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Research in Roodepoort

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Roodepoort, South Africa. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are African Leadership Institute.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
▲ 228% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
1.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Roodepoort

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Roodepoort?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1African Leadership InstituteUniversity 1,299 #10,932
2South African National Blood ServiceNonprofit 128 #31,965 all time

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

Which fields of science does Roodepoort work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Roodepoort is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Medicine (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 155 fractional works · 51.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 107 fractional works · 35.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 26.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 8.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRoodepoort301fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences51%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10735.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting154.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance144.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities82.7%
    5. Psychology62.0%
    6. Decision Sciences61.9%
    1. Environmental Science248.0%
    2. Engineering227.3%
    3. Computer Science134.1%
    4. Materials Science82.7%
    5. Energy41.4%
    6. Chemistry30.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine268.8%
    2. Health Professions103.2%
    3. Nursing51.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences175.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.8%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Roodepoort?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Governance, Human Rights, International Law, Ethnic Conflict, Democracy, Civil War, Political Institutions and Peacebuilding.

▲ 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 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. Global Governance22▲ 30×12 topics
  2. Human Rights20▲ 6.6×14 topics
  3. Climate Change15▲ 1.86×36 topics
  4. Sustainability15▲ 2.0×30 topics
  5. Globalization15▲ 2.5×26 topics
  6. International Law15▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Ethnic Conflict14▲ 101×2 topics
  8. Democracy13▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Civil War12▲ 122×1 topic
  10. Political Institutions12▲ 186×1 topic
  11. Peacebuilding11▲ 55×4 topics
  12. Genocide11▲ 70×3 topics
  13. Renewable Energy10▲ 2.4×19 topics
  14. Social Media10▲ 2.3×10 topics
  15. Neoliberalism9▲ 8.6×7 topics
  16. Sustainable Development9▲ 1.98×21 topics
  17. Humanitarian Intervention8▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Responsibility to Protect8▲ 99×1 topic
  19. Social Justice8▲ 4.4×13 topics
  20. Development8▲ 7.3×7 topics
  21. Gender Equality7▲ 8.6×6 topics
  22. Local Turn6▲ 130×1 topic
  23. Resilience Governance6▲ 130×1 topic
  24. Social Capital6▲ 3.6×7 topics
  25. Transparency6▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Child Development6▲ 4.4×2 topics
  27. Political Economy5▲ 7.0×8 topics
  28. Gender Inequality5▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Conflict5▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 6.7×2 topics
  32. Blood Transfusion5▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Civil Society5▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Maternal and Child Undernutrition5▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Water Sanitation Hygiene5▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Community Health Workers5▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Poverty Reduction4▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Accountability4▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Public Perception4▲ 10×4 topics

What research is done in Roodepoort?

Political Conflict and G…9Political Conflict and Governance: 9 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 7 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksPeace and Human Rights Education: 3 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 3 fractional worksGender, Security, and Conflict: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 2 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsNutrition and DieteticsCommunication2 others

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

  1. 1 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  3. 3 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  5. 5 Peace and Human Rights Education Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 3 works
  7. 7 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  9. 9 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Roodepoort8.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2021.

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