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Council on Higher Education

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Research works
4
▼ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
24
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Council on Higher Education

Not ranked overall: Council on Higher Education 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 Council on Higher Education work in?

In all years, 42% of research at Council on Higher Education is in Life Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (33%), Medicine (30%), Decision Sciences (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 2 fractional works · 41.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 32.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 9.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 32.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 30.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 18.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCouncil on HigherEducation4fractional works, all years
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences132.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology09.3%
    1. Medicine130.2%
    2. Dentistry02.3%
    1. Decision Sciences011.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance04.7%
    3. Psychology02.3%
    1. Environmental Science04.7%
    2. Engineering02.3%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Council on Higher Education?

The most cited paper from Council on Higher Education is "CHE: Putting the ‘Statement on Ethical Research and Scholarly Publishing Practices’ into practice" (Narend Baijnath, 2019), with 1 citations. Next come "Orthognathic surgery to improve malocclusion in a chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes )" (0) and "„Asaph Meets Hosea" Verbindungen zwischen Hosea-Schrift und Asaph-Psalmen, ausgehend von „Kriegsbogen"-Formulierungen" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CHE: Putting the ‘Statement on Ethical Research and Scholarly Publishing Practices’ into practice Narend Baijnath · South African Journal of Science Open access 26 Nov 2019 1
2 Orthognathic surgery to improve malocclusion in a chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) Gerhard Steenkamp, Christiaan Fritz Hoogendijk, José Carlos Almansa Ruiz et al. · Veterinary Record Case Reports Open access 5 Nov 2023 0
3 „Asaph Meets Hosea" Verbindungen zwischen Hosea-Schrift und Asaph-Psalmen, ausgehend von „Kriegsbogen"-Formulierungen Beat Weber · Old Testament Essays Open access 2019 0
4 Meeting the demands of First and Third World learners in nursing education in South Africa. Minrie Greeff · PubMed 1998 0
All 4 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Council on Higher Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Research and Treatment, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Iron Metabolism and Disorders and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Cancer Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 0 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 0 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…0Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 0 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Technology: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…0Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 0 fractional works
OncologyGeneticsHematologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Research and Treatment Oncology 0 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 0 works
  3. 3 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 0 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  5. 5 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 0 works
  7. 7 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Council on Higher Education's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% lower than in 2018-2021.

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