.99×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.94×4 works
  14. Psychology0.72×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×1 works
  17. Medicine0.31×5 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Flex (Mauritius)?

Ranked on the quality score, Roger Beebe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Flex (Mauritius).

  1. 1 Roger Beebe Mauritius · #3,438,664 worldwide 43 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Flex (Mauritius)

What are the most cited papers from Flex (Mauritius)?

The most cited paper from Flex (Mauritius) is "Tellurene: its physical properties, scalable nanomanufacturing, and device applications" (Wenzhuo Wu, Gang Qiu, Yixiu Wang et al., 2018), with 312 citations. Next come "Lung Clearance Index at 4 Years Predicts Subsequent Lung Function in Children with Cystic Fibrosis" (233) and "Adjustable dual temperature-sensitive hydrogel based on a self-assembly cross-linking strategy with highly stretchable and healable properties" (145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tellurene: its physical properties, scalable nanomanufacturing, and device applications Wenzhuo Wu, Gang Qiu, Yixiu Wang et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2018 312
2 Lung Clearance Index at 4 Years Predicts Subsequent Lung Function in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Paul Aurora, Sanja Stanojevic, Angie Wade et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 8 Oct 2010 233
3 Adjustable dual temperature-sensitive hydrogel based on a self-assembly cross-linking strategy with highly stretchable and healable properties Sijia Ge, Jiajia Li, Jian Geng et al. · Materials Horizons 2021 145
4 Aptamer assisted ultrafiltration cleanup with high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detector for the determination of OTA in green coffee Elsaadani Moez, Noël Durand, Brice Sorli et al. · Food Chemistry Open access 8 Nov 2019 78
5 Wearable high-dielectric-constant polymers with core–shell liquid metal inclusions for biomechanical energy harvesting and a self-powered user interface Shengjie Gao, Ruoxing Wang, Chenxiang Ma et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019 70
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Which keywords describe research at Flex (Mauritius)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Healthcare, International Law, Catalysis, Efficiency, Stability, Privacy and Crystal Growth.

▲ 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 institution'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. Healthcare4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  2. Catalysis3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  3. Large-Eddy Simulation3▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications2▲ 2.7×12 topics
  5. International Law2▲ 10×4 topics
  6. Nanoparticles2▲ 2.4×6 topics
  7. Efficiency2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  8. Corporate Governance2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  9. Energy Storage2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  10. Heat Transfer2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  11. Security2▲ 3.7×4 topics
  12. Stability2▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Cathode Materials2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  14. Philosophy2▲ 5.4×2 topics
  15. Privacy2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  16. Public Policy2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  17. Crystal Growth2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  18. Power Electronics2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Vortex Dynamics2▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Flexible Electronics2▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Semiconductors2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  22. Cultural Studies2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  23. End-of-Life Care2▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Energy Harvesting2▲ 11×2 topics
  25. High-Order Schemes2▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Medical Ethics2▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Nanogenerators2▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Turbulence Modeling2▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Wearable2▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Blockchain1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  31. Light-Emitting Diodes1▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Palliative Care1▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Copyright Law1▲ 90×2 topics
  34. Ethical Practices1▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Organometal Halide Perovskites1▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Perovskite Solar Cells1▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Public Health Policy1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  38. Solar Cells1▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Decentralization1▲ 7.8×1 topic
  40. Smart Contracts1▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Flex (Mauritius) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Computational Fluid Dyna…2Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…2Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 1 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and S…1Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksPublic Administration in Developing Nations: 1 fractional works
Computational MechanicsBiomedical EngineeringInformation SystemsElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 1 works
  8. 8 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Public Administration in Developing Nations Political Science and International Relations 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.1%domestic only54.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Flex (Mauritius)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Flex (Mauritius) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Flex (Mauritius)0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Flex (Mauritius) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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