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Cape Shoulder Institute

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Research works
37
▼ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
35.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Cape Shoulder Institute

Not ranked overall: Cape Shoulder Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Cape Shoulder Institute work in?

In all years, 97% of research at Cape Shoulder Institute is in Health Sciences, 1% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (97%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (1%), Engineering (1%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 36 fractional works · 96.9% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 96.9% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 57.7% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 29.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCape ShoulderInstitute37fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences97%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3696.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.4%
    1. Engineering01.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cape Shoulder Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.2 works23×
  2. MedicineField · 35.6 works4.9×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 35.6 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Who are the top researchers at Cape Shoulder Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Joe F. De Beer, Fiona Pui Yan Lam and K. van Rooyen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cape Shoulder Institute.

  1. 1 Joe F. De Beer South Africa · #1,033,107 worldwide 4.9k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Fiona Pui Yan Lam South Africa · #3,358,556 worldwide 200 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 K. van Rooyen South Africa · #4,808,164 worldwide 79 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Joe Beer South Africa · #5,566,929 worldwide 423 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Cape Shoulder Institute

What are the most cited papers from Cape Shoulder Institute?

The most cited paper from Cape Shoulder Institute is "Results of Modified Latarjet Reconstruction in Patients With Anteroinferior Instability and Significant Bone Loss" (Stephen S. Burkhart, Joe F. De Beer, Johannes R.H. Barth et al., 2007), with 584 citations. Next come "The Bear‐Hug Test: A New and Sensitive Test for Diagnosing a Subscapularis Tear" (347) and "Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair with Double-Row Fixation" (247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Results of Modified Latarjet Reconstruction in Patients With Anteroinferior Instability and Significant Bone Loss Stephen S. Burkhart, Joe F. De Beer, Johannes R.H. Barth et al. · Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery Oct 2007 584
2 The Bear‐Hug Test: A New and Sensitive Test for Diagnosing a Subscapularis Tear Johannes R.H. Barth, Stephen S. Burkhart, Joe F. De Beer · Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery Oct 2006 347
3 Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair with Double-Row Fixation Pol E. Huijsmans, Mark P. Pritchard, Bart M. Berghs et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Jun 2007 247
4 A Biomechanical Comparison of Single and Double-Row Fixation in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Chris Smith, Susan L Alexander, Adam M. Hill et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Nov 2006 239
5 A new technique of continuous interscalene nerve block André P. Boezaart, Joe F. De Beer, Christa du Toit et al. · Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie Open access Mar 1999 188
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cape Shoulder Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Shoulder Function, Rehabilitation, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology, Epidemiology, Complications, Acromioclavicular Joint and Clavicle Fractures.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Shoulder Function17▲ 545×2 topics
  2. Rehabilitation13▲ 95×2 topics
  3. Rotator Cuff Tears13▲ 587×1 topic
  4. Shoulder Pathology13▲ 587×1 topic
  5. Epidemiology12▲ 8.0×3 topics
  6. Complications11▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Acromioclavicular Joint11▲ 1116×1 topic
  8. Clavicle Fractures11▲ 1116×1 topic
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 9.5×3 topics
  10. Brachial Plexus4▲ 451×1 topic
  11. Nerve Transfer4▲ 451×1 topic
  12. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 97×1 topic
  13. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 97×1 topic
  14. Pain Management2▲ 25×5 topics

Which research topics does Cape Shoulder Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Big Data and Business Intelligence and Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management.

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  2. 2 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.1%domestic only68.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cape Shoulder Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% lower 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 Cape Shoulder Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2019.

0.00020%0.00040%Cape Shoulder Institute0.0000036% in 2024200020102020

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

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