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Research in Rondebosch

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Rondebosch, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Cape Town.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
50k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.4%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Rondebosch?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Cape TownUniversity 49,977 #611
2Colleges of Medicine of South AfricaUniversity 36 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Rondebosch strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Rondebosch is most concentrated in Virology, Anthropology and Paleontology (5.8× the world share in Virology).

  1. VirologySubfield · 22.2 works5.8×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 89.4 works4.8×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 37.5 works4.7×
  4. DevelopmentSubfield · 27.2 works4.1×
  5. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 62.1 works3.8×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Rondebosch?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Colonialism, Globalization, South Africa, Human Rights and Vaccine.

▲ 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 city'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. Epidemiology407▲ 1.55×129 topics
  2. Climate Change358▲ 2.0×92 topics
  3. Globalization233▲ 1.79×91 topics
  4. Sustainability182◆ 1.13×82 topics
  5. Mental Health153▲ 1.58×41 topics
  6. Public Health150▲ 1.56×59 topics
  7. Human Rights148▲ 2.2×49 topics
  8. Colonialism145▲ 4.6×32 topics
  9. Antiretroviral Therapy128▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Treatment117▲ 1.46×49 topics
  11. Economic Growth117▲ 2.1×26 topics
  12. Biodiversity112▲ 2.3×28 topics
  13. Vaccine104▲ 3.9×11 topics
  14. Immune Response102▲ 2.7×22 topics
  15. Nationalism100▲ 3.3×20 topics
  16. Higher Education93▲ 2.6×23 topics
  17. Social Justice92▲ 2.4×33 topics
  18. Invasive Species88▲ 3.1×20 topics
  19. South Africa81▲ 45×4 topics
  20. Conservation78▲ 2.7×21 topics
  21. Ethical Considerations76▲ 3.4×19 topics
  22. Drug Resistance73▲ 3.9×9 topics
  23. Population Dynamics71▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Race70▲ 9.4×14 topics
  25. Poverty Reduction68▲ 7.8×5 topics
  26. Inequality68▲ 4.5×10 topics
  27. Gender-based Violence67▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Biogeography66▲ 3.8×20 topics
  29. HIV Transmission62▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Gender Inequality59▲ 6.4×6 topics
  31. HIV Infection58▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Mortality Rates57▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Viral Load56▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Trophic Cascades55▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Environmental Governance52▲ 12×4 topics
  36. economic empowerment52▲ 49×1 topic
  37. protests52▲ 99×1 topic
  38. Preexposure Prophylaxis51▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Stigma and Discrimination51▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Habitat Selection49▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Rondebosch?

  1. 1 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 52 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 51 works
  3. 3 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 39 works
  4. 4 African history and culture studies Anthropology 38 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 37 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 34 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 31 works
  8. 8 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 30 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 30 works

Research output over time

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