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Cancer Association of South Africa

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Research works
70
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Cancer Association 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: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Energy: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.11× its world share, 3 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 3.65× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10.61× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Association of South Africa?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Antiviral Therapy, Liver Disease, Risk Factors, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.8×22 topics
  2. Immune Response8▲ 17×8 topics
  3. Hepatocellular Carcinoma7▲ 49×3 topics
  4. Antiviral Therapy7▲ 65×3 topics
  5. Liver Disease7▲ 70×3 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 8.9×7 topics
  7. Cancer Incidence6▲ 60×4 topics
  8. Mortality Rates5▲ 80×2 topics
  9. Breast Cancer Screening5▲ 188×1 topic
  10. Global Surveillance5▲ 188×1 topic
  11. Health Disparities5▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Population-Based Study5▲ 122×2 topics
  13. Treatment5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  14. Global Burden5▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  16. Chronic Hepatitis B4▲ 109×1 topic
  17. Hepatitis B Virus4▲ 109×1 topic
  18. Immunotherapy4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  19. Cancer4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  21. Genetic Variation3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  23. Hepatitis C Virus3▲ 76×1 topic
  24. NAFLD3▲ 36×1 topic
  25. NASH3▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Ribavirin3▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Esophageal Carcinoma3▲ 103×1 topic
  30. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  32. Radiation Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  33. BAP1 mutations2▲ 143×1 topic
  34. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma2▲ 143×1 topic
  35. Vaccine2▲ 7.8×8 topics
  36. Breast Cancer2▲ 10×6 topics
  37. Global Access2▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Medical Education2▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  40. South Africa2▲ 85×2 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Association of South Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Game Theory and Voting Systems, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Microbial Metabolism and Applications and Evaluation and Performance Assessment.

Game Theory and Voting S…1Game Theory and Voting Systems: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…0Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolism and…0Microbial Metabolism and Applications: 0 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…0Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …0Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health…0Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthBiotechnologyManagement Science and Operations Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Game Theory and Voting Systems Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  3. 3 Microbial Metabolism and Applications Biotechnology 0 works
  4. 4 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 0 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 0 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 available43.4%not open56.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.1%domestic only72.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Association of South Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% 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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