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eThekwini Municipality

durban.gov.zaROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#29,679
of 42,892
Rank in South Africa
#110
of 154
Research works
173
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
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: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.84× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.34× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.37× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at eThekwini Municipality?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Human Rights, Sustainable Development, South Africa, Development, Biodiversity Conservation, Urban Poverty and HIV Infection.

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

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 85×6 topics
  2. Human Rights3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  3. Sustainable Development3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  4. South Africa2▲ 280×3 topics
  5. Development2▲ 22×2 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 16×5 topics
  7. Urban Poverty2▲ 133×2 topics
  8. Epidemiology2▲ 1.49×15 topics
  9. HIV Infection2▲ 57×4 topics
  10. Urbanization2▲ 14×2 topics
  11. Community Participation1▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Economic Growth1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  13. Global Governance1▲ 23×1 topic
  14. HIV Transmission1▲ 67×1 topic
  15. Millennium Development Goals1▲ 310×1 topic
  16. Preexposure Prophylaxis1▲ 102×1 topic
  17. Drug Resistance1▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Machine Learning1▲ 1.38×3 topics
  19. Physical Activity1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  20. Sustainability1▲ 1.93×3 topics
  21. Urban1▲ 70×2 topics
  22. Housing Policy1▲ 140×1 topic
  23. Slum Upgrading1▲ 140×1 topic
  24. Active Travel1▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Built Environment1▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Cyber-Physical Systems1▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Environmental Governance1▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Globalization1▲ 2.1×3 topics
  29. Green Building1▲ 129×1 topic
  30. Policy1▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Smart Grid1▲ 10×1 topic
  32. Sustainable Construction1▲ 54×1 topic
  33. local economic development1▲ 696×1 topic

Which research topics does eThekwini Municipality publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Human Rights and Development, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Urban and Rural Development Challenges and Local Economic Development and Planning.

Human Rights and Develop…1Human Rights and Development: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 1 fractional worksLocal Economic Development and Planning: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…1HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInfectious DiseasesUrban StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Local Economic Development and Planning Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  6. 6 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  10. 10 Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits Economics and Econometrics 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has eThekwini Municipality's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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