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Eskom (South Africa)

In research, Eskom (South Africa) stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,190 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,572 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,850 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Information Management, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Health Professions (Health Information Management is 21.9× its share of world research).

eskom.co.zaROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#5,629
of 22,385 · #10,382 all time
Rank in South Africa
#33
of 75
Research works
1.5k
▲ 201% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.65×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Eskom (South Africa)

What is Eskom (South Africa) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,190 of 9,585 6.6%152 #8058
Health SciencesDomain #5,572 of 9,902 4.4%290 #12447
Social SciencesField #3,850 of 5,988 7.2%104 #6710
Physical SciencesDomain #7,322 of 10,670 4.1%134 #9576
Life SciencesDomain #4,623 of 6,403 3.6%67 -
MedicineField #6,620 of 8,541 3.6%177 #12335
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #396 of 493 5.6%101 #911
Health ProfessionsField #1,557 of 1,895 6.6%93 #3065

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Eskom (South 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#8,058 #5,190
  2. Health Sciences#12,447 #5,572
  3. Social Sciences#6,710 #3,850
  4. Physical Sciences#9,576 #7,322
  5. Medicine#12,335 #6,620
  6. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#911 #396
  7. Health Professions#3,065 #1,557
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Eskom (South Africa) is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 334 fractional works · 45.7% of its workMedicine: 200 fractional works · 27.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 107 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 109 fractional works · 14.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 51 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 172 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 35 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 147 fractional works · 20.1% of its workEngineering: 64 fractional works · 8.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 41 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 79 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 61 fractional works · 8.3% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDrug Discovery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKEskom (SouthAfrica)732fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences23%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine20027.3%
    2. Health Professions10914.9%
    3. Nursing202.7%
    4. Dentistry50.7%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences11515.6%
    2. Psychology172.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting172.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities141.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.9%
    6. Decision Sciences30.4%
    1. Engineering648.7%
    2. Computer Science415.5%
    3. Environmental Science283.8%
    4. Materials Science60.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Mathematics10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences618.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology101.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
    4. Neuroscience20.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Eskom (South Africa) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Information Management takes 21.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 41.2 works22×
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 107.0 works20×
  3. Health ProfessionsField · 108.8 works5.6×
  4. NursingField · 20.1 works5.6×
  5. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 50.6 works5.0×
← 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: 1.75× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.64× its world share, 109 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 200 worksMedicineNursing: 5.60× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 115 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.64×109 works
  2. Nursing5.60×20 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.75×61 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.53×4 works
  5. Dentistry1.45×5 works
  6. Medicine1.42×200 works
  7. Social Sciences1.24×115 works
  8. Psychology0.78×17 works
  9. Environmental Science0.76×28 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×17 works
  11. Computer Science0.71×41 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.65×14 works
  13. Engineering0.58×64 works
  14. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×6 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.38×3 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.31×1 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×10 works
  20. Materials Science0.23×6 works
  21. Energy0.22×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.20×3 works
  23. Neuroscience0.18×2 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×2 works
  25. Chemistry0.12×1 works
  26. Mathematics0.11×1 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Pathmanathan Naidoo, Reuel J Khoza and Rachel Marcus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eskom (South Africa).

  1. 1 Pathmanathan Naidoo South Africa · #2,704,449 worldwide 312 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Reuel J Khoza South Africa · #2,884,738 worldwide 92 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Rachel Marcus South Africa · #3,381,216 worldwide 402 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Edgar Bradley South Africa · #3,411,695 worldwide 93 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Christine Seidel South Africa · #4,148,043 worldwide 6 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Clinton Carter-Brown South Africa · #4,921,231 worldwide 207 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Alex Baitch South Africa · #5,031,063 worldwide 223 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Mark Newby South Africa · #5,061,824 worldwide 258 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Lenny Lenny South Africa · #5,117,261 worldwide 29 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 D. Hille Ris Lambers South Africa · #5,161,472 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Eskom (South Africa)

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

The most cited paper from Eskom (South Africa) is "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Mohsen Naghavi et al., 2025), with 500 citations. Next come "Dynamic Energy Management System for a Smart Microgrid" (335) and "Establishing a knowledge management programme for competitive advantage in an enterprise" (265).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
2 Dynamic Energy Management System for a Smart Microgrid Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, Ratnesh Kumar Sharma, Prajwal K. Gautam et al. · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 20 Jan 2016 335
3 Establishing a knowledge management programme for competitive advantage in an enterprise L.T. Ndlela, Adeline S. A. Du Toit · International Journal of Information Management Apr 2001 265
4 Transformer failures in regions incorrectly considered to have low GIC-risk Charles Trevor Gaunt, G.J. Coetzee Conference paper Jul 2007 225
5 Combined low-cost, high-efficient inverter, peak power tracker and regulator for PV applications J.H.R. Enslin, D.B. Snyman · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 1991 175
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Eskom (South Africa)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Education, Community Empowerment, Maternal Health, Breastfeeding, Non-Communicable Diseases, Child Nutrition, Stunting and Nutrition.

▲ 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 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. Health Education128▲ 40×9 topics
  2. Community Empowerment121▲ 23×9 topics
  3. Maternal Health105▲ 56×3 topics
  4. Breastfeeding105▲ 63×2 topics
  5. Non-Communicable Diseases101▲ 50×5 topics
  6. Child Nutrition99▲ 72×1 topic
  7. Stunting99▲ 72×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology57▲ 1.96×55 topics
  9. Public Health43▲ 4.0×23 topics
  10. Nutrition42▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Obesity40▲ 7.1×14 topics
  12. Nursing38▲ 28×5 topics
  13. Health Research36▲ 44×4 topics
  14. Behavioral Science35▲ 115×1 topic
  15. Medical Physiology35▲ 115×1 topic
  16. Sustainability34▲ 1.91×30 topics
  17. Mental Health33▲ 3.1×17 topics
  18. Child Development32▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Quality of Service31▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction29▲ 13×5 topics
  21. COVID-1929▲ 3.0×16 topics
  22. Healthcare Access28▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Patient Experience28▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Organizational Behavior28▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Barriers28▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Nursing Performance28▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Antioxidant Activity27▲ 6.0×14 topics
  28. Pandemic26▲ 3.5×9 topics
  29. Educational Technology26▲ 2.9×15 topics
  30. Food Safety22▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Media Literacy21▲ 5.4×3 topics
  32. Economic Impact20▲ 5.2×3 topics
  33. Indonesia20▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Traditional Medicine16▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Social Distancing16▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Community Behavior16▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Government Policy16▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Herbal Medicine16▲ 7.7×8 topics
  39. Functional Food16▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Global Burden of Disease15▲ 8.5×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Public Health and Nutrition, Methodologies in Health Research and Practice, Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction and COVID-19 Prevention and Impact.

Public Health and Nutrit…99Public Health and Nutrition: 99 fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 35 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 28 fractional worksCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact: 16 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sc…15Food and Agricultural Sciences: 15 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 15 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 11 fractional worksAdolescent Health and Be…11Adolescent Health and Behaviors: 11 fractional worksEducational Methods and Impacts: 8 fractional worksFood Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealth Information ManagementGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 99 works
  2. 2 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 35 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 28 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Prevention and Impact Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  5. 5 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 15 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 15 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 11 works
  8. 8 Adolescent Health and Behaviors General Health Professions 11 works
  9. 9 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 8 works
  10. 10 Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.0%domestic only60.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 201% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Eskom (South Africa) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Eskom (South Africa)0.0041% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Eskom (South Africa)4.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2007.

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