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Clinvet

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World rank, all time
#22,438
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#84
of 126
Research works
207
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Clinvet

Which fields of science does Clinvet work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Clinvet is in Life Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Immunology and Microbiology (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 11 fractional works · 36.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 11.1% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 36.4% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 30.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKClinvet29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences15%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences414.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology311.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology310.8%
    1. Medicine930.5%
    2. Veterinary14.6%
    3. Health Professions00.9%
    4. Nursing00.4%
    1. Social Sciences310.9%
    2. Psychology12.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Environmental Science26.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy01.4%
    4. Chemistry00.3%
    5. Computer Science00.3%
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: 3.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.02× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 33.69× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 33.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary33.69×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology11.02×3 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.14×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.10×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.02×3 works
  6. Medicine1.59×9 works
  7. Environmental Science1.27×2 works
  8. Social Sciences0.87×3 works
  9. Nursing0.79×0 works
  10. Psychology0.76×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.61×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.37×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.34×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Clinvet?

Ranked on the quality score, Josephus Fourie, Anja R. Heckeroth and Rainer K. A. Roepke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Clinvet.

  1. 1 Josephus Fourie South Africa · #2,066,783 worldwide 2.5k citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Anja R. Heckeroth South Africa · #2,400,770 worldwide 5.4k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Rainer K. A. Roepke South Africa · #2,445,495 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 W. A. Douglas Rudge South Africa · #3,033,669 worldwide 153 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Christa de Vos South Africa · #3,371,542 worldwide 405 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Dionne Crafford South Africa · #3,945,163 worldwide 617 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Leon Nicolaas Meyer South Africa · #4,054,316 worldwide 407 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Julian E. Liebenberg South Africa · #4,518,407 worldwide 701 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Pascal Dumont South Africa · #4,676,242 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Joseph B. Prullage South Africa · #4,785,727 worldwide 237 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Clinvet

What are the most cited papers from Clinvet?

The most cited paper from Clinvet is "Estimating the Global Need for Palliative Care for Children: A Cross-sectional Analysis" (Stephen R. Connor, Julia D Downing, Joan Marston, 2016), with 381 citations. Next come "Intraarticular Sprifermin (Recombinant Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 18) in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Trial" (277) and "A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Anidulafungin versus Fluconazole for the Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis" (244).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimating the Global Need for Palliative Care for Children: A Cross-sectional Analysis Stephen R. Connor, Julia D Downing, Joan Marston · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Open access 19 Oct 2016 381
2 Intraarticular Sprifermin (Recombinant Human Fibroblast Growth Factor 18) in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Trial Stefan L. Lohmander, Scarlett Hellot, Don Dreher et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatology 17 Apr 2014 277
3 A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Anidulafungin versus Fluconazole for the Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis David S. Krause, Ahmed E. Simjee, Constance E. J. van Rensburg et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 12 Sep 2004 244
4 A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Dose-Response Study of Micafungin Compared with Fluconazole for the Treatment of Esophageal Candidiasis in HIV-Positive Patients N. de Wet, A. L. Cuentas, Jamal Muhamad Abdul Hamid Suleiman et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 12 Sep 2004 205
5 Synthesis of strong red emitting Y 2 O 3 :Eu 3+ phosphor by potential chemical routes: comparative investigations on the structural evolutions, photometric properties and Judd–Ofelt analysis Sudipta Som, Subrata K. Das, Somrita Dutta et al. · RSC Advances 2015 158
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Clinvet?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Biodiversity, Insecticide Resistance, Pathogen Transmission, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Biogeography and Bed Bugs.

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

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 6.1×30 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 11×7 topics
  3. Biodiversity2▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Insecticide Resistance2▲ 97×3 topics
  5. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 80×3 topics
  6. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 95×2 topics
  7. Bed Bugs2▲ 484×1 topic
  8. Biogeography2▲ 22×8 topics
  9. Scabies2▲ 484×1 topic
  10. Lyme Disease2▲ 233×1 topic
  11. Tick-Borne Diseases2▲ 233×1 topic
  12. Climate Change2▲ 1.93×9 topics
  13. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Invasive Species1▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Evolution1▲ 15×8 topics
  16. Nematodes1▲ 86×2 topics
  17. Taxonomy1▲ 28×7 topics
  18. DNA Barcoding1▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Ivermectin1▲ 124×2 topics
  20. Population Dynamics1▲ 14×7 topics

Which research topics does Clinvet publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dermatological diseases and infestations, Vector-borne infectious diseases, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies and Helminth infection and control.

Dermatological diseases …2Dermatological diseases and infestations: 2 fractional worksVector-borne infectious …2Vector-borne infectious diseases: 2 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksHelminth infection and control: 1 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites Studies: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…0African history and culture studies: 0 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 0 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows: 0 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesParasitologyGeneticsSmall Animals4 others

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

  1. 1 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 2 works
  3. 3 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Helminth infection and control Small Animals 1 works
  5. 5 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 1 works
  6. 6 African history and culture studies Anthropology 0 works
  7. 7 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  9. 9 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  10. 10 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Clinvet's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Clinvet as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Clinvet0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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