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Polytechnic College Suriname

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Research works
12
▲ 328% vs 2018-21
Citations
147
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
Polytechnic College Suriname

Not ranked overall: Polytechnic College Suriname is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Polytechnic College Suriname work in?

In all years, 36% of research at Polytechnic College Suriname is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Environmental Science (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 36.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 13.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 11.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 24.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 21.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKPolytechnicCollege Suriname12fractional works, all years
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences36%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science213.5%
    2. Engineering111.8%
    3. Computer Science04.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences03.6%
    5. Energy01.8%
    6. Chemistry01.4%
    1. Social Sciences324.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting14.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities02.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.0%
    5. Psychology01.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology16.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology02.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.7%
    1. Medicine15.6%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
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: 3.80× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.41× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.70× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.41×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.80×1 works
  3. Environmental Science3.70×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.29×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.82×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.61×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.60×0 works
  8. Engineering0.74×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.33×0 works
  10. Psychology0.10×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Polytechnic College Suriname?

The most cited paper from Polytechnic College Suriname is "Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network" (Jorge Ahumada, Carlos E. F. Silva, Krisna Gajapersad et al., 2011), with 379 citations. Next come "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Analogues of Cryptolepine, an Alkaloid Isolated from the Suriname Rainforest" (75) and "DNA-Damaging Steroidal Alkaloids from Eclipta alba from the Suriname Rainforest" (70).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network Jorge Ahumada, Carlos E. F. Silva, Krisna Gajapersad et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 15 Aug 2011 379
2 Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Analogues of Cryptolepine, an Alkaloid Isolated from the Suriname Rainforest Shuwei Yang, Maged Saad Abdel-Kader, Stan Malone et al. · Journal of Natural Products 3 Jun 1999 75
3 DNA-Damaging Steroidal Alkaloids from Eclipta alba from the Suriname Rainforest Maged Saad Abdel-Kader, Brian D. Bahler, Stan Malone et al. · Journal of Natural Products 25 Sep 1998 70
4 Mercury Levels in Pristine and Gold Mining Impacted Aquatic Ecosystems of Suriname, South America Paul Edward Ouboter, Gwendolyn Landburg, Jan H. M. Quik et al. · AMBIO Open access 5 Jun 2012 56
5 Animal and Forage Responses on Rotationally Grazed ‘Floralta’ Limpograss and ‘Pensacola’ Bahiagrass Pastures Lynn Elwood Sollenberger, G. A. Rusland, Chris Stephen Jones et al. · Agronomy Journal Sep 1989 33
All 36 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Polytechnic College Suriname publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Legal Studies and Society, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Geography Education and Pedagogy and Science Education and Pedagogy.

Historical Legal Studies…1Historical Legal Studies and Society: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 1 fractional worksGeography Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksGeotourism and Geoheritage Conservation: 0 fractional worksFood Industry and Aquatic Biology: 0 fractional worksDigitalization and Econo…0Digitalization and Economic Development in Agriculture: 0 fractional worksAgricultural Development and Policies: 0 fractional worksAgriculture and Biological Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…0Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEcologyGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Geography Education and Pedagogy Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  4. 4 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 0 works
  5. 5 Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation Geology 0 works
  6. 6 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 0 works
  7. 7 Digitalization and Economic Development in Agriculture Strategy and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Development and Policies Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Biological Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  10. 10 Diverse Scientific Research in Ukraine Global and Planetary Change 0 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.1%domestic only44.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polytechnic College Suriname's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 328% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Polytechnic College Suriname as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Polytechnic College Suriname over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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