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Aurum Institute

In research, Aurum Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,398 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,045 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,582
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#52
of 126
Research works
190
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
27.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
74%
world 18%
Aurum Institute

What is Aurum Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #2,398 of 16,688 15.8%138
MedicineField #3,045 of 14,558 16.9%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aurum Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Aurum Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Aurum Institute is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 48 fractional works · 69.3% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 57.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 27.9% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 10.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAurum Institute69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences17%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3957.4%
    2. Health Professions710.3%
    3. Nursing11.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences68.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.3%
    3. Psychology22.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology46.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Engineering22.9%
    2. Computer Science11.0%
    3. Mathematics00.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    5. Environmental Science00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.02× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.92× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.02×4 works
  2. Health Professions3.92×7 works
  3. Nursing3.08×1 works
  4. Medicine2.98×40 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.56×2 works
  6. Psychology0.78×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.69×6 works
  9. Mathematics0.59×0 works
  10. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.45×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×1 works
  16. Engineering0.20×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.13×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aurum Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert S. Wallis, Gavin Churchyard and William Brumskine lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aurum Institute.

  1. 1 Robert S. Wallis South Africa · #101,625 worldwide 15k citations · 255 works
  2. 2 Gavin Churchyard South Africa · #112,183 worldwide 21k citations · 458 works
  3. 3 William Brumskine South Africa · #303,964 worldwide 1.5k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Craig Innes South Africa · #332,989 worldwide 1.7k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Modulakgotla A Sebe South Africa · #377,319 worldwide 905 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Salome Charalambous South Africa · #475,463 worldwide 7.3k citations · 286 works
  7. 7 Kavindhran Velen South Africa · #670,074 worldwide 945 citations · 91 works
  8. 8 Vinodh Edward South Africa · #745,156 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Noriah Maraba South Africa · #935,941 worldwide 330 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Pearl Selepe South Africa · #1,112,051 worldwide 1.1k citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Aurum Institute

What are the most cited papers from Aurum Institute?

The most cited paper from Aurum Institute is "Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women" (Jeanne Marisa Marrazzo et al., 2015), with 1,316 citations. Next come "The Diarylquinoline TMC207 for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis" (846) and "The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis" (706).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tenofovir-Based Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection among African Women Jeanne Marisa Marrazzo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Feb 2015 1,316
2 The Diarylquinoline TMC207 for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Andreas Henri Diacon et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Jun 2009 846
3 The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis Keertan Dheda et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 23 Mar 2017 706
4 Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant Vivek Shinde et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 May 2021 667
5 Final Analysis of a Trial of M72/AS01 E Vaccine to Prevent Tuberculosis Dereck R. Tait et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 Oct 2019 623
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aurum Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Antiretroviral Therapy, Treatment, Vaccine, Immune Response, Drug Resistance and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology18▲ 6.8×28 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 20×9 topics
  3. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 110×6 topics
  4. Treatment12▲ 15×9 topics
  5. Vaccine12▲ 44×9 topics
  6. Immune Response12▲ 30×9 topics
  7. Drug Resistance10▲ 53×3 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity9▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Mycobacterium tuberculosis9▲ 240×1 topic
  10. Tuberculosis9▲ 255×1 topic
  11. HIV Transmission7▲ 139×2 topics
  12. Viral Load7▲ 134×2 topics
  13. Mortality Rates7▲ 102×2 topics
  14. Preexposure Prophylaxis7▲ 196×1 topic
  15. Stigma and Discrimination7▲ 196×1 topic
  16. HIV6▲ 99×4 topics
  17. Public Health4▲ 3.9×15 topics
  18. Risk Factors3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  19. HIV Infection3▲ 39×4 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  21. Behavior Change2▲ 24×3 topics
  22. HIV Prevention2▲ 60×2 topics
  23. Substance Abuse2▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 16×4 topics
  25. drug use2▲ 112×1 topic
  26. harm reduction2▲ 112×1 topic
  27. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Adherence2▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Adolescent Health2▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Mobile Health2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Sexual Behavior2▲ 80×1 topic
  32. Opportunistic Infections2▲ 96×2 topics
  33. Patient Engagement2▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Pneumocystis2▲ 133×1 topic
  35. Pneumonia2▲ 59×1 topic
  36. HIV/AIDS2▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Health Apps2▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Respiratory Infections2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. mHealth2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Immune Activation2▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Aurum Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Tuberculosis Research an…9Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…7HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 2 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsVirology2 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 9 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  8. 8 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available71.0%not open29.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors73.7%domestic only26.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aurum Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 Aurum Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Aurum Institute0.00037% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Aurum Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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