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Epicentre (South Africa)

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World rank, all time
#25,815
of 34,923
Rank in South Africa
#99
of 126
Research works
123
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
78%
world 18%
Epicentre (South Africa)

Which fields of science does Epicentre (South Africa) work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Epicentre (South Africa) is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Social Sciences (14%), Health Professions (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 18 fractional works · 55.8% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 42.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 11.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEpicentre (SouthAfrica)32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences21%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1442.8%
    2. Health Professions411.6%
    3. Nursing01.4%
    1. Social Sciences413.8%
    2. Psychology12.6%
    3. Decision Sciences12.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology310.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology13.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering13.5%
    2. Mathematics00.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.7%
    4. Computer Science00.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
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: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.03× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.41× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 2.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.41×4 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.21×1 works
  3. Nursing2.86×0 works
  4. Medicine2.23×14 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.16×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.03×4 works
  7. Social Sciences1.09×4 works
  8. Psychology0.86×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.65×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.30×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.26×0 works
  16. Engineering0.24×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.07×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Epicentre (South Africa)?

Ranked on the quality score, Cherie Cawood, David Khanyile and Les M. Hoffman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Epicentre (South Africa).

  1. 1 Cherie Cawood South Africa · #531,409 worldwide 1.4k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 David Khanyile South Africa · #543,633 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Les M. Hoffman South Africa · #3,089,945 worldwide 517 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Emily Briskin South Africa · #4,633,527 worldwide 145 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Epicentre (South Africa)

What are the most cited papers from Epicentre (South Africa)?

The most cited paper from Epicentre (South Africa) is "Widespread transcription at neuronal activity-regulated enhancers" (Tae-Kyung Kim, Martin Hemberg, Jesse M. Gray et al., 2010), with 2,577 citations. Next come "A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics" (1,664) and "Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea" (1,399).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Widespread transcription at neuronal activity-regulated enhancers Tae-Kyung Kim, Martin Hemberg, Jesse M. Gray et al. · Nature Open access 13 Apr 2010 2,577
2 A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ebola Virus Disease Therapeutics Sabué Mulangu, Lori Elizabeth Dodd, Richard T. Davey et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Nov 2019 1,664
3 Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea Sylvain Baize et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Apr 2014 1,399
4 Nothing But NET: A Review of Neuroendocrine Tumors and Carcinomas Bryan T. Oronsky, Patrick C. Ma, Daniel Morgensztern et al. · Neoplasia Open access 5 Nov 2017 773
5 Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: a multicentre, randomised, phase III, non-inferiority trial Gérardo Priotto, Serena Kasparian, Wilfried Mutombo et al. · The Lancet 25 Jun 2009 539
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Which keywords describe research at Epicentre (South Africa)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vaccine, Epidemiology, Immune Response, Antiretroviral Therapy, Social Determinants of Health, Viral Load, Adolescent Health and Sexual Behavior.

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

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.9×29 topics
  2. Vaccine4▲ 30×10 topics
  3. Immune Response3▲ 18×10 topics
  4. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 40×6 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 4.5×12 topics
  6. Risk Factors2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  7. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 27×2 topics
  8. Viral Load2▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Adolescent Health2▲ 64×1 topic
  10. COVID-192▲ 4.1×10 topics
  11. Pathogenesis2▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Sexual Behavior2▲ 147×1 topic
  13. HIV Transmission2▲ 66×2 topics
  14. Preexposure Prophylaxis2▲ 98×1 topic
  15. SARS-CoV-22▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Stigma and Discrimination2▲ 98×1 topic
  17. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Mental Health1▲ 2.8×9 topics
  19. Vaccine Hesitancy1▲ 63×1 topic
  20. Transmission1▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Ebola Virus1▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Infectious Diseases1▲ 10.0×5 topics
  23. Mortality1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  24. Outbreak1▲ 94×1 topic
  25. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.0×6 topics
  26. Pandemic1▲ 3.4×6 topics
  27. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Vaccine Development1▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Gene Therapy1▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Globalization1▲ 1.65×3 topics
  31. Immunotherapy1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  32. Inflammation1▲ 1.51×9 topics
  33. Rural Development1▲ 9.1×1 topic
  34. Territorial Innovation1▲ 218×1 topic
  35. Zoonotic Transmission1▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does Epicentre (South Africa) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research.

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…1Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 1 fractional worksVirology and Viral Diseases: 1 fractional worksVibrio bacteria research…1Vibrio bacteria research studies: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 1 fractional worksEscherichia coli research studies: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsInfectious DiseasesHealthDevelopment2 others

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

  1. 1 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Regional Development and Innovation Development 1 works
  6. 6 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Vibrio bacteria research studies Endocrinology 1 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Escherichia coli research studies Endocrinology 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 available71.3%not open28.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors78.1%domestic only21.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Epicentre (South Africa)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Epicentre (South Africa) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Epicentre (South Africa)0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Epicentre (South Africa) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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