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Academy of Science of South Africa

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Research works
108
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
480
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
93%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Academy of Science of South Africa is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.82× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.29× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 15.65× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 15.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Academy of Science of South Africa?

Ranked on the composite score, John Butler-Adam and Ina Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Academy of Science of South Africa.

  1. 1 John Butler-Adam South Africa · #1,012,841 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Ina Smith South Africa · #1,348,469 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Academy of Science of South Africa

Which keywords describe research at Academy of Science of South Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Peer Review, Scholarly Communication, Healthcare, Open Access, Interdisciplinary Research, Publication, Scientific Writing and Biomedical Research.

▲ 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. Peer Review3▲ 347×3 topics
  2. Scholarly Communication2▲ 353×2 topics
  3. Healthcare2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  4. Open Access2▲ 79×3 topics
  5. Climate Change2▲ 2.4×9 topics
  6. Interdisciplinary Research2▲ 71×2 topics
  7. Public Health2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  8. Publication2▲ 548×1 topic
  9. Scientific Writing2▲ 548×1 topic
  10. Biomedical Research2▲ 120×2 topics
  11. Policy2▲ 26×3 topics
  12. Innovation2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  13. Concept Mapping1▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Ethical Considerations1▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Resilience1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  16. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 264×1 topic
  17. Genetics1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  18. Investment1▲ 43×2 topics
  19. Population Genetics1▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Research Dissemination1▲ 227×2 topics
  21. Toxicity1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  22. Vulnerability1▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Health Disparities1▲ 15×1 topic
  24. Health Research1▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Heavy Metals1▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Race1▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Social Impact Assessment1▲ 118×2 topics
  28. Team Science1▲ 156×2 topics
  29. Bibliometric Analysis1▲ 65×1 topic
  30. Community1▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Digital Communication1▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Direct Payments1▲ 368×1 topic
  33. Disaster1▲ 73×1 topic
  34. Global Surgery1▲ 188×1 topic
  35. Global Warming1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  36. Health Development1▲ 188×1 topic
  37. Information Studies1▲ 171×1 topic
  38. Marketization1▲ 86×2 topics
  39. Personalisation1▲ 368×1 topic
  40. Research Evaluation1▲ 153×1 topic

Which research topics does Academy of Science of South Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Academic Writing and Publishing, Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Race, Genetics, and Society and Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts.

Academic Writing and Pub…2Academic Writing and Publishing: 2 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…1Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksRace, Genetics, and Society: 1 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 1 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 1 fractional worksHealthcare innovation an…1Healthcare innovation and challenges: 1 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and Open Access: 1 fractional worksInterdisciplinary Research and Collaboration: 1 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceManagement Science and Operations ResearchGeneticsComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  2. 2 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  3. 3 Race, Genetics, and Society Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  5. 5 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  7. 7 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare innovation and challenges Education 1 works
  9. 9 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration Information Systems and Management 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 available93.4%not open6.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Academy of Science of South Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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