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Conversation Africa

In research, Conversation Africa stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,460 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,349 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication — Communication is 97.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,431
of 28,054 · #42,748 all time
Rank in South Africa
#86
of 87
Research works
200
▲ 1131% vs 2013–17
Citations
34
0.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Conversation Africa known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #10,460 of 10,521 0.4%96 #16908
Social SciencesField #6,349 of 6,365 0.3%75 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Conversation Africa 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Conversation Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 97.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 37.7 works98×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.64× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.19× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Conversation Africa?

Ranked on the composite score, Gemma Ware lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Conversation Africa.

  1. 1 Gemma Ware South Africa · #1,076,519 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Conversation Africa

Which keywords describe research at Conversation Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Podcasting, Motivations, Audio Storytelling, Radio Revival, Climate Change, Ethical Considerations and Migration.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Social Media41▲ 20×6 topics
  2. Podcasting38▲ 1359×2 topics
  3. Motivations37▲ 980×2 topics
  4. Audio Storytelling37▲ 2376×1 topic
  5. Radio Revival37▲ 2376×1 topic
  6. Climate Change13▲ 3.4×17 topics
  7. Globalization7▲ 2.6×15 topics
  8. Sustainability6▲ 1.67×11 topics
  9. Ethical Considerations5▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Public Health5▲ 2.3×8 topics
  11. Migration4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  12. Human Rights4▲ 2.5×5 topics
  13. Nationalism4▲ 5.6×5 topics
  14. Public Perception3▲ 19×3 topics
  15. Global Warming3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  16. Political Economy3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  18. Law Enforcement3▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Behavior Change3▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Discrimination3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  21. Energy Transition3▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Medical Education3▲ 7.3×2 topics
  23. Mitigation Strategies3▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Violence2▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Healthcare Communication2▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Drug Trafficking2▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Online Recruitment2▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Public Health Promotion2▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Finance2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  30. International Relations2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Investment2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Political Communication2▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Capitalism2▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Peer Review2▲ 49×3 topics
  35. Public Opinion2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Python2▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Science Communication2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Scientific Computing2▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Settler Colonialism2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Victimization2▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Conversation Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media, Social Media in Health Education, Computational Physics and Python Applications and Climate Change Policy and Economics.

Radio, Podcasts, and Dig…37Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media: 37 fractional worksSocial Media in Health Education: 2 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 2 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 2 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 2 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 2 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 1 fractional worksDeception detection and forensic psychology: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional works
CommunicationHealthArtificial IntelligenceEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media Communication 37 works
  2. 2 Social Media in Health Education Health 2 works
  3. 3 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Deception detection and forensic psychology Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 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 available7.7%not open92.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Conversation Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1131% 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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