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Epicentre (South Africa)

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World rank, all time
#27,227
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#100
of 154
Research works
123
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

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: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.41× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.21× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× 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, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Epicentre (South Africa)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vaccine, Immune Response, Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, Social Determinants of Health, Public Health, Pathogenesis and Viral Load.

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

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 3.1×25 topics
  2. Vaccine3▲ 28×10 topics
  3. Immune Response2▲ 16×10 topics
  4. Public Health2▲ 5.3×11 topics
  5. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 42×6 topics
  6. Risk Factors2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  7. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Pathogenesis2▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Viral Load2▲ 79×2 topics
  10. Adolescent Health2▲ 71×1 topic
  11. Sexual Behavior2▲ 168×1 topic
  12. HIV Transmission2▲ 75×2 topics
  13. Preexposure Prophylaxis1▲ 109×1 topic
  14. SARS-CoV-21▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Stigma and Discrimination1▲ 109×1 topic
  16. COVID-191▲ 3.5×9 topics
  17. Mental Health1▲ 3.1×9 topics
  18. Transmission1▲ 84×2 topics
  19. Ebola Virus1▲ 160×1 topic
  20. Mortality1▲ 7.3×4 topics
  21. Outbreak1▲ 120×1 topic
  22. Pandemic1▲ 3.8×6 topics
  23. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Vaccine Development1▲ 17×5 topics
  25. Gene Therapy1▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Immunotherapy1▲ 5.5×5 topics
  27. Rural Development1▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Territorial Innovation1▲ 241×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research and Regional Development and Innovation.

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksRegional Development and Innovation: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Stud…1Health and Conflict Studies: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 0 fractional worksEscherichia coli research studies: 0 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsInfectious DiseasesDevelopmentHealth3 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 1 works
  3. 3 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Regional Development and Innovation Development 1 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  8. 8 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Escherichia coli research studies Endocrinology 0 works
  10. 10 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political 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 available71.3%not open28.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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