Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Archive · Cape Town · South Africa

Cape Town Science Centre

ctsc.org.zaROR OpenAlex
Research works
78
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Cape Town Science Centre

Not ranked overall: Cape Town Science Centre 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 Town Science Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Cape Town Science Centre is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Environmental Science (19%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 40.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 18.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 10.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 32.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCape Town ScienceCentre25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences16%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science518.9%
    2. Engineering310.2%
    3. Computer Science15.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.4%
    5. Energy01.3%
    6. Chemistry01.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine625.7%
    2. Health Professions15.6%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Social Sciences26.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.7%
    3. Psychology12.6%
    4. Decision Sciences12.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.80× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.80×5 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.76×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.53×1 works
  4. Veterinary2.45×0 works
  5. Health Professions2.11×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.54×1 works
  7. Energy1.45×0 works
  8. Dentistry1.37×0 works
  9. Medicine1.33×6 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.26×0 works
  11. Nursing1.15×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×1 works
  13. Psychology0.86×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.83×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.76×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.68×0 works
  17. Engineering0.68×2 works
  18. Social Sciences0.55×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.18×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cape Town Science Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Ingrid Louw and Bruce R. Paxton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cape Town Science Centre.

  1. 1 Ingrid Louw South Africa · #1,897,545 worldwide 882 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Bruce R. Paxton South Africa · #3,226,397 worldwide 171 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Cape Town Science Centre

What are the most cited papers from Cape Town Science Centre?

The most cited paper from Cape Town Science Centre is "A phase III randomized comparison of lapatinib plus capecitabine versus capecitabine alone in women with advanced breast cancer that has progressed on trastuzumab: updated efficacy and biomarker analyses" (David Cameron et al., 2008), with 810 citations. Next come "A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared climate policy assumptions" (568) and "Tocilizumab inhibits structural joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate responses to methotrexate: Results from the double-blind treatment phase of a randomized placebo-controlled trial of tocilizumab safety and prevention of structu" (416).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A phase III randomized comparison of lapatinib plus capecitabine versus capecitabine alone in women with advanced breast cancer that has progressed on trastuzumab: updated efficacy and biomarker analyses David Cameron et al. · Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 10 Jan 2008 810
2 A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared climate policy assumptions Elmar Kriegler, Jae Edmonds, Stéphane Hallegatte et al. · Climatic Change Open access 27 Jan 2014 568
3 Tocilizumab inhibits structural joint damage in rheumatoid arthritis patients with inadequate responses to methotrexate: Results from the double-blind treatment phase of a randomized placebo-controlled trial of tocilizumab safety and prevention of structu Joel M. Kremer, Ricardo Blanco, Marek Brzosko et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism 19 Nov 2010 416
4 Efficacy and Safety of Pimecrolimus Cream in the Long-Term Management of Atopic Dermatitis in Children Ulrich Wahn, Jan Dositheus Bos, Mark J. D. Goodfield et al. · PEDIATRICS Jul 2002 405
5 A reevaluation of the magnitude and impacts of anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen inputs on the ocean T. D. Jickells et al. · Global Biogeochemical Cycles Open access 21 Jan 2017 276
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cape Town Science Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Freshwater Biodiversity, Climate Change, Antiretroviral Therapy, Epidemiology, Habitat Fragmentation, Environmental Governance and Equality.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change2▲ 3.1×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 2.1×25 topics
  3. Invasive Species2▲ 14×6 topics
  4. Freshwater Biodiversity1▲ 90×2 topics
  5. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 31×6 topics
  6. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 19×3 topics
  8. Constitutionalism1▲ 45×1 topic
  9. Developmental Local Government1▲ 385×1 topic
  10. Environmental Governance1▲ 61×2 topics
  11. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 10×2 topics
  12. Equality1▲ 70×2 topics
  13. Human Rights1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  14. Sensor Networks1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Cape Town Science Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Legal Issues in South Africa, University-Industry-Government Innovation Models and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies.

Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksUniversity-Industry-Gove…1University-Industry-Government Innovation Models: 1 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring…0Water Quality Monitoring Technologies: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Monitoring…0Environmental Monitoring and Data Management: 0 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksEngineering Education and Technology: 0 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationLawManagement of Technology and InnovationWater Science and Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  2. 2 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  3. 3 University-Industry-Government Innovation Models Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  4. 4 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Environmental Monitoring and Data Management Geology 0 works
  8. 8 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Engineering Education and Technology Information Systems 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 available53.9%not open46.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cape Town Science Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Town Science Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Cape Town Science Centre0.000070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cape Town Science Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Other research institutions in Cape Town

All research institutions in Cape Town

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Cape Town Science Centre. Posts are plain text and can be reported.