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University of the West Indies

In research, University of the West Indies stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,249 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,741 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,980 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,895
of 28,054 · #9,297 all time
Rank in Barbados
#1
of 3
Research works
1.9k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is University of the West Indies known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,249 of 10,521 23.7%145 #3024
Social SciencesField #3,741 of 6,365 27.0%85 #1895
Physical SciencesDomain #7,980 of 12,888 15.8%72 #7828
Health SciencesDomain #8,387 of 11,982 17.2%60 #10319

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of the West Indies sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#3,024 #5,249
  2. Social Sciences#1,895 #3,741
  3. Physical Sciences#7,828 #7,980
  4. Health Sciences#10,319 #8,387
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.94× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.28× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.57× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.59× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.32× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 85 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of the West Indies?

Ranked on the composite score, Hilary Beckles, Robin Mahon and Patrick McConney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of the West Indies.

  1. 1 Hilary Beckles Barbados · #144,083 worldwide 63 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Robin Mahon Barbados · #185,798 worldwide 201 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Patrick McConney Barbados · #213,629 worldwide 159 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Graham M. S. Dann Barbados · #227,508 worldwide 85 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Winston Moore Barbados · #414,796 worldwide 69 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Ian Hambleton Barbados · #635,776 worldwide 54 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Md Anwarul Azim Majumder Barbados · #801,650 worldwide 63 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Andrew S. Downes Barbados · #926,738 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 W. Hunte Barbados · #1,025,380 worldwide 125 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Sean A. C. McDowell Barbados · #1,045,662 worldwide 83 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at University of the West Indies

Which keywords describe research at University of the West Indies?

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

▲ 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 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. Climate Change19▲ 2.3×39 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 3.2×33 topics
  3. Sustainability17▲ 2.3×26 topics
  4. Epidemiology14▲ 1.16×52 topics
  5. Mental Health12▲ 2.7×20 topics
  6. Vulnerability12▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Public Health10▲ 2.4×31 topics
  8. Identity9▲ 4.2×12 topics
  9. Gender9▲ 5.5×14 topics
  10. COVID-199▲ 2.1×13 topics
  11. Postcolonialism9▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Culture8▲ 5.1×8 topics
  13. Resilience8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  14. Decolonization8▲ 32×4 topics
  15. Economic Growth8▲ 3.0×10 topics
  16. Governance8▲ 7.6×5 topics
  17. Economic Development8▲ 3.1×7 topics
  18. Pandemic8▲ 2.3×7 topics
  19. Colonialism7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  20. Depression7▲ 2.6×10 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior6▲ 3.2×8 topics
  22. Nationalism6▲ 4.3×5 topics
  23. Ocean Acidification6▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Regulation6▲ 3.5×8 topics
  25. Global Trade6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  26. Global Warming5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  27. Politics5▲ 6.4×6 topics
  28. Migration5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  29. Adaptation5▲ 5.6×4 topics
  30. Development5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Race5▲ 14×6 topics
  32. Non-Communicable Diseases5▲ 5.2×3 topics
  33. Pacific5▲ 80×2 topics
  34. Caribbean4▲ 88×2 topics
  35. Islands4▲ 120×1 topic
  36. Small States4▲ 120×1 topic
  37. COVID-19 Impact4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. Corporate Political Activity4▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Health In All Policies4▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Corruption4▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does University of the West Indies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Island Studies and Pacific Affairs, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Caribbean history, culture, and politics and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Island Studies and Pacif…4Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 4 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…4Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksCaribbean history, cultu…4Caribbean history, culture, and politics: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts4COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…3Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksCrystallography and molecular interactions: 2 fractional worksCruise Tourism Developme…2Cruise Tourism Development and Management: 2 fractional works
DemographyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementCultural StudiesEconomics and Econometrics6 others

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

  1. 1 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 4 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  3. 3 Caribbean history, culture, and politics Cultural Studies 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  9. 9 Crystallography and molecular interactions Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Cruise Tourism Development and Management Transportation 2 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of the West Indies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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.

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